{
  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "generated": "2026-07-26",
  "note": "Extension to EQCompanion Model Studio. Encodes 6 new structural/strategic/individual-level lens models using the Techniques→Practices→Models→Principles meta-schema (model #20), and maps how each strengthens specific dimensions of the existing 19 utterance-level EI/coaching frameworks.",
  "rollout_decision": "All 6 models approved to ship Live · citable from day one (per stakeholder decision).",
  "rollout_risk_note": "4 of the 6 (3 Horizon Model, ISO 31000 Risk Process, Change Integration Model, Understanding Learners) have NOT yet been validated against the 12,000-session held-out eval set. Shipping Live · citable day-1 means they influence real coaching output (session tags, next-best-action suggestions, Cohere aggregation, shadow-coach whispers) before that validation. Recommend a fast-follow eval pass within the first release cycle rather than skipping it — same bar the model card holds the existing 19 to. This is a flagged risk, not a blocker to the go-live decision.",
  "existing_frameworks_baseline": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Attune Coaching Competencies",
      "badge": "CORE",
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Attune · Stakeholder Centered",
      "badge": "CORE",
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "name": "Psychological Safety",
      "badge": "CORE",
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "name": "Nonviolent Communication",
      "badge": "CORE",
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Guided Growth model",
      "badge": "CORE",
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "name": "Growth Mindset framework",
      "badge": "CORE",
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "name": "Radical Candor",
      "badge": "CORE",
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "name": "Emotional Intelligence 2.0",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "name": "Emotional Intelligence",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "name": "Working with Emotional Intelligence",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "name": "Primal Leadership",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "name": "The EQ Edge",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "name": "The Emotionally Intelligent Manager",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "name": "Permission to Feel",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "name": "Atlas of the Heart",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 16,
      "name": "Dare to Lead",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 17,
      "name": "Crucial Conversations",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 18,
      "name": "Conversational Intelligence",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    },
    {
      "id": 19,
      "name": "The Chimp Paradox",
      "badge": null,
      "tier": "utterance"
    }
  ],
  "new_models_for_model_studio": [
    {
      "id": 20,
      "name": "Framework Meta-Model",
      "badge": "META",
      "tier": "structural",
      "one_liner": "Schema layer — decomposes every framework into Techniques → Practices → Models → Principles for consistent citation",
      "weight_default_pct": null,
      "weight_note": "Not utterance-weighted — applies to ALL frameworks as a validation/encoding layer, not a scorer itself",
      "status": "Live · citable",
      "encoding": {
        "techniques": "Specific NLP extraction routines used to detect framework-relevant signals in a transcript (e.g. hedging-language detector, blame-language detector, question-ratio counter).",
        "practices": "Repeatable scoring routines that apply techniques consistently (e.g. 'score empathy per utterance using hedging + validation-language detectors').",
        "models": "The 19 existing named frameworks themselves — each is a Model composed of practices.",
        "principles": "The underlying behavioral-science claims each framework rests on (why the scoring is valid)."
      },
      "product_impact": "Every framework citation shown in Playground results (e.g. 'Attune Comp #7 · Evokes') is now traceable through this schema — improves auditability for the Model card & arch page's 'Framework citation' column and reduces framework drift as new frameworks are added.",
      "strengthens_existing": [
        1,
        2,
        3,
        4,
        5,
        6,
        7,
        8,
        9,
        10,
        11,
        12,
        13,
        14,
        15,
        16,
        17,
        18,
        19
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 21,
      "name": "3 Horizon Model",
      "badge": "PORTFOLIO",
      "tier": "team-level",
      "one_liner": "Classifies where a team/individual's energy is going — Retire (H0) / Optimize (H1) / Expand (H2) / Create (H3)",
      "weight_default_pct": 6,
      "status": "Live · citable",
      "validation_status": "NOT YET validated against 12,000-session held-out eval — shipping live ahead of validation per stakeholder decision",
      "signals_detected": [
        "Ratio of maintenance-language vs. innovation-language across a session or reporting period",
        "Whether growth-plan actions (from 'My growth plan') skew toward Optimize-only work",
        "Team-level clustering of Attune signals into H0–H3 bands"
      ],
      "product_impact": "Feeds Cohere's ambient team-health layer directly — e.g. 'This team's signals cluster 70% H1/Optimize, 5% H2/Expand — optimize-mode fatigue risk' without exposing individual-level data.",
      "strengthens_existing": [
        2,
        5,
        6
      ],
      "strengthens_reason": "Adds a portfolio lens on top of Guided Growth model (#5) and Growth Mindset framework (#6) so growth-plan actions can be classified by strategic horizon, not just scored for tone; strengthens Stakeholder Centered (#2) reporting to leadership."
    },
    {
      "id": 22,
      "name": "ISO 31000 Risk Process",
      "badge": "RISK",
      "tier": "session-level",
      "one_liner": "Maps unresolved-uncertainty, avoidance, and escalation signals to a formal risk-governance loop (identify → analyze → evaluate → treat → monitor)",
      "weight_default_pct": 5,
      "status": "Live · citable",
      "validation_status": "NOT YET validated against 12,000-session held-out eval — shipping live ahead of validation per stakeholder decision",
      "signals_detected": [
        "Explicit-uncertainty-not-addressed (topic raised, never resolved in-session)",
        "Escalation trajectory across a session (rising urgency language without de-escalation)",
        "Repeated risk topics across multiple sessions with no monitoring/review follow-up"
      ],
      "product_impact": "Strengthens the 'Intent-impact gap' and 'Cognitive bias flag' dimensions in the model card evaluation table by giving them a formal risk-classification, not just a raw score — improves shadow-coach whisper accuracy for 'this concern was never actually addressed' scenarios.",
      "strengthens_existing": [
        3,
        7,
        17
      ],
      "strengthens_reason": "Gives Psychological Safety (#3), Radical Candor (#7), and Crucial Conversations (#17) a structured escalation/avoidance taxonomy instead of a single safety score."
    },
    {
      "id": 23,
      "name": "Change Integration Model",
      "badge": "CONTEXT",
      "tier": "session-level",
      "one_liner": "Classifies conversation context as swift/disruptive vs. planned/deliberate change — prevents mis-scoring urgency as poor coaching tone",
      "weight_default_pct": 5,
      "status": "Live · citable",
      "validation_status": "NOT YET validated against 12,000-session held-out eval — shipping live ahead of validation per stakeholder decision",
      "signals_detected": [
        "Change-type classification (swift/sudden vs. developmental/deliberate) from topic + tempo cues",
        "Strategy → Change → Process alignment gaps (e.g. change discussed without a process owner named)",
        "Leader mindset-shift language (control→enablement, reaction→anticipation, silos→ecosystems)"
      ],
      "product_impact": "Directly reduces false-positive bias flags: a manager sounding urgent during a genuine crisis (swift change) should not score the same as a manager sounding urgent during routine work (deliberate change). This is a known failure mode already listed in the model card ('Silence-heavy exec styles', 'Group calls > 6 speakers').",
      "strengthens_existing": [
        4,
        11,
        16
      ],
      "strengthens_reason": "Gives Nonviolent Communication (#4), Primal Leadership (#11), and Dare to Lead (#16) situational context so tone/urgency is interpreted correctly instead of flattened into one score."
    },
    {
      "id": 24,
      "name": "I→T→E→Comb-Shaped Growth Model",
      "badge": "GROWTH",
      "tier": "individual/team-level",
      "one_liner": "Validated maturity ladder — I-Shaped → T-Shaped → E-Shaped → Comb-Shaped — classifies growth stage and recommends stage-appropriate coaching mode",
      "weight_default_pct": 7,
      "status": "Live · citable",
      "validation_status": "Lowest-risk of the 6 — maps onto data already collected (trust trajectory)",
      "signals_detected": [
        "Breadth-vs-depth language ratio (single-domain mastery talk vs. cross-functional talk)",
        "Stage-appropriate coaching-mode match (mentoring/coaching/facilitating/teaching, per the growth model's own support matrix)",
        "Trajectory delta across sessions — movement from one shape to the next over time"
      ],
      "product_impact": "This is one of the most directly pluggable of the 6 — it slots straight into the existing 'Trust trajectory' dimension and the 'My coaching trends' / 'My growth plan' pages, which already track growth trajectories but currently lack a validated maturity taxonomy to plot against.",
      "strengthens_existing": [
        5,
        6,
        13
      ],
      "strengthens_reason": "Gives Guided Growth model (#5), Growth Mindset framework (#6), and The Emotionally Intelligent Manager (#13) a concrete stage classification (I/T/E/Comb) instead of a generic 0-100 growth-mindset score — also directly improves the 'Growth mindset' and 'Trust trajectory' rows in the model card evaluation table."
    },
    {
      "id": 25,
      "name": "Understanding Learners (Honey & Mumford + Integrated L&D)",
      "badge": "LEARNING",
      "tier": "individual-level",
      "one_liner": "Detects learner style (Activist/Reflector/Theorist/Pragmatist) from language patterns and recommends the matching coaching mode (Teaching/Mentoring/Coaching/Facilitating), mapped to the 5-stage Identify→Design→Deliver→Apply→Review L&D cycle",
      "weight_default_pct": 6,
      "status": "Live · citable",
      "validation_status": "NOT YET validated against 12,000-session held-out eval — shipping live per established stakeholder policy; treat as provisional pending fast-follow eval, same as the 3 Horizon / ISO 31000 / Change Integration models",
      "encoding": {
        "techniques": "Four linguistic-signature detectors, one per Honey & Mumford style — Activist (action verbs, 'let's try', low-reflection ratio), Reflector (observation language, 'I noticed', hedged consideration), Theorist ('how does this fit', model/concept/systematic connectors), Pragmatist ('how do I use this', action-plan / practical-takeaway language).",
        "practices": "Score each session for a style-mix (not a single label — most learners blend styles); build a rolling per-learner style profile across sessions rather than a one-shot classification.",
        "models": "Honey & Mumford's 4-style learning-cycle model (Activist→Reflector→Theorist→Pragmatist→back to Activist) + the Integrated L&D Framework's 5 stages (Identify & Align, Design & Plan, Deliver & Support, Apply & Practice, Review & Grow).",
        "principles": "People learn in different ways; adapting delivery mode to preferred style increases engagement and retention; effective leaders diagnose→adapt→blend→develop rather than applying one style to everyone."
      },
      "signals_detected": [
        "Per-utterance style-language ratio across the 4 Honey & Mumford styles",
        "Style-to-coaching-mode mismatch (e.g. a Pragmatist learner being given Theorist-heavy lecture-style input)",
        "L&D-stage classification of the current conversation (Identify & Align vs. Deliver & Support vs. Review & Grow, etc.)"
      ],
      "product_impact": "Feeds the 'Next-best-action suggestion' output field directly — instead of a generic recommendation, Attune can suggest a style