Take a 2-minute assessment. Get your Decision Load Index. See exactly where your mental energy is leaking — before you commit to anything.
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Interactive Tool
Answer 5 quick questions to get a rough estimate of your cognitive burden.
Things you need to do but haven't written down or processed.
Identify Your Pattern
Different people experience decision fatigue in different ways. Identify your primary pattern.
The Questions
We're not claiming to have solved anything. We're claiming these questions deserve careful investigation.
Beyond hours worked and tasks completed, can we quantify the cognitive burden of decision-making?
If people see their decision load objectively, do they naturally reduce it?
If reducing decision load creates measurable value, can participants share in that value?
Clear Expectations
We believe in clarity over marketing. Here's exactly what you're signing up for.
Research Foundation
Across leading research bodies, there's strong convergence: productivity gains now come more from reducing cognitive switching costs than from increasing effort. Multitasking and decision fragmentation consistently reduce effective output by 20-40%.
We measure time. We measure output. We don't reliably measure decision burden — the invisible cognitive cost of having too many open loops, unclear priorities, and fragmented attention.
This is the gap CTE explores. Not with claims, but with experiments. Not at scale, but with a small group willing to investigate carefully.
Tangible Outputs
Not promises. Actual artifacts you'll receive as a research participant.
Your Decision Load Index: a 0-100 score measuring cognitive burden from open loops, ambiguous tasks, and fragmented attention.
Track how your cognitive load changes week-over-week. See if awareness itself reduces burden.
Visual breakdown of where cognitive friction concentrates: task types, time of day, project domains.
A 1-2 page written analysis contextualizing your data. Not automated tips—actual interpretation.
Timeline: First DLI score within 7 days. Weekly deltas ongoing. Friction map and narrative at Day 14.
These are research artifacts, not polished product reports. Format may evolve based on findings.
We're looking for reflective practitioners — people who think about how they work, not just what they produce. People comfortable with uncertainty and committed to honest participation.
This is not a passive experience. Weekly check-ins are required. Your data shapes the research. Honesty matters more than optimization.
What you get: Early access to experimental tools. Participation in shaping the research. Potential economic participation (experimental, not guaranteed).
What we need: 8-12 weeks of consistent engagement. Thoughtful responses to research questions. Willingness to fail alongside us.
Intellectual Honesty
We've designed explicit checkpoints to validate or falsify our hypotheses. If the evidence doesn't support continuation, we'll stop and share what we learned.
Day 30
Does DLI behave like a real signal?
Pass if: DLI varies meaningfully across participants, changes over time, and participants report it as directionally accurate.
Day 60
Does awareness change behavior?
Pass if: Reduced task switching, increased priority completion, and participants report less cognitive strain.
Day 90
Is there external willingness to pay?
Pass if: At least one paying external party, credible pilot agreement, or participants request continuation at cost.
Clarity
CTE analyzes how humans process information. It does not automate how systems process data. This distinction matters.
Not a CRM
CTE doesn't store customer records, track sales pipelines, or manage business relationships.
Not Integration Software
CTE doesn't connect systems, sync databases, or orchestrate enterprise workflows.
Not Automation
CTE doesn't execute tasks, trigger workflows, or replace human decision-making.
Not Enterprise Software
CTE is for individuals. It doesn't target IT buyers, require deployment, or integrate into corporate systems.
CTE is a mirror, not a pipeline.
It measures your cognitive throughput—decision load, mental friction, attention patterns—so you can understand how you think, not automate what you do.
If this succeeds, we'll open it.
If it fails, we'll say so.
That's the commitment.
Every decision we make passes through 4 constitutional gates. No exceptions, no overrides.
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