Trust · AI use

AI does the heavy lifting. People make the decisions.

strategy1 uses AI systems, including Anthropic's Claude models, to research, analyse and draft.
Last updated 14 Oct 2026

In short

strategy1 uses AI systems, including Anthropic's Claude models, to research, analyse and draft. People decide: a named person approves every recommendation, nothing passes the Model, Decide or Deploy gate without a signed approval record, calculations come from strategy1's own code rather than the language model, and every deliverable discloses how AI was used.

Commitments

What we commit to, in every engagement

  1. 01

    A named person approves every recommendation.

    A strategy1 professional with authority to change it reviews and approves every recommendation. Where an engagement needs expert sign-off, a Domain Fellow signs too.

  2. 02

    3 signed gates.

    Nothing moves past the Model, Decide or Deploy gate without a signed approval record.

  3. 03

    The model explains. It does not calculate.

    Financial and technical numbers come from our own code, not from the language model.

  4. 04

    Every figure has a source.

    Each number and claim links to a source, a date and the agent that produced it, with a confidence grade: A (verified primary source or client data), B (credible secondary source) or C (model estimate).

  5. 05

    Nothing is written into your systems without approval.

    Approved decisions become CRM opportunities, budgets, briefs or run-sheets only after your named owner accepts them.

Human gates

3 signed gates

Nothing moves past the Model, Decide or Deploy gate without a signed approval record.
  1. 01Sense
  2. 02ModelH1signed
    approval
  3. 03Simulate
  4. 04DecideH2signed
    approval
  5. 05DeployH3signed
    approval
  6. 06Learn

Outcomes flow back into the Twin

Fig 7.5The S1 Method: six stages, three signed human gates. Nothing moves past Model, Decide or Deploy without a signed approval record.

Disclosure

We tell you when AI was used.

Every engagement letter carries an AI-use clause. Every deliverable carries this line:
Prepared by strategy1 with AI assistance (Claude models). Reviewed and approved by named Strategy Partner; sections marked ✓ signed by Domain Fellow. Every figure links to its source and confidence grade.
Every deliverable carries this line. Dashed text is filled with the names of the people who signed.

Limits

What we will not do.

We do not produce content meant to deceive people about who is speaking, or run influence campaigns that hide their origin.

The Readiness Scan

The Scan is a Claude agent with no access to your systems. It uses web search only, follows a fixed set of questions, shows you an itemised privacy notice and records your consent. Your answers seed a Bootcamp brief only if you continue and agree.

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Trust

Security

Isolation, access control and what we do not claim.

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