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Instruments for the decisions that define an organisation.

THE Q AGENCY builds diagnostic instruments and indices that turn intelligence into judgements you can defend. This catalogue is arranged by the problem each instrument resolves — not by category, and not sold from a shelf. Access runs through assessment, licence, or engagement.

I Organizational Intelligence II Decision Intelligence III Screening & Risk IV Perception & Cognitive V Ratings

Every instrument is described the same way, so you can compare them on the same terms.

Problem Measures Output For Access
I
Organizational Intelligence

How coherently an organisation holds together.

Instruments that measure alignment, resilience and structure across the whole organisation — under change and under load.

Q-ACIDiagnostic index

Adaptive Coherence Index — alignment across strategy, organisation and workforce.

  • ProblemTransformation frequently creates strategic, organisational and workforce misalignment.
  • MeasuresAdaptive coherence across organisational levels.
  • OutputScore, profile, diagnostic gaps and longitudinal comparison.
  • ForBoards, transformation leaders, HR, strategy and AI implementation teams.
AssessmentEnterprise licence
Framework
Q-STRESSDiagnostic index

Organisational stress and resilience under simulated pressure.

  • ProblemOrganisations absorb shocks unevenly; hidden fragilities surface only under load.
  • MeasuresStress tolerance and resilience across functions and scenarios.
  • OutputStress profile, fragility map, threshold indicators and scenario comparison.
  • ForBoards, risk owners, operations and continuity leads.
AssessmentEnterprise licence
Framework
Q-LABOURSector index

Employment structure across the five Q sectors of the EU/EEA.

  • ProblemWorkforce structure across the intelligence economy is poorly mapped against sectoral value.
  • MeasuresEmployment levels and composition across the five Q sectors of the EU/EEA.
  • OutputComparative sector employment index, regional maps and trend series.
  • ForPolicymakers, economists, workforce strategists and investors.
IndexResearch licence
Framework
II
Decision Intelligence

How — and how well — decisions actually get made.

Instruments that examine the architecture of consequential decisions: who decides, how they decide, and how complex the ground they are deciding on.

Q-MONADDecision diagnostic

Decisional integrity against the four monad properties.

  • ProblemAccountability for consequential decisions is diffuse; who actually decides is often unclear.
  • MeasuresDecisional integrity — indivisibility, operational closure, reflection on reality, and responsibility for consequences.
  • OutputDecision-structure diagnostic, accountability map and integrity score.
  • ForBoards, executive committees, governance and audit functions.
AssessmentAdvisory
Framework
Q-ARCHRating framework

Dual rating of an actor's decision architecture.

  • ProblemIntelligence-age actors lack a rating that reflects how they decide, not just what they hold.
  • MeasuresQuinary (C·E·S·A·G) and quaternary vectors of an actor's decision architecture.
  • OutputOrdinal rating, vector profile and a methodology-versioned rating record.
  • ForInvestors, counterparties, rated entities and analysts.
Rating engagementRegistry
Framework
Q-COMPLEXITYExplorer index

Economic and organisational complexity of the terrain being navigated.

  • ProblemStrategy is set without a clear read on the complexity of the environment it must survive.
  • MeasuresEconomic and organisational complexity across sectors and territories.
  • OutputComplexity index, explorer views, positioning and capability gaps.
  • ForStrategy teams, economic-development bodies and investors.
ExplorerEnterprise licence
Framework
III
Screening & Risk Intelligence

Exposure, read before it becomes a decision you regret.

Instruments that price regulatory and geopolitical exposure across transactions, jurisdictions and counterparties - as decision inputs, not compliance paperwork.

Q-GPRRisk index

Geopolitical pressure tied to a specific decision.

  • ProblemGeopolitical risk is narrated qualitatively and rarely tied to the decision at hand.
  • MeasuresGeopolitical pressure and exposure across territories and counterparties.
  • OutputGPR score, exposure map, monitored indicators and alerts.
  • ForInvestors, corporate risk, transaction and security teams.
AssessmentMonitoring
Framework
Q-SCREENScreening comparator

FDI and outbound-investment exposure across jurisdictions.

