The Framework

Lead AI. Don't Just Follow It.

A comprehensive framework for human agency in the age of AI. Understand the model, activate the flywheel, and discover where you stand on the Ghost-to-Orchestrator spectrum.

The AIgency Model

Two Axes. Five Dimensions. One AIgency Score.

The AIgency Model maps the territory of human-AI collaboration on two axes. The Y-axis: Unlocking AI — understanding and activating the superpowers that make AI extraordinary. The X-axis: Unleashing Me — exercising the five forms of human agency that AI cannot replicate. Your position on both axes produces your AIgency score and places you on the Ghost-to-Orchestrator spectrum.

Unlocking AI

Y-axis: 5 AI superpowers to understand and direct

Unleashing Me

X-axis: 5 dimensions of human agency to exercise

More MeaningDeeper ConnectionActionable VisionHigher JudgementGrounded Courage
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AIgency

2 Axes

5 Dimensions

1 AIgency Score

Understanding
Conviction
Action

The Flywheel

Three Stages That Build AIgency

The AIgency Flywheel moves through three stages: Understanding, Conviction, and Action. Each stage feeds the next. Each cycle builds your agency — making you clearer, more decisive, and harder to replace.

1

Understanding

Making sense of what AI is, what it isn't, and what YOU bring that it can't replicate

2

Conviction

Testing your assumptions, verifying your value, and building the belief to act with agency

3

Action

Exercising your AIgency through values-based choices, leading first, and directing AI rather than following it

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The Personas

Nine Zones. Five Core Personas. One Destination.

Your scores on both axes — Unlocking AI (Y: 0-100%) and Unleashing Me (X: 0-100%) — place you in one of nine zones on the grid. Each zone maps to a persona that reveals your current relationship with AI and agency — your strengths, your blind spots, and your development path toward Orchestrator.

Low Me
(0-30%)
Mid Me
(31-79%)
High Me
(80-100%)
High AI
(80-100%)
Shadow Machinist
Risky Machinist
Orchestrator
Mid AI
(31-79%)
Machinist
Emerging
Exhausted Purist
Low AI
(0-30%)
Ghost
Purist
Shadow Purist

The Assessment

Measure Your AIgency

The AIgency Assessment measures where you stand on both axes — Unlocking AI (Y) and Unleashing Me (X). Your combined position places you in one of nine zones, assigns your persona, and gives you a clear development path toward Orchestrator.

30

Questions

15

Minutes

9

Zones

PDF

Detailed Report

What You'll Get

  • Your AIgency score and zone placement on the 3x3 grid
  • Your leadership persona with personalized strengths, blind spots, and watchouts
  • Dimension-by-dimension breakdown across all five forms of agency
  • Your specific development path toward Orchestrator (including which axis to prioritize)
  • Downloadable PDF report you can share with your team or coach

Ready to Discover Your AIgency?

Take the AIgencyAssessment and find out which of the nine zones you're in. Discover your persona, your score, and your specific development path — whether that's building AI capability, building human depth, or both.

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