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Value Laddering and Behavioral Psychometrics
How AI Squared turns human decision-making into a competitive weapon.
How it works
- 1Every choice a person makes (cash vs. stock vs. charity vs. Ferrari) reveals their values.
- 2Bid estimating is behavioral on both sides: the estimator prices risk personally, the buyer evaluates risk personally.
- 3Encode that insight and you change how you compete in any procurement process, in any industry.
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The CURA CompaniesTodd's filter for where AI creates the most value: Complex, Urgent, or Administrative businesses.Own the Restaurant, Don't Make the PastaAI Squared's operating philosophy for every company it acquires.Disaggregate the EBITDA DriversThe playbook for where to deploy AI first inside a newly acquired business.The Infinite Elasticity of CapitalismTodd's 600-year rebuttal to the AI jobs panic.Interested and InterestingTodd's two-job rule for staying sharp as a professional.Default to UrgencyThe operating cadence behind AI Squared's speed.
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