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Decision Cost Calculator

Every hour your team spends waiting on answers, re-explaining processes, or remaking decisions that should already be documented has a dollar figure attached to it. This calculator shows you what that number actually is.

Adjust the three sliders below. The cost updates in real time. Most founders who run this are surprised by the annual number. Not because the inputs are dramatic. Because the math compounds faster than they expect.

Key players carrying undocumented knowledge 3
People your business cannot operate without. The ones who carry pricing logic, client preferences, process knowledge, or tool configuration in their heads.
1 person 12 people
Average annual compensation $85,000
Loaded cost per key player. Include salary, benefits, overhead. If you are not sure, use 1.3x base salary.
$40K $250K
Hours per week each spends on undocumented decisions 8 hrs
Answering the same questions, re-explaining processes, making calls that should already be documented, and fielding "quick questions" that interrupt deep work.
1 hr/wk 30 hrs/wk
Annual Decision Cost
$0
That is $0 per month leaving your margins
Contained Compounding Structural Critical
$0
Per day
0
Full salaries equivalent
0
Hours/year on undocumented decisions
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Adjust the sliders above to see what undocumented intelligence is costing your business.

Your Read

This is not a people problem. It is a packaging problem. The knowledge exists. It is just trapped in a format the business cannot access without interrupting the person who carries it.