The AI Decision Journal

Write the AI decision memo your board can act on

A private worksheet for the decision in front of you: the outcome you are buying, the evidence behind it, the risk you accept and the next irreversible step. Everything you type stays in this browser tab. Nothing is sent, saved or logged; closing the page clears it.

Use one memo per decision. The generated text is a working draft for you to paste into your own documents — it is not a professional review, approval or guarantee. For the publisher's consulting offer, see NovCog.

Decision memo worksheet

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Up to 120 characters. Name the decision, not the project.

Up to 120 characters. One accountable person or role.

Up to 1,000 characters. What changes in the business if this goes well?

Up to 2,000 characters. What you know, how you know it, and what you still do not know.

Up to 1,500 characters. The downside you accept, and who absorbs it.

Up to 1,000 characters. The next irreversible commitment, if any.

No date is assumed; leave blank if the review date is not yet set.