Four Rings Consulting

Services · Decision Integrity

Decision Integrity means making the call on what's true, even when the dynamics in the room are pushing you off it.

Two Decision Integrity products. The System is the automated infrastructure that captures decisions and stress-tests the ones flagged as irreversible. Advisory is a human thinking partner stress-testing the decisions you're carrying right now. Foundation and System are offered standalone. The Partner tier bundles the System with six months of Advisory. Advisory is also available on its own.

Three Decision Integrity engagements

A customized Decision Integrity System for a senior executive, built and trained collaboratively over four to six weeks. Every component handles one part of the decision work: capture, recall, stress-testing, communication, pattern recognition. You own everything; no subscription, no lock-in.

The three engagements at a glance. Full details below.
Capability Foundation $7,500 System $12,500 Partner $35,000
Decision Log & capture layer Included Included Included
Decision memory Included Included Included
Daily brief Lite Included Included
Communication layer Not included Included Included
Decision stress-test Manual Automated Automated
Pattern recognition Not included Included Included
Post-build refinement Not included 30 days Included
Six months Advisory Not included Not included Included
Build duration 4 weeks 6 weeks 6 weeks

Decision Integrity Foundation

$7,500

The core infrastructure with one explicit decision-stress-test ritual.

Decision-quality infrastructure with a manual pre-mortem ritual you run yourself before any decision flagged as irreversible.

Includes

  • Vault foundation, capture layer with Decision Log
  • Decision memory (queryable record of past decisions, their context, and what you learned)
  • Lightweight daily brief (priorities, calendar, recent communications, decisions needing review)
  • Manual decision-stress-test ritual (pre-mortem template plus input-stress-test checklist you run yourself on flagged irreversible decisions)
  • Light 30/60/90 maintenance manual
  • Four weeks build duration. Buyer maintains from week four.

Best fitLeaders who want the decision-capture and memory foundation but aren't ready for the full automated system. Often a stepping stone to System or Partner later.

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Decision Integrity System

$12,500

The full standalone system.

The complete decision infrastructure with the rituals operating in the background.

Includes

  • Vault foundation, capture layer with Decision Log, decision memory
  • Full automated daily brief with decision-aware feeds wired in
  • Communication layer (drafts in your voice plus decision-communication templates for hard calls)
  • Automated decision-stress-test workflow (pre-mortem and input-stress-test triggered on flagged irreversible decisions)
  • Decision pattern recognition (weekly report on where you've been right vs wrong over time)
  • Full 30/60/90 maintenance manual
  • Thirty days of post-build refinement
  • Six weeks build duration

Best fitExecutives who want the working infrastructure but don't need the ongoing advisory layer right now. Advisory can be added later.

Schedule a Decision Conversation

Decision Integrity Partner

$35,000

Full System build plus six months of Advisory access.

The complete Decision Integrity System working in the background while the Advisory layer stress-tests the calls in front of you.

Includes

  • Full Decision Integrity System build (six weeks)
  • Six months of Decision Integrity Advisory (two sessions per month plus on-demand access)
  • Decision Log, decision memory, daily brief, communication layer, automated decision-stress-test workflow, decision pattern recognition, 30/60/90 maintenance manual
  • NDA available

Best fitLeaders facing a defined window of consequential decisions who want both the infrastructure and the advisory layer working together.

Schedule a Decision Conversation

What every tier includes

  • Vault on your machine (your files, your data, your control)
  • GitHub backup repository
  • Decision Log with your flagged decisions captured
  • Documentation of every component
  • Handoff video walking through the whole system

What's not included

  • Software development for you
  • IT support or help desk
  • Maintaining the system long-term after handoff
  • Autonomous AI agents that do work for you
  • Generic productivity coaching
  • An on-call relationship between sessions (Foundation and System; Partner includes Advisory)

Decision Integrity Advisory

A thinking partner, stress-testing decisions in flight

Private one-to-one advisory for senior leaders who own consequential decisions and want independent thinking support. No system build. For executives who don't need new infrastructure but want a thinking partner stress-testing decisions in flight.

Zack Scott

Zack Scott

Includes

  • Confidential monthly one-to-one sessions (decision-focused, time-bounded)
  • On-demand access between sessions for urgent matters
  • Scenario and assumption pressure-testing
  • Optional one-page Decision Note deliverable capturing risks and critical unknowns
  • NDA available

Best-fit situations

  • High cost of errors or difficult reversals
  • Pressure from boards or public scrutiny
  • Misaligned quick consensus that hasn't been pressure-tested
  • A decision window where you want a thinking partner without building new infrastructure

Outcome: Most engagements surface missing inputs and pressure-test assumptions early, so decisions stop being driven by guesswork.

Terms and fee: Scoped during the Decision Conversation. Engagements are fixed-fee, six or twelve months.

Also available on inquiry as part of an Advisory engagement

Organizational-level diagnostic work

Confidential cross-organizational interviews and synthesis identifying where information degrades and decisions slow. Discussed during the Decision Conversation if relevant.

Execution and team support

Confidential preparation for high-stakes conversations and change navigation. Invitation-only follow-on. Limited footprint; does not extend to implementation or project management.

How engagements start

Every engagement starts with a free thirty-minute Decision Conversation to figure out which layer fits, or whether both do.

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