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Methodology

A system, not a collection of observations

Every investigation in this portfolio follows a repeatable analytical methodology. The system was designed to convert market signals into behavioural intelligence — structured enough to be rigorous, flexible enough to adapt to any industry.

01

Observe

Start with behaviour, not explanation. What are people and organisations actually doing — not what they say they are doing?

02

Evidence

Separate public fact, inference, hypothesis and unknown. Every claim must have a traceable source and an explicit confidence level.

03

Diagnose

Compare behavioural, process, incentive, technology and contextual explanations. Resist the temptation to adopt the first plausible narrative.

04

Locate Leakage

Find where intended value fails to become realised value. The behavioural value chain provides the diagnostic structure.

05

Segment

Identify meaningful behavioural states. People in the same role, market, or customer group often behave very differently.

06

Experiment

Specify mechanism, outcome, comparison and thresholds. Every proposed intervention must be testable.

07

Quantify

Connect behaviour to revenue, retention, productivity, cost or risk.

08

Govern

Account for privacy, fairness, autonomy and oversight. Every behavioural intervention carries ethical implications.

09

Falsify

State what evidence would change the conclusion. If a hypothesis cannot be falsified, it cannot be trusted.

Evidence Discipline

Research Integrity Philosophy

Every investigation maintains explicit separation between what is known, what is inferred, and what is proposed.

Public Evidence Public Evidence

What the company actually says in published sources — reports, press releases, research, investor materials.

Public Evidence Independent Evidence

External research, academic literature, and third-party analysis providing context or corroboration.

Analysis Analysis

Interpretation based on evidence. Reading of what the facts suggest about behavioural patterns and mechanisms.

Working Hypothesis Hypothesis

What may be happening. A structured conjecture about the behavioural mechanism. Explicitly testable.

Proposed Intervention Proposed Intervention

What I would test. A designed experiment with specified mechanism, outcome, comparison, and measurement.

Requires Internal Validation Internal Validation

What would require company data. The specific internal evidence needed to validate or falsify the hypothesis.

Behavioural Value Chain

Where value leaks between intention and outcome

At each stage, intended value can be lost, redirected, or destroyed by behavioural mechanisms.

Signal

What information enters the system? Is it noticed, filtered, or ignored?

Perception

How is the signal interpreted? What biases, priors, and frames shape perception?

Interpretation

What meaning is assigned? How do cognitive shortcuts create systematic errors?

Decision

What choice is made? Under what constraints, incentives, and uncertainties?

Action

What behaviour follows? Does the action match the intention?

Habit

Does the behaviour repeat? What reinforcement, environment, and social norms sustain it?

Outcome

What result occurs? Is it measured accurately? Does it connect to business value?

Feedback

Does the outcome change future behaviour? Is the feedback loop functioning?

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