White Paper
In preparation
The Incentive Audit: a six-dimension diagnostic for the modern enterprise.
Framework, methodology, and findings from the first cohort of audited organizations.
Research Center
The authority engine of the Lab.
Original research, executive case studies, and industry-specific breakdowns from the Lab's practitioners and Council. Published continuously.
Featured · Case Study
New
Adler over Freud: why incentives pull people forward.
A working paper on irrational behavior, teleological psychology, and the operational case for redesigning the field instead of excavating the past. Includes a 400-engineer case where a 25% calibration shift dropped review latency 41% in 90 days.
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Case Study
Forthcoming
When the comp plan ran the company.
How a $400M incentive structure quietly redirected an entire firm's strategy for nine years.
Industry Report
Q1
AI Incentive Misalignment: a sector-by-sector breakdown.
Where AI investment is compounding — and where it's quietly being undone by the human systems underneath.
Executive Brief
Quarterly
The Future Incentives Index.
Twelve early-warning incentive signals every executive team should be tracking in 2026.
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