Method The published discipline
Three layers. Independently published, independently versioned.
The methodology is staged in three layers: the diagnostic itself, the application protocol it travels with, and the pattern archive where engagement learning compounds. This page is the hub; each layer has its own publishing cadence.
Paper. Playbook. Pattern Library.
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The Paper: Signal-Response Distance
The diagnostic construct. Measures the distance between strategic signal and organisational response across six capability stocks. Working paper v0.4, freely downloadable, peer review in progress. Read the diagnostic →
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The Playbook: SRD Application
How any practitioner applies the diagnostic in their own engagement work. Six parts: Foundations, Engagement Protocol, Diagnostic Disciplines, Anti-Overreliance Triad, Patterns, Research Agenda. v0.8.0, with the six engagement canvases. Read the Playbook →
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The Pattern Library: Engagement Archetypes
How the diagnostic scales across recurring engagement shapes. Four engagement-typed archetypes plus the quadrant-derived deep patterns. Preview · seeded. See the archetypes →
Deeper than the framework summaries.
Six Delay Stocks: the capability stack in detail, with the lineage and common delay mechanisms for each stock.
The SRD Diagnostic Matrix: quadrant placement protocol with intervention prescriptions per quadrant.
SRD and AI: which stocks AI compresses, which it doesn't, and the jagged-frontier finding.
SRD Working Paper: full v0.4 specification, version history, citation form, PDF download.
The SRD Value Diagnostic: the full instrument. Seven lenses, the capability-leverage map, and Glidepath, the dynamic routing view.
The Triage Instrument: interactive, four reads on a signal chain with the verdict recomputed live. The sixty-second version of the SRD Value Diagnostic.
Start Here: the whole methodology on one page, with what is open and what is not.
Playbook v0.8.0 Release Pack: the six engagement canvases, free; the bundle on request.
The quadrants, one by one.
Well-Instrumented (Q1): the baseline quadrant. Protect what works; watch for drift.
Augmented Frontier (Q2): the strategic prize. Where AI investment lands hardest.
Instrumentation Gap (Q3): simple signal, slow organisation. Cheaper to fix than expected.
Slow-Complex Zone (Q4): where most strategic failure lives. Pathology or posture.