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Cognitive load engineering

Find the binding constraint. Engineer the condition.

BrainEng is a structured diagnostic across nine system conditions, built to surface the one condition currently limiting a team, and a disciplined six-week experiment to engineer against it. No guaranteed outcomes — a rigorous method for finding out what is true and testing a fix.

9
System conditions measured
1
Binding constraint per cycle
6 wks
Engineering experiment design
Network of connected nodes with a single illuminated constraint node

The problem

Effort is high. Attention is fragmented. Capacity is disappearing where no one is looking.

High effort, flat output

Teams work hard and still miss delivery windows because the limiting condition was never named.

Fragmented attention

Calendars and channels fragment the sustained focus that hard problems require.

Hidden capacity loss

Coordination overhead, unclear expectations, and fear of raising bad news quietly consume capacity no dashboard shows.

Under-leveraged AI

Tools are adopted without a workflow designed around them, so they add load instead of removing it.

The closed loop

Diagnose, prioritize, engineer, run, prove, repeat

  1. Step 1

    Diagnose

    Run the nine-condition diagnostic across the team.

  2. Step 2

    Prioritize

    Identify the single binding constraint — not an average score.

  3. Step 3

    Engineer

    Design one focused intervention against that constraint.

  4. Step 4

    Run six-week experiment

    Execute the intervention as a bounded, observed experiment.

  5. Step 5

    Prove

    Review the evidence gathered during the cycle against the original constraint.

  6. Step 6

    Repeat

    Re-diagnose and select the next constraint.

The instrument

Nine system conditions — one model

Every diagnostic cycle scores the same nine conditions. There is no eight-factor model in this product.

01

Expectation Precision

02

Challenge–Skill Calibration

03

Progress Visibility & Meaning

04

Attention Integrity

05

Recovery & Boundary Integrity

06

Coordination Load Architecture

07

Fear-Load Architecture

08

Psychological Safety & Candor

09

AI Leverage Architecture

Not another category

What BrainEng is not

Not an employee-experience platform

We do not run engagement surveys or track sentiment over time. We identify one binding system constraint and engineer against it.

Not workplace analytics or monitoring

There is no keylogging, no screenshots, no individual tracking, and no passive telemetry of any kind. Reporting is aggregate-only, above a hard participation threshold.

Not an execution or project tool

BrainEng does not manage your backlog or tasks. It decides which single condition is worth engineering before work starts.

Privacy commitment

Built to protect people, not surveil them

  • No keylogging
  • No screenshots
  • No individual productivity rankings
  • No automated performance classification
  • No medical or psychological diagnosis
  • No discipline recommendations

Pricing

One plan for one team, or a portfolio view across many

Guided Pilot

One team, one binding constraint, one six-week loop.

$499/mo

Team

Run the loop across up to three teams in parallel.

$799/mo

Organization

Portfolio view of where capacity is being lost.

$1,499/mo

Enterprise

Multi-unit deployment, security review, custom terms.

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