Free tool · The Ledger

Is your AI removing work, or quietly creating it?

A ChatGPT seat is not expensive. Neither is Claude, or Gemini. The cost arrives afterwards — in over-tuned prompts, five tools doing one job, and a report someone spends an hour checking. Play 15 rounds and find out where your ledger actually sits.

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The Ledger · 15 rounds

Every answer drops a weight onto the scale.

Fifteen statements about how your team actually uses AI. Each one loads the ledger toward work removed or work created. Watch which way it tips.

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Answer for how your team works today, not how you intend it to. Nothing is submitted — your score is yours.

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What it measures

Five dimensions that decide whether AI pays for itself.

Most AI assessments count tools. This one counts work. Each dimension below carries three statements, and each answer loads the ledger toward work removed or work created.

01

Problem-First Thinking

Are you buying tools, or solving problems?

You start from the problem, which is why your stack stays honest.

02

Tool Consolidation

One job, one tool — or five tools, one job?

Your stack is deliberate — every tool has a job nothing else does.

03

Output Reliability

Is checking the work erasing the time it saved?

Output is trusted enough to ship, so the time saved actually stays saved.

04

Ownership

One workflow, one owner — or nobody’s job?

Every workflow has a name against it, so nothing quietly rots.

05

Systems & Measurement

Do you measure outcomes, or count tools?

You measure the outcome, which is why the value compounds.

Score all five and you get a single net-work score out of 100, the two dimensions leaking the most value, and the specific corrective move for each.

How scoring works

Fifteen statements, sixty points, four bands.

Every answer is worth 0 to 4 points, giving a maximum of 60 raw points, converted to a score out of 100. Where you land determines the verdict.

80100Lean & CompoundingAI is a net asset. It removes materially more work than it creates, and the gains are compounding.
6079Net Positive, With LeaksAI is helping overall, but value is leaking through duplicated tooling and avoidable rework.
4059Tool-HeavyYou are buying faster than you are building. The tools have moved ahead of the systems around them.
039Work CreatorAs it stands, AI is adding work. Each additional tool is deepening the deficit rather than closing it.

Next time someone proposes another AI tool, ask one question first.

What problem are we actually trying to solve?

If the honest answer is unclear, that is usually where we start. OSLO HQ builds marketing and AI systems that remove work rather than redistribute it.