The FrictionIndex™Tracker
Before you automate anything, see what repetitive work is really costing you — in hours and dollars.
~2 min · 3 steps
Step 1 / 3
Where the hours are leaking
Drag each slider to how many hours your team loses to this kind of work in a typical week.
Hours lost each week
Hours lost each week
Hours lost each week
Hours lost each week
Step 2 / 3
A few numbers about your work
Tell us your hourly rate and how many weeks per year this work runs.
1 = one prompt, one answer · 6+ = lots of back-and-forth
Step 3 / 3
What this means right now
Here's a plain-English read of what your inputs add up to.
Based on your inputs right now: you're losing about 18h every week to this kind of work — roughly $124,200 a year at your rate. Each task takes about 4 back-and-forth turns, so the AI re-reads about 6,080 words of conversation every single time.
18h
Add up sliders 1–4
The time your team is bleeding to repetitive work — before any AI help.
$124,200
18h × $150/hr × 46 weeks
Money you're already spending on this work — just invisibly.
25%
Fewer back-and-forth turns = higher score
More back-and-forth means the AI re-reads everything you said, which slows it down and costs more.
Critical bloat
Why all the back-and-forth matters
Every back-and-forth makes the AI re-read everything you've already said. At 4 turns, that's about 6,080 words re-read for every single task.
What that means in plain English: slower replies, bigger bills, and the same work taking longer than it should. Fewer, sharper prompts = faster answers and lower cost.
Step Free
Reclaim your #1 leak this week — free.
Your biggest drain is taking meeting notes and writing recaps. Here are two ready prompts to cut it.
Free · This week
Prompt 1
You are my meeting scribe. From the transcript below, produce: (1) a 5-bullet recap, (2) decisions made, (3) owners + due dates. Keep it under 200 words. Transcript: <<paste>>
Prompt 2
Turn these raw notes into a send-ready recap email to the attendees. Warm, direct, no filler. Include decisions and next steps as a short bulleted list. Notes: <<paste>>
Paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini — whichever you use.
Step Next
Where to go from here
Two ways to start reducing your FrictionIndex™ today.
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FrictionIndex™ is intellectual property of Acute Incite, used under license by theCommons Academy. These tools provide back-of-the-envelope estimates grounded in reality, not guarantees. They are for illustrative, educational, and planning purposes only and do not constitute financial, legal, or compliance advice.