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Before you commit.
A clearer basis
for your decision.
Can your artificial intelligence project stand up economically? Does it respect the people affected? BRS and HUMICS bring these two perspectives together to inform your decision and keep a clear record of what was decided — and why.
45 minutes · Free of charge · A project you know
Where the two axes meetSimplified view
Human alignment: needs work ← → strong
Viable · MisalignedProfitable.
Yet still, decline.
Yet still, decline.
The reason stays on record.
Viable · AlignedProceed.
The conditions are explicit.
Fragile · MisalignedStop.
Both axes raise concerns.
Fragile · AlignedRework.
Good intentions are not enough.
↑ Stronger commercial viability
Four outcomes to understand the intersection. The decision remains with your committee.
One project to examine. Or several to steer.
Several projects
Compare projects using shared criteria: commercial viability, human alignment and what their intersection means for your decisions.
Discuss your portfolio ↗A conversation to define your needs, not a portfolio review in 45 minutes.
An open method you can examine.Read and download the frameworks ↗Testing protocol ↗Author: David Desroses
The method
Examine. Debate. Decide.
Keep the record.
Bring a concrete project. We examine what is established, what is missing and what deserves discussion.
Examine
Business Readiness Score (BRS) examines commercial viability. HUMICS — Humanity, Intelligence, Collaboration, Synergy — examines human alignment.
Debate
Their intersection in the matrix reveals tensions. Evidence, uncertainty and disagreements are discussed together.
Decide
The committee decides, with its reasons and conditions. The matrix informs the decision; it does not make it.
Keep the record
Record the evidence examined, disagreements, decision and reasons so the case can be revisited and explained later.
Understand BRS × HUMICS in 34 seconds
Business Readiness Score (BRS): commercial viability. HUMICS: human alignment. Their intersection informs four possible decisions: proceed, rework, stop, or refuse even if profitable.
French audio and visuals · English subtitles
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The matrix informs a human decision. The method’s effectiveness remains to be tested.
Read the video transcript
HUMICS examines human alignment: who is affected, who can correct an error, and should the system be used this way?
BRS examines commercial viability: does the project meet a need with sustainable resources and costs?
Their intersection helps inform a decision: proceed, rework, stop, or refuse even if profitable. The decision remains human.
Keep a record of the decision and its reasons.
Two axes, one matrix: their intersection informs four possible outcomes, including declining a profitable project.
Six months later,
recover the reasons.
Revisit a project, explain a decision to management or present evidence to an auditor or regulator: the record shows what was examined and why the decision was made.
A documented record, not a guarantee of compliance. This fictional example illustrates a deliberation, not the output of the mini-scan or of the 45-minute conversation alone.
Extract from a decision recordFictional example
Artificial intelligence-assisted lending
Date and participants15 September 2026 · Project committee, risk team and user representatives.
Evidence examinedCost estimate v2; rejection process v1; demand assumptions.
Intersection and disagreementThe commercial promise relies on automation; the cost of human review remains disputed.
Decision and reasonsPostpone deployment: the appeals process and its funding have not been established.
Conditions and ownerThe project team documents the appeals process, its cost and responsibility for corrections.
Review date15 October 2026, with additional evidence and disagreements retained.
Mini-scan: your next questions
Six prompts for a project you know. Your answers on commercial viability and human alignment are considered together to prepare one discussion. Around a minute, no registration.
Educational self-report: not a diagnosis, a BRS/HUMICS score or an investment decision. Answers stay on this page; reloading or changing language clears them.
Your preparation summary
Up to three points to document
You report favourable indicators on both axes. Their intersection still needs evidence: six yes answers are not a green light.
You report commercial indicators in place, but human questions remain open. The economic promise does not resolve them: examine them together before deciding.
You report human indicators in place, but commercial questions remain open. Good intentions do not guarantee viability: examine the means to deliver that human promise.
Questions remain open on both axes. Consider economic constraints and human effects together before deciding: the two perspectives do not automatically offset one another.
You lack information on all six prompts. This does not mean the project is bad. Gather facts about viability and human effects before considering them together.
Gather evidence for each positive answer, then check potential tensions between viability and alignment.
02 / What you can take away
The right questions,
about your own project.
An initial assessment identifies uncertainties. It helps you prepare discussions with your teams and identify missing evidence.
The example alongside is fictional: it illustrates an initial assessment note, not a full review report.
Let’s discuss your project ↗Initial assessment noteFictional example
Artificial intelligence-assisted lending
Initial review · Indicative assessment
ViabilityDemand identified. Costs of human review need documenting.
AlignmentHow can a borrower understand and challenge a rejection?
IntersectionThe economic promise does not resolve the lack of recourse.
Before deciding: investigate the appeals process, who is responsible for it and its cost.
03 / See the method at work
Cases that open up discussion.
Retrospective readings of public sources and a fictional scenario. Illustrations of the method, with their sources and limitations.
Recruitment · AmazonCould the evidence
Who explains a decision
Can an instruction really
Could the evidence
justify saying no?
Revisit a recruitment tool through its viability, human impact and the reasons for stopping it.
Explore the case ↗Lending · Apple Card / Goldman SachsWho explains a decision
to the person affected?
Consider the product’s economics alongside the ability to understand or challenge a decision.
Explore the case ↗Fictional case · AI document monitoring agentCan an instruction really
prevent a send?
Examine expected benefits, control costs and human effects before letting an agent distribute a note.
Read the case in French →Your project portfolio
When projects continue without a clear decision, comparing costs is not enough. Business Readiness Score (BRS) examines commercial viability, HUMICS human alignment; their intersection helps a committee proceed, rework, stop or reject even a profitable project. For each reasoned decision, the work may bring together the evidence reviewed, disagreements, reasons, conditions and a review date. An initial conversation defines the scope; it does not assess the whole portfolio.
Write about my portfolio ↗The next step
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