  • ProblemCross-border transactions face fragmented, fast-changing FDI and outbound-investment controls.
  • MeasuresScreening exposure and regime friction across CFIUS, UK NSI and EU FDI jurisdictions.
  • OutputTransaction friction score, regime comparison and an evidence-based risk read.
  • ForPrivate equity, corporate development and transaction counsel.
Per-caseInstitutional licence
Framework
Q-intellIntelligence suite

The intelligence engine that feeds screening and risk decisions.

  • ProblemScreening and risk decisions rest on intelligence that is scattered, unverified and hard to act on.
  • MeasuresSignals, entities and relationships gathered and structured across open and licensed sources.
  • OutputVerified intelligence products — profiles, watchlists, dossiers and monitored feeds.
  • ForRisk, due-diligence, transaction and screening teams.
SubscriptionEnterprise licence
Product
IV
Perception & Cognitive Intelligence

How you are perceived, and how well your people decide.

Branded instruments that read the signals organisations usually miss - how audiences perceive them, and how sharp their people are under pressure.

eQuilibriumLearning platform

Cognitive habits for people facing the intelligence age.

  • ProblemPeople and teams meet the intelligence age without the cognitive habits it demands.
  • MeasuresLearning progress and cognitive-capability development across a structured curriculum.
  • OutputCapability profile, learning pathways and progress tracking.
  • ForExecutives, teams and institutions building intelligence-age capability.
ProgrammeEnterprise licence
Product
iqinsiderPerception platform

Perception and sentiment across the stakeholders who decide your fate.

  • ProblemOrganisations misread how they are perceived by the people who decide their fate.
  • MeasuresPerception, sentiment and cognitive signals across stakeholder audiences.
  • OutputPerception profile, signal dashboard, gap and drift tracking.
  • ForLeadership, communications, investor-relations and brand functions.
SubscriptionEnterprise licence
Product
toniQbrainCognitive platform

Cognitive readiness and decision-fitness for high-stakes teams.

  • ProblemCognitive readiness and decision fitness go unmeasured in high-stakes teams.
  • MeasuresCognitive performance and decision-fitness signals for individuals and teams.
  • OutputCognitive profile, training paths and longitudinal tracking.
  • ForExecutives, high-performance teams, and learning & development.
AppEnterprise programme
Product
V
Ratings

Published judgements on the fitness to decide.

Standardised, versioned ratings built on the Q-ARCH methodology - citable, permalinked, and held in a public registry.

Q Rating IndexFlagship rating

The composite standing of an actor in the intelligence economy.

  • ProblemThere is no standard rating an actor on its fitness to decide in the intelligence economy.
  • MeasuresComposite rating across the Q-ARCH quinary and quaternary vectors.
  • OutputPublished ordinal rating, entity record, versioned methodology and history.
  • ForInvestors, counterparties, rated entities and the public.
Rating engagementPublic registry
Overview
CTRIRating index

Transformation-readiness, expressed as a comparable rating.

  • ProblemOrganisations enter transformation without a comparable, defensible read on their readiness for it.
  • MeasuresCoherence and transformation-readiness, rated on the Q-ARCH ordinal ladder.
  • OutputOrdinal rating, readiness profile and peer benchmark.
  • ForBoards, investors, transformation sponsors and rated entities.
Rating engagementRegistry
Overview
Forthcoming indexesIn development

New sector and thematic indexes are in development under the Q-ARCH methodology, released paper-first once their framework is published. Institutions can commission an index for a specific question.

Commissioned index
Commission
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Start with the decision, not the product.

Tell us the decision in front of you. We'll point you to the right instrument - or build the index the question needs. Access runs through assessment, licence, rating engagement, or a sovereign arrangement.