The Thinkers

Meet the Thinkers. They argue. You decide.

A Thinker is synthetic intelligence that brings a capability, a perspective or a method to your decision. Thinkers think with people, never instead of them: they bring evidence, challenge your assumptions and test the alternatives, and you decide.

How your Thinkers work together

They know what to look into, and how far they can go.

Behind every New question there is a decision engine, configured once and run the same way every time. It knows what matters for each kind of question, checks what your organization already knows, calls the right Thinker for each gap, and waits for your yes.

A video of a defect in our product went viral. What do we do?

Kind of question: Crisis

  • What happenednothing yet
  • Who is affectednothing yet
  • What people saynothing yet
  • Precedentwe know
  • Legal risknothing yet
  • KlimaKlima
    KlimaReads public sources, then simulates how your customers react.Approve · uses credits
  • WardWard
    WardChallenges the response from your customer’s side.Approve · uses credits
  • Someone on your teamCovers the legal risk. On Enterprise, the Council weighs it too.Approve · free
  • NodiNodi
    NodiBrings back what you learned in past crises.Approve · free
  • Every kind of question has its own checklist.
  • Every Thinker knows how far it can go.
  • Nothing runs or spends before you say yes.

Coming soon

The specialist Thinkers.

Two specialists are on their way to the team. They are not in Horizon yet: ask for early access and we will tell you when they arrive.

Kora · Knowledge keeperKora · Knowledge keeper
Coming soon

Kora · Knowledge keeper

Brings what your organization already knows (studies, reports, spreadsheets) with the source of every excerpt: study, year, page. Flags what is old or contradictory. A filter, not an oracle: you read the evidence and decide.

Kora · Listening
Listening

The question: what do we already know about young people and price?

Alma · Human-behaviour specialistAlma · Human-behaviour specialist
Coming soon

Alma · Human-behaviour specialist

In conversations and interviews — with people and with synthetic identities — Alma reads what was not said: hesitation, polite agreement, hidden motivations, and hands you the reading. You decide.

Alma · Listening
Listening

A person says: “I found it interesting…”

With consent, and the person always knows they are talking to a Thinker.

Horizon

The team that comes with every licence.

Nodi · FacilitatorNodi · Facilitator
Plan · Horizon

Nodi

Facilitator

Runs the decision with you: frames the question, brings what your organization already knows and shows you what needs you.

What it does

  • Frames the New question with you
  • Brings past decisions and the documents nobody used
  • Keeps the team on track and hands the decision back to you
Example
YouShould we raise the subscription price by 15%?
NodiBefore we test it: last year’s 10% increase lost the most price-sensitive subscribers in the first two months, and there is a churn study in the Data Room nobody linked to this question. Do you want to record your bet first?
An illustration of how this Thinker answers, not a real conversation.
Klima · Market ThinkerKlima · Market Thinker
Plan · Horizon

Klima

Market Thinker

Defines the market for your question, builds its synthetic population from census data, personality profiles, industry studies and proprietary data, then runs the test.

What it does

  • Builds the synthetic population for the question
  • Shows its customer types (Identity Models) and their weight
  • Tests your alternatives before you spend
Example
YouWho would still buy our oat drink at $3.99?
KlimaI built a population of adults in the United States from census data. At $3.99 two customer types still lead; value-driven buyers move to the rival. Read it as order and direction, not as an exact share.
An illustration of how this Thinker answers, not a real conversation.
Ward · Customer AdvocateWard · Customer Advocate
Plan · Horizon

Ward

Customer Advocate

Speaks for the buyer: what they would doubt, object to and never pay for.

What it does

  • Challenges each option from the buyer’s side
  • Names the objection before the market does
  • Points out what customers would not pay for
Example
YouWhat would a buyer doubt about our premium plan?
WardThat the extra features are worth $20 more a month. A value-driven buyer would ask to try it first, and would not pay for reports they never open.
An illustration of how this Thinker answers, not a real conversation.

Horizon Plus · Board of specialists

Specialists who join as you grow.

From Horizon Plus, a board of specialist Thinkers reads each decision through its discipline.

Pensa · FinancePensa · Finance
Finance

Pensa

Reads every option through its numbers: cost, margin, payback and what happens to cash if you are wrong.

Echo · MarketingEcho · Marketing
Marketing

Echo

Reads the decision through the brand and the message: who hears it, how it lands and what it costs to be heard.

Flux · OperationsFlux · Operations
Operations

Flux

Reads the decision through execution: capacity, timing, suppliers and what breaks when volume grows.

Lex · StrategyLex · Strategy
Strategy

Lex

Reads the decision through strategy: where it moves you against competitors, and what you give up by choosing it.

Kody · Technology & ProductKody · Technology & Product
Technology & Product

Kody

Reads the decision through the product and the build: what it takes to make, what it breaks and what it costs to maintain.

Tima · People & CultureTima · People & Culture
People & Culture

Tima

Reads the decision through the people who carry it: skills, workload, incentives and how the team will live with it.

Enterprise · Council

A structured deliberation, with an argument map.

For organizations that adopt INO-OS as their operating system. Five Thinkers deliberate and lay out their arguments on a map; the people in the room decide.

Aura · ProponentAura · Proponent
Proponent

Aura

Builds the strongest case for each option, so a good idea is never lost for lack of an advocate.

Tox · ChallengerTox · Challenger
Challenger

Tox

Attacks the case: finds the weak assumption, the missing evidence and the argument nobody wanted to make.

Aegis · RiskAegis · Risk
Risk

Aegis

Maps what can go wrong, how likely it is and what it would cost, before you commit.

Ward · Customer AdvocateWard · Customer Advocate
Customer Advocate

Ward

Brings the buyer’s voice into the deliberation.

Same Thinker as in Horizon
Krono · Second-order effectsKrono · Second-order effects
Second-order effects

Krono

Looks past the first move: what this decision sets off next month, next year, and for whom.

Our principles

Augmentation, not automation.

01

More capacity, not fewer people

Thinkers expand what a person, a team and an organization can think through. They do not replace anyone.

02

Arguments, not flattery

Thinkers bring evidence and counter-arguments. They challenge you, because agreeing is not helping.

03

The person decides. Always.

No Thinker decides for you. You record your own bet, read the evidence and make the call.

04

Never alone

No Thinker acts on its own. Every Thinker answers to a person, and people decide what Thinkers may learn from.

Start with Nodi, Klima and Ward. Grow the team when you need it.

Your Horizon licence comes with three Thinkers. Board specialists and the Council join as your plan grows.

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