How the forecast works.
The RIDE Forecast is built to help you think, not to think for you. It informs a decision you make, and the decision stays yours. Here is exactly how it works, in plain terms, including the parts we are still improving.
What it looks at
Your answers show how you lead: where your energy comes from, how you take in information, how you make calls, and how you like to plan. A short set of questions about the business shows what the situation in front of you actually needs right now.
The forecast puts the two side by side. It shows where your natural way of leading fits what the moment calls for, and where the gaps are most likely to cost you. The headline is how strong that fit is. The detail is the part you are most likely to misread, so you can watch for it.
Is this AI guessing about you?
No. Your score is plain arithmetic, worked out the same way every time, and the code behind it is open. Nothing is inferring traits from your words or building a profile in the background.
The written guidance is written by people, to one consistent voice. While a piece of that writing is still in review, what you see is generated from the same arithmetic that produces your score, so the result always agrees with itself.
What we are still proving
Part of how we judge fit is our best-informed estimate, not yet tested against real outcomes. Until it is, your score is shown as a range rather than a single number, the forecast is marked as provisional, and we are clear that it is a starting point to pressure-test, not a verdict to act on by itself.
The finer detail on each of the archetypes is a first draft, and we are still validating it.
It belongs to you
You answer the questions. You see the result. You decide what to do with it. The forecast is free, it is yours, and it is built to bring into a coaching conversation or a board discussion. It is not something an employer runs on you.
We do not offer an employer-facing screening view, rank people against each other, or send a pass-or-fail result to anyone. Any of those would change what this product is, and we would only do it as a separate, deliberate choice. We have not.