Evidence-led executive learning · reviewed August 2026
Annotated value pathway map
Fictional example: preparing internal credit-review packs. Figures are illustrative assumptions, not observed results.
| Field | Exemplar entry | Why it is decision-quality |
|---|---|---|
| Workflow and baseline | Analysts prepare 80 packs monthly. Median elapsed time is 3.2 days; 18% return for missing source references. | Names volume, recipient-facing cycle and quality baseline. |
| Task intervention | System proposes a standard summary and links each extracted fact to an approved source page. | A bounded task, not “automate credit review”. |
| Complementary change | Intake requires approved documents; analyst rubric checks citation support; reviewer queue receives a 24-hour service target. | Makes non-technical causal components visible. |
| Mechanism | Primary: risk/quality. Secondary: capacity. | Prevents every potential benefit being claimed at once. |
| Measures | Eligible-use adoption; source-support pass rate; severe omissions; end-to-end cycle time; packs returned for missing evidence. | Locates success or leakage along the pathway. |
| Capacity conversion | If quality threshold is met, team lead redirects up to 20 usable hours monthly to complex exception reviews. No cash saving is booked. | Distinguishes gross time from a managed value action. |
| Gate | Stop for any uncontained critical-source error; revise below the quality threshold; scale only when quality and cycle measures both pass for two review periods. | The decision rule exists before results are known. |
Weak counterexample
“Saving 25 minutes on 80 packs creates 33 hours of monthly profit.” This ignores review time, adoption, time fragmentation, quality and the action required to convert capacity into value.