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Proprietary Framework III · The Instrument

Score Your Stakeholder Risk.

Five minutes. A short, structured read on where your leadership, governance, and decision systems sit on the HumanFactor Index™ — the instrument that benchmarks Stakeholder Risk the way the VIX benchmarks volatility.

You'll get your snapshot and a plain read on what it means. Want the full Index™ scored against a validated benchmark — and the underlying HumanFactor Analysis™? That's a briefing.

Authority & Decision Rights

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When a high-stakes decision needs to be made this quarter, how clear is the chain of authority between the CEO, the board, and the sponsor?

Overview

The HumanFactor Index™ puts a score on something most companies can feel but can't measure: Stakeholder Risk. It takes the data from HumanFactor Analysis™ and translates it into a structured, quantified risk metric — giving sponsors, boards, and leadership teams a clear number to work from instead of gut instinct.

What It Measures

  • Whether stakeholders are aligned across capital, operations, and governance
  • Decision integrity — the gap between what people say they'll do and what actually happens
  • How well the leadership system holds up under pressure, transition, and growth
  • Whether too much risk is concentrated in one person or in informal authority structures

How It's Used

  • Pre-close scoring to support investment committee decisions with real data on the people side
  • Post-close tracking to monitor human-system health across a portfolio
  • Benchmarking across portfolio companies to spot emerging risk early

Engage

Score your portfolio's Stakeholder Risk. Quantified, benchmarkable, and ready for the next IC.

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Why This Matters

What gets measured gets managed. Until Stakeholder Risk has a score, it stays invisible to the people allocating capital. The HumanFactor Index™ makes it visible, comparable, and actionable — whether you're running a single company or managing a portfolio.

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