HOZ™Mapper
Human-Owned Zones (HOZ™) are the calls only a person should make. Draw your AI safety line. Add each workflow as a card, name a human owner, then drag it into the zone that matches the level of autonomy you trust today.
Step-by-step
- Click New workflow (or Load example) and describe one task your team is considering for AI.
- Fill out all five fields. Be specific — "drafts the first reply to support tickets" beats "customer service."
- Pick the zone that matches how much autonomy you trust today, not where you wish you were.
- Drag cards across Red, Yellow, and Green as your confidence and controls change.
- When every card has a named human owner, the Readiness gate clears and you can export a co-branded PDF.
What each field means
- Workflow name
- The specific task or decision — one sentence, action-oriented.
- Why this zone
- What could go wrong if AI handles this alone — and who would feel it?
- Human owner
- A named role (not "the team") accountable for outcomes in this workflow.
- When to pull a human in
- The specific thing that should always trigger a person to step in.
- How often a person checks
- How often a person should spot-check this.
Readiness gate locked.
4 cards still need a named human owner.
HOZ Visual Map
A live snapshot of your operation. Each workflow plots onto its current zone.
4 workflows
Human-in-the-Loop / Prohibited
Human approves every action.
Why
Human owner
When to pull a human in
How often a person checks
Human-on-the-Loop
Human supervises; can intervene.
Why
Human owner
When to pull a human in
How often a person checks
Fully Autonomous
AI runs unattended within scope.
Why
Human owner
When to pull a human in
How often a person checks
Why
Human owner
When to pull a human in
How often a person checks
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HOZ™ 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.