Decision IQ/ 6 Brains auditHow your Decision IQ works
It is a directional heuristic, not a clinical instrument. Decision IQ is not normed against a population, not validated as a psychometric test, and not a measure of intelligence. It is one reading of how open you looked in one situation you described, in your own words, on one day.
Not medical, legal, or financial advice. Decision IQ names mechanics; it does not diagnose you and it does not decide for you.
Step one
Exposure, per system
An Assessment scores each of your six decision systems for exposure in that situation: 0 to 100, where higher means more open to being worked. The scores come from what you actually said in the interview, not from a questionnaire key.
Step two
Exposure becomes the number
The six exposure scores are averaged and flipped: average exposure lands near 100, low exposure climbs above it, high exposure falls below. The scale is deliberately uncapped at the top — there is no ceiling to being hard to move.
Decision IQ = round(100 + (50 − average exposure) × 0.9)
| Avg exposure | Grade | Decision IQ | Reads as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–15 | A | 132–145 | Hard to move |
| 16–30 | B | 118–131 | Reads the play early |
| 31–50 | C | 100–117 | Solid, with blind spots |
| 51–70 | D | 82–99 | Movable in the right moment |
| 71–100 | F | 55–81 | Runs on instinct |
Every row above is computed live from the same functions the app scores you with.
Step three
What each band means
- 130 and up
Hard to move
Persuaders have to work for this one.
- 115–129
Reads the play early
You spot the setup before the close, most of the time.
- 100–114
Solid, with blind spots
Above the middle. Two or three brains still do the deciding.
- 85–99
Movable in the right moment
Fine on a good day. The pressure is where it slips.
- 84 or below
Runs on instinct
Right now the situation is picking for you. That's fixable.
The point
Movement is the useful signal
One reading is a snapshot of one situation. Two readings start a line. The line helps you see which kinds of pressure tend to move you, and which system to watch next time. It is not proof that you have become better at deciding, and we don't claim it is. Treat the trend as the finding and the single figure as an anecdote.
The score also moves with the situation you bring. A high-pressure decision will read lower than a calm one — that is the instrument working, not a verdict on you.
Honesty
How we test this
What we are measuring: how exposed one decision is to pressure right now, based on what you told us. Not intelligence, not personality, and not whether you will choose well.
- · Consistency: does the same situation, described the same way, get a similar reading twice?
- · Sources: how many key points rest on your own words, your documents or a Library entry, versus a general pattern?
- · Usefulness: when people log how a decision turned out, did the brains we flagged match what they say actually moved them?
We will publish the results on this page whether they are good or bad, including the parts that don't hold up. Until then, treat every reading as a way to see your situation more clearly, not as a verdict.