The Demand

Pull up the Tree on the next significant decision you catch yourself circling. Before anything else, name out loud which layer you are actually in. Most operators discover they have been stuck in Layer 3, still aggregating, long after they believed they were ready to push. Find your layer first. Everything else follows.

The Work

The significant decision you are currently circling:

The layer you believe you are in:

The layer you are actually in when you read the work honestly:

Layer 0 — your declared priors on this decision (what you already believe the answer is):

Your named bias position on this decision (confirmation, [Golden Rule Bias], or [Disruption Bias]):

Layer 1 — the MDV this decision must serve, and what your [Operator's Lens] (aggregated perception from every role in the building, not your own read) says about the decision:

Layer 2 — which of the ten Sight Targets are relevant to this decision, and where the gaps in your sight currently are:

Layer 3 — the six concurrent tools you have run (Five Questions, [Structural Scale], [Five Stakeholder Read], Decoy Option, [Bias Prosecution], [By Design Or By Default]) and which you have not yet run:

Layer 4 — does this decision expand MDV integrity, and is it a force multiplier for the MDV; if not both yes, which exit are you actually at (A burn, B return to Layer 3, C pilot required):

If Exit C — the pilot you need to run before this decision can be gated cleanly:

The layer you are stopping at until you complete the work upstream: