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Featured investigation / 001 — Collective work

Who gets the value
created between us?

Three contributors. One shared result. How should it be divided?

Some value only appears
when we work together.

Alone, A makes 12, B makes 8, and C makes 4. Together: 42. Working together creates the extra 18.

Separate outputs
12 + 8 + 4 = 24
Joint output
42 units
Additional joint value
18 units

How would you divide the full 42?

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Made separately2412 + 8 + 4
Created togetherthe relationship adds
The shared result42units to divide
Six possible orders. Your prediction comes first.Each of the six orders contains A, B and C once. The 18 paths connect their places in each order to their eventual shares. Paths show relationships, not quantities. Allocation values remain hidden until you compare your split.Possible orders1st to join2nd to join3rd to joinWho gets what?ABCACBBACBCACABCBAABCACBBACBCACABCBAA?B?C?

Six possible orders of joining

ABC
ACB
BAC
BCA
CAB
CBA
A?B?C?

Your prediction / A first impression

How would you divide 42?

All 42 units stay in the bar.

Start with a hunch. Move either boundary to transfer units between neighbours.

14units
14units
14units
Starting split: 14 each · total 42

Upper handle: A ↔ B. Lower handle: B ↔ C. Use arrow keys for one-unit steps.

Other ways to see it.

02 / Measurement & meaning

What the dashboard leaves out

Good metrics illuminate, but they also omit. The same 80 completions can tell two different stories.

Completion among starters.

Same completions. Different frame. The numerator stays the same.

One dot is one person. Select a group to highlight it; select again to clear.
Your frame: 80 ÷ 100 =80%
Inspect the metric

03 / The arithmetic of work

What does a subscription really cost?

Price is one number. Seats and time turn it into a commitment.

5 seats$1,440
10 seats$2,880
15 seats$4,320

Illustrative dollars; all seats billed at a constant price. Excludes discounts, tax and implementation.

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Small questions,
open possibilities.

Three illustrative sketches. Move a control to explore; full investigations are in development.

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Mean 50 stays fixed. Change the spread to see what the average hides.

04 / In development
Mean 50 · wider or narrower

Prior 25%. Evidence ×1 gives 25.0%.

05 / In development
Prior 25% · changing odds

Start 100. At 6% per period: 405 after 24 periods.

06 / In development
24 periods · starting at 100

Follow the evidence.

How should we divide 42 shared units?

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