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Methods

How we read precursors and controls

The method behind every exhibit: what we count, what we verify, and where the evidence stops.

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Methods

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What we study

The research looks at the conditions that come before serious events: precursors, the state of critical controls, and the indicators leaders use to see both. Definitions for each, with measurement boundaries, will be published here.

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Exhibit standards

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Respect for the people involved

We do not publish graphic detail, names or sites without consent. Case material, when we use it, is described at the level of conditions and controls.

Limits

This section will describe what the method cannot tell a reader, and where judgment replaces measurement.