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Practitioner workflow · Pre-session intelligence

How coaches use Decision Atlas — before, during, and after a difficult session.

Decision Atlas gives coaches pre-session outcome intelligence based on matched real-world decision outcomes — not AI-generated advice. You enter an anonymous client situation; the engine matches it against reviewed signals; you receive a structured operating brief for the session you are about to run.

Decision Atlas shows what happened to people facing similar decisions — so coaches can enter difficult sessions better prepared.
Session Operating Brief · Sample
DA-20260514 · S8
Pattern
BURNOUT + DELAY LOOP · capacity-pressure decision with delay risk
Risk
CRITICAL · 85/100 · n=30 matched · confidence HIGH
Open with
"What is already closing that you have not named yet — and what does it cost if it closes completely?"
Avoid
Open-ended readiness questions that allow further delay.
Close with
One dated commitment — not a vague intention.
Practitioner use only · Not for onward distribution · Sample output structure
What it does

Four steps. One report. Ready before the session begins.

The workflow is short, anonymous, and built so the coach can hold the matched evidence in their head before the client walks in. You stay the practitioner — Decision Atlas is the layer beneath your judgement.

01· enter
You describe an anonymous client situation
Decision type, age band, country, brief context. No names, no identifying detail. Designed for data minimisation — you keep the client confidential.
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02· match
The engine matches against reviewed signals
Your situation is matched against the vault: 4,000+ reviewed decision-outcome signals. A hard gate prevents a report from generating below five matched cases.
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03· report
A structured operating brief is returned
Pattern, risk band, evidence sample, anchor question, contraindications, session spine, and — on Professional — coach cards and a 7-day action contract.
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04· use
You prepare — and remain the practitioner
You read the report before the session, hold it during, share only the client-safe page if useful, and record 7/30/90-day movement. Judgement stays with you.
Trust boundary

This is not AI coaching advice.
It is matched outcome evidence.

If you have been burned by tools that hallucinate, pretend to coach, or replace your judgement with a confident-sounding paragraph — this is the section to read first. We have drawn the line clearly so you know exactly what Decision Atlas is, and what it refuses to be.

Decision Atlas does not
Hard boundary
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Tell the client what to do, or generate an instruction for them.
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Replace coach judgement, interpretation, or relational skill.
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Diagnose, label, or score the client as a person.
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Predict what will happen — distributions are directional, not forecasts.
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Generate fake evidence, synthetic cases, or AI-written quotes.
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Provide clinical, legal, financial, or therapeutic advice.
Decision Atlas does
Operational scope
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Match the decision situation against reviewed real-world outcomes.
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Show the observed pattern and the mechanism behind each path.
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Surface risks, contraindications, and clinical-boundary flags.
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Give the coach sharper preparation: anchor question, deflections, session spine.
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Support structured follow-up: 7-day commitment, 30-day movement, 90-day outcome.
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Stay practitioner-facing — you decide what enters the session.
Operating posture
The coach remains the practitioner. Decision Atlas is the evidence layer beneath your expertise — not above it. Causality is not assumed; co-occurrence across observed cases is reported. You interpret. You apply. You decide.
Workflow · Before · During · With client · After

How to use the report
across the session lifecycle.

The Professional report is built to be opened in four distinct moments — not read once and forgotten. Each stage uses different pages of the report. Coach Cards A and B stay open beside you during the conversation.

Stage 01
Before the session
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Read Page 1 — Command Centre. Know the pattern, risk band, and reframe in 60 seconds.
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Read Page 8 — Session Operating Brief. Internalise the 60-minute spine.
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Read Page 12 — Coach Card A. Verdict, predicted deflections, contraindications.
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Walk in knowing: pattern · risk · likely deflections · the one question to avoid.
Coach readiness check — 5 to 10 minutes
Stage 02
During the session
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Open with the anchor question once — then hold silence.
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Follow the session spine — confirm decision, test pattern, decouple, commit.
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Watch for the predicted deflections — name them rather than absorb them.
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Hold the contraindications and clinical-boundary flags as a safety floor.
Keep Coach Card B open · Use the decision rule when the conversation drifts
Stage 03
With the client
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Share Page 2 only — the client-safe summary is the single shareable page.
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Use the client-safe script if the client needs language for what is happening.
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Keep all practitioner-only pages private — verdict, contraindications, predicted deflections stay with you.
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Translate the matched pattern into your language — never the report's.
Page 2 is the only page designed to leave the practitioner
Stage 04
After the session
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Use the 7-day action contract — dated commitment, not a vague intention.
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At day 7: record whether the minimum commitment was completed.
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At day 30: did the decision move, stall, or become forced by events?
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At day 90: what actually happened — and would the client repeat the path?
Tracked-outcome loop · A framework for follow-through, not a proven impact claim
One shareable page. Only Page 2 — the Client-Safe Summary — is designed to be sent to the client. Every other page is practitioner-only and should not be shared, screenshotted, or quoted in marketing without removing identifying detail and methodology context.
Professional report · Page by page

What you actually get when you generate a Professional report.

