Prediction & calibration

A view worth holding is a view worth scoring.

Most organizations preserve what was decided. Far fewer preserve what was expected, how strongly, and under what conditions. Without that, there is nothing to compare reality against, and judgment never gets measured.

Prediction & calibration

Prediction should eventually be scored.

A consequential decision should preserve not only what leadership chose, but what it expected to happen and with what confidence. The record is written before the outcome is known, so hindsight cannot quietly rewrite the thesis.

The decision record survives the outcome

PredictionWhat leadership expected to happen
ConfidenceHow strongly it was held at the time
Expected rangeThe modeled outcome band, not a point estimate
Load-bearing assumptionsWhat had to be true for the view to hold
Evidence forWhat supported the view
Evidence againstWhat contradicted it, recorded rather than discarded
What would change the viewThe conditions defined in advance
Actual outcomeWhat reality produced
CalibrationHow expectation compared with outcome

Reality becomes the scoring mechanism.

How calibration works →
Why it is recorded this way

The discipline is in the detail.

Confidence is stated, not implied

A view held at 60% and a view held at 90% carry different weight. Recording confidence at the time makes that difference visible later, instead of being reconstructed from memory.

Ranges rather than point estimates

Expectations are held as modeled bands under stated scenarios, which makes it possible to distinguish a wrong view from an unlucky outcome inside a correctly modeled range.

Evidence for and against is retained

Contradicting evidence is preserved alongside supporting evidence, so a view can be re-examined on what was actually known at the time.

Conditions are defined in advance

What would change the view is written down before commitment, which is when it can still be defined honestly.

What calibration does not do

Scored, not certain.

  • Calibration compares expectations with outcomes. It does not make outcomes predictable.
  • A well-calibrated view can still be wrong on any individual decision.
  • Confidence reflects the strength of the view at the time, not the probability that a commitment will succeed.
  • Calibration requires enough recorded decisions and observed outcomes to be meaningful.
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