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Short, practical tools. Three of them build on each other, in order.

The three-step sequence

Each step uses what the one before it produced: find where your week goes, decide what a human keeps, then price the result honestly. The first two are free. The third is included with Library membership.

Preview of the FrictionIndex tracker: a three-step diagnostic scoring weekly time drains.
Step 1 of 3
Free

Find your hidden time-drains

FrictionIndex

Three steps, a few minutes. You get the tasks quietly eating your week.

Where this fits: nothing comes before it. Next is the HOZ™ Mapper, which decides what a human keeps.

  • Needs nothing. Start here.
  • Hands off: the list of tasks worth looking at, for step 2.

Free — no account needed.

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Preview of the HOZ Mapper: workflow cards sorted into red, yellow and green human-owned zones.
Step 2 of 3
Free

Decide what stays human

HOZ Mapper

HOZ stands for Human-Owned Zones — the calls a person keeps. Take the tasks FrictionIndex™ surfaced and decide which stay yours and which you can hand off.

Where this fits: after FrictionIndex™ shows where the week goes. Next is the True-Net ROI Canvas™, which prices the result.

  • Needs: the tasks FrictionIndex™ surfaced in step 1.
  • Hands off: the boundaries you set, so step 3 can price them.

Free — no account needed.

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Preview of the True-Net ROI Canvas: a one-page model of hours saved against maintenance and risk costs.
Step 3 of 3
Library

Model the return, after the hidden costs

True-Net ROI Canvas

A one-page worksheet that prices an AI change honestly: hours saved minus maintenance, re-prompting and learning curve. Use the boundaries you set in the Mapper.

Where this fits: after the HOZ™ Mapper decides what a human keeps. Nothing comes after it — this is the number you act on.

  • Needs: the human-owned boundaries you set in step 2.
  • Hands off: an estimate you can take to a decision.

Included with Library membership. You can see what it does before you join.

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Free — start here

Preview of the Archetype Assessment: a seven-question quiz that names how you already work.
Free

Find out which of the seven archetypes you are

Archetype Assessment

Seven questions, a few minutes. You get your archetype and the playbook matched to it. Free.

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Preview of the Archetype Playbooks: next-move guides tailored to each of the seven archetypes.
Free

Get the playbook matched to your archetype

Archetype Playbooks

The specific next moves for how you actually work. Free.

Inside the Library

Preview of the Enabling Conditions Workbook: six readiness conditions scored for a real team.
Library

Set the conditions that make it stick

The Enabling Conditions Workbook

The setup work that decides whether any of this survives contact with a real team. Inside the Library.

More tools drop monthly

Living Library

Want the full toolkit, lessons, and applied tracks?

Six free micro-lessons plus the paid Living Library — every tool, kept current.

Red line: A person always makes the final call.