A 15-page operating document. Each page has a single function. Together they form the session operating system — pre-read, in-session reference, client-shareable summary, and structured follow-up loop.

PAGE 01
Practitioner
Command Centre
5-minute coach scan · Pattern · DRS · Reframe
What it shows
The whole report in one page: detected pattern, Decision Risk Score, matched case count, regret value, the opening move, and the core reframe.
How the coach uses it
Open this five minutes before the session. If you read nothing else, this page tells you where the pressure is and what the first move should be.
PAGE 02
Client-safe
Client-Safe Summary
The only page designed for the client
What it shows
A plain-language summary of the dynamic, an anchor coach question phrased for the client, a decision rule, and a minimum commitment.
How the coach uses it
Share this page only if useful — by email after the session, or printed during. Every other page stays with you. Use sparingly.
PAGE 03
Risk anatomy
Score Anatomy + Decision Readiness
DRS formula breakdown · Regret · Financial · Wellbeing · Trajectory
What it shows
The four DRS components and their weights, the highest-pressure component, the session implication, and the client's decision-readiness band.
How the coach uses it
If readiness is LOW, the session is readiness work — not forcing the practical decision. Use the highest-pressure component as the first diagnostic lens.
PAGE 05
Evidence
Evidence + What The Coach Can Depend On
Matched cases · Provenance · Confidence boundary
What it shows
Matched case count, average regret, evidence quality, a sample of the strongest signals (with source provenance), and the evidence logic the pattern rests on.
How the coach uses it
Use this when the case feels messy — the evidence sample gives you ground to stand on when intuition wavers. Provenance helps you defend your moves in supervision.
PAGE 06
Practitioner
Trajectory Fork
Three observed paths · Probabilities · Coach intervention per path
What it shows
Three observed outcome paths with directional probability shares, average regret per path, intervention guidance, reversibility, and session warnings.
How the coach uses it
Use the fork to choose the intervention — not to forecast the client. Path shares below 100 matched cases are directional and must not be quoted as predictions.
PAGE 07
Pattern
Premium Evidence Trace + Compound Pattern
Why this is not generic advice · Pattern interaction
What it shows
Compound pattern detection (when two patterns interact), trigger conditions, exclusions, the most dangerous misread, and a visible evidence trail.
How the coach uses it
When two patterns are running together, the practical decision is often blocked by the second one. This page tells you which to address first.
PAGE 08
Practitioner
Session Operating Brief
60-minute session spine · Best first question · Likely deflections
What it shows
A timed 60-minute session arc — minute by minute — the best first question, the one question to avoid, and three likely deflections in advance.
How the coach uses it
This is your pre-session script. Read once before. Reference if the session loops or drifts. It is a spine, not a script-to-perform.
PAGE 11
Practitioner
7-Day Action Contract
Decision rule · Three contract lines · Minimum commitment
What it shows
The decision rule, three contract lines for the client, a minimum commitment, a 72-hour deadline (review point, not proof), and a client-safe closing script.
How the coach uses it
Close the session with a dated action, not a vague intention. Ask the client to repeat the commitment in their own words. Return to it at day 7.
PAGE 12
Practitioner
Coach Card A — Pre-Session Briefing
Verdict · Session focus · Predicted deflections · Contraindications
What it shows
A one-page pre-session card: verdict, session focus, the pattern explained, hidden risk, predicted deflections, session arc, contraindications, and clinical-boundary flags.
How the coach uses it
Print it. Read it five minutes before. Do not share with the client. The contraindications and clinical-boundary flags are non-negotiable safety reads.
PAGE 13
Follow-up
Tracked Outcome Loop
7-day · 30-day · 90-day movement record
What it shows
Operational decision rules, the 7-day action contract, and a tracked-outcome review loop: did the commitment complete · did the decision move · what actually happened.
How the coach uses it
Use it as a follow-through framework. It is not a proven impact claim — outcome data becomes evidence only after follow-up is recorded.
PAGE 14
Practitioner
Coach Card B — In-Session + Methodology
Anchor question · Follow-ups · Model alignment · Data separation
What it shows
The anchor question, four follow-up questions, coaching-model alignment (Co-Active · Narrative · CLEAR), data separation notes, and what not to let the session end with.
How the coach uses it
Keep this page open during the session. Use the anchor question when the client loops. Return to the decision rule if the conversation becomes too broad.
Vs other coaching tools

Most tools describe the client.
Decision Atlas shows what happened to people facing the same decision.

Psychometrics tell you who the client is. Generic coaching prompts give you a starter question. generic AI tools can generate a confident paragraph. They do not, by default, show reviewed outcome evidence from comparable decision cases. That is the missing layer.

Capability
Psychometrics
Generic prompts
AI chatbots
Decision Atlas
Real recorded outcomes
No — trait scores
No
Prompt-generated
Reviewed signals with provenance
Matched to the specific decision
Generic profile
Template question
Prompt-dependent
Pattern · country · age · subtype
Regret & outcome data
Not included
Not included
Speculative
Regret scores per observed path
Contraindications & boundary flags
No
No
Inconsistent
Per-pattern + clinical boundaries
Session operating brief
No
Partial
Improvised each time
60-minute timed spine
Structured follow-up
No
No
No
7-day · 30-day · 90-day loop
Replaces coach judgement
Frames it
Tries to shortcut it
Often substitutes for it
Never — practitioner-led, always
Bottom line
Psychometrics explain who the client is. Decision Atlas shows what happened to people facing the same choice. The two complement each other — but only one of them gives you outcome evidence.
Insight · Professional

Two report types.
One for scan. One for the session.

Insight is a six-page evidence snapshot for fast pattern and risk reading. Professional is the fifteen-page session operating system — used when the decision is high-stakes, stuck, or deteriorating, and the coach wants the full practitioner layer.

Insight Report
Quick evidence snapshot
6 pages · Fast read
£49
Per report
Use Insight when you need a fast evidence read before a single conversation, the session is exploratory or lower-stakes, or you want the pattern without the full operating layer.
  • Detected pattern + Decision Risk Score band
  • Core DRS components & directional regret curve
  • Compact Regret Map — three observed paths
  • Sample of strongest matched signals with provenance
  • Anchor coach question & opening move
  • Pattern boundary & methodology disclosure
Pages: Snapshot · Regret Curve · Evidence · Pattern Boundary · Insight vs Pro · Methodology
Professional Report
Session operating system
15 pages · Pre · During · After
£129
Per report
Use Professional when the decision is high-stakes, stuck, or deteriorating; you need contraindications and a session run order; or you want client-safe output and a structured follow-up loop.
  • Everything in Insight, plus —
  • Client-Safe Summary (Page 2 — shareable)
  • Full evidence trace & compound pattern detection
  • Session Operating Brief — timed 60-minute spine
  • Coach Card A (pre-session) & Coach Card B (in-session)
  • Contraindications & clinical-boundary flags
  • 7-day action contract & client-safe closing script
  • 7 / 30 / 90-day tracked-outcome review loop
  • Coaching-model alignment (Co-Active · Narrative · CLEAR)
Pages: Command Centre · Client-Safe · Score Anatomy · Regret Curve · Evidence · Trajectory Fork · Premium Trace · Operating Brief · How To Use · Successful Cases · Action Contract · Coach Card A · Tracked Loop · Coach Card B · Methodology
How to choose · If you can hold the decision in your head with a pattern read and a starter question, Insight is enough. If the case is messy, the stakes are real, the client is stuck, or you want a defensible structure for supervision and follow-up — Professional is the report. Both are decision-support material; both leave judgement with you.
Prepare with evidence

Prepare for difficult decision sessions
with outcome intelligence.

No client name required. No identifying data. A hard gate prevents reports below five matched cases. You stay the practitioner — Decision Atlas is the evidence layer beneath your judgement.

Decision Atlas reports are decision-support material only · Not professional, clinical, legal, financial, investment, tax, therapeutic, or medical advice · Not endorsed, certified, or formally approved by the International Coaching Federation or any professional body · Practitioners remain responsible for ethical use, client consent, safeguarding decisions, and any CPD/CCE claims they choose to make