Socrates
Before lock“What has to be true for this decision to hold?”
Your call
A rationale you can defend.
The test
The assumption underneath it.
Take one serious business decision.
Make the call. Lock your reasoning. See what your judgement reveals.
Take the ChallengeThe board wants growth. The market is not ready to tell you if it agrees.
You have partial information, competing signals and one serious decision to make.
Market signal
Demand is rising, but retention is weakening.
Board mandate
Protect cash while finding credible growth.
Decision window
One first attempt. No edits after lock.
Commit action
Lock reasoningHold to submit
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Read the brief
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Make your call
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Lock your reasoning
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See the market respond
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Get your Decision Quality Score
The question your reasoning avoids.
Socrates does not give you the answer. It tests whether your call can hold.
The company is shared. The record is yours.
Run the challenge alone or with a team of four. The decisions move the same company forward, but your Decision Quality Score records the reasoning you locked on your first attempt.
CEO
Strategy & direction
CFO
Finance & capital
COO
Operations & people
CMO
Market & growth
Five things, not a gut feeling.
DQS breaks your decision into five dimensions.
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Strategic Alignment
Did your decision serve the business objective?
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Evidence Quality
Did you use the facts available, or lean on assumption?
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Bias Awareness
Did you notice blind spots, incentives and overconfidence?
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Long-Term Thinking
Did you account for second-order consequences?
05
Coherence
Did your rationale, trade-offs and final decision hold together?
A score and a story.
Your report shows your overall Decision Quality Score, how you scored across all five dimensions and a short breakdown of what your reasoning revealed.
Verified first attempt
74/100
Decision Quality Score
8-Round record
Strategic Alignment78
Evidence Quality71
Bias Awareness66
Long-Term Thinking80
Coherence75
Socrates
Your decision showed clear strategic intent, but your evidence base leaned too heavily on assumed customer behaviour.
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