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Geopolitical Risk & Competitiveness Assessment

Simulation-backed assessment of geopolitical and competitive exposure. AIR sizes the readiness picture; WINS tests the futures. Compute is estimated until the game is configured.

TYPE:AssessmentTIMELINE:3–5 weeksCLEARANCE:CONFIDENTIAL TO RESTRICTED
ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXT & INTERVENTION

Operational Friction & Multipolar Mandate

Why traditional ad-hoc approaches fail at scale, and the precision protocol deployed to resolve it.

⚠SYSTEMIC VULNERABILITY // THE PROBLEM

Why this engagement exists

Geopolitics and industrial policy now move faster than annual strategy. Leaders need consequence analysis before capital, market entry, or alliance choices lock in — but most organizations have no way to test a strategic decision against plausible futures before committing to it.

HOW IT MANIFESTS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION4 FAILURE MODES
  • ✕Strategy assumes a stable geopolitical and regulatory environment that no longer exists.
  • ✕Market entry, alliance, and capital decisions are made without consequence analysis.
  • ✕Scenario planning is a static workshop, not a simulation with real branching.
  • ✕Competitive and geopolitical shocks are reacted to, never rehearsed.
⇄RESOLUTION PROTOCOL
✓MULTIPOLAR INTERVENTION // WHAT WE DO

Engineered scope & execution

AIR frames the readiness picture so the scenarios are about your organization, not an archetype. WINS stress-tests the futures on your actual decision nodes: market, alliance, capital, industrial policy. Facilitation is in the package; WINS compute is estimated until the scenario is configured, then billed on actuals. You leave with playbooks, not a threat brief.

CORE ENGAGEMENT INCLUSIONS5 WORKSTREAMS
  • ✓Decision framing: the actual choice under analysis
  • ✓AIR calibration of the readiness picture
  • ✓WINS scenario configuration and facilitation
  • ✓Proactive and reactive playbooks per tested future
  • ✓Shared operating picture and guidance for continued WINS use
TANGIBLE OPERATIONAL ARTIFACTS

What You Take Away

Every deliverable is named, structured, and tied to an immutable operational outcome. Nothing ships as a slide deck with no longevity.

01CONSEQUENCE ANALYSIS

Geopolitical and competitive consequence map

Second- and third-order consequences of the decision under analysis, mapped across the scenario families that matter.

⚡STRATEGIC OUTCOME

Leadership sees what actually happens downstream of each option — before committing.

02OPTIONS ANALYSIS

Stress-tested strategic options

Each strategic option tested under adverse scenarios, with failure modes identified.

⚡STRATEGIC OUTCOME

The choice is made against tested futures, not best-case assumptions.

03PLAYBOOKS

Proactive and reactive playbooks

For each tested future: what to do early (proactive) and what to do when the trigger hits (reactive).

⚡STRATEGIC OUTCOME

Speed when the environment moves — responses are pre-written, not improvised.

04OPERATING PICTURE

Shared operating picture

A common frame across strategy, risk, and leadership: the decision, the futures, and the agreed responses.

⚡STRATEGIC OUTCOME

The organization argues from the same map instead of from departmental intuitions.

PHASED OPERATIONAL EXECUTION

How This Engagement Runs

Structured gates from initial telemetry and baseline ingestion to verified exit capabilities.

3–5 weeks4 Execution Phases
01
PHASE 01 GATE

Frame the decision

Week 1

The actual choice — market, alliance, capital, industrial policy — is framed precisely. Not a generic threat brief; a decision with consequences.

DELIVERABLES PRODUCED:
Decision frameScenario scope
EXIT MILESTONE:
✓Everyone agrees on what decision is being tested and what counts as an answer.
02
PHASE 02 GATE

Calibrate with AIR

Weeks 1–2

AIR supplies the readiness inputs so the scenarios reflect your organization’s actual capacity and constraints, not an archetype.

DELIVERABLES PRODUCED:
Readiness calibration
EXIT MILESTONE:
✓Scenarios are grounded in what your organization can actually do.
03
PHASE 03 GATE

Run the futures

Weeks 2–4

WINS branches the decision across scenario families. We facilitate; compute is estimated at configuration and billed on actuals.

DELIVERABLES PRODUCED:
Simulation resultsConsequence map
EXIT MILESTONE:
✓Tested consequences for each option — the substance of the decision.
04
PHASE 04 GATE

Leave with playbooks

Weeks 4–5

Proactive and reactive paths become playbooks leadership can run, plus guidance on how to keep using WINS as the environment moves.

DELIVERABLES PRODUCED:
PlaybooksOperating pictureWINS continuation guide
EXIT MILESTONE:
✓A rehearsed response set and the ability to run future games without starting over.
TRANSPARENT UNIT ECONOMICS

Interactive Pricing Studio & Scope Engine

Our pricing is engineered, not asserted. Configure your organization profile and estate parameters to see the exact real-time cost breakdown.

// SCOPE CALCULATOR

Configure Your Parameters

1. ENGAGEMENT PROFILE MULTIPLIERS
2. MODULAR PLATFORM UNITS
TOTAL CONFIGURED INVESTMENT
from $110,000
Base Engagement Fee:$35,000
AIR · Mid · 250–2,000 people:+$30,000
WINS facilitation · Standard · 2–3 scenario families:+$45,000
WINS compute · estimate until configured; billed on actuals:+$15,000
Inference / Simulation Compute (Est):+$15,000
Brief Us On This Scope →

The fee moves on three objective multipliers—Sensitivity, Involvement, and Org Type. Each factor reflects real operational handling and operator time.

Sensitivity

×0.90 – ×1.30 on the engagement fee

Sensitivity sets the handling envelope around the whole engagement: how data moves, where evidence lives, who can touch it, and what containment we must maintain. Higher sensitivity means cleared handling, segregated evidence, and slower, more deliberate operations — real cost that a flat fee would hide.

Public: ×0.90Confidential: ×1.00Regulated: ×1.15Restricted: ×1.30

Involvement

×0.85 – ×1.35 on the engagement fee

Involvement is how much Multipolar operator time is on the hook. Counsel at checkpoints is a different commitment than embedded delivery inside your team, your systems, and your cadence. The multiplier tracks senior hours actually committed — not a markup.

Light: ×0.85Standard: ×1.00Deep: ×1.35

Organization type

×0.85 – ×1.25 on the engagement fee

The same technical work lands differently depending on who is buying it. Federal and defense engagements carry procurement, compliance, security review, and stakeholder alignment that a mid-market engagement does not. The multiplier prices the coordination and accountability surface, not the analysis.

SMB / Mid-Market: ×0.85Enterprise: ×1.00State & Local: ×1.00VC / PE: ×1.00Partners: ×1.00Auditors / Insurers: ×1.00Federal: ×1.15Defense: ×1.25
OPERATIONAL CLARITY

Frequently Asked Questions

Specific intelligence regarding security clearance, deliverable ownership, platform telemetry, and execution cadence.

No. It is a set of decision paths with playbooks, grounded in simulation. Threat briefs describe the world; this tests your decision against it.

DIRECT OPERATOR ACCESS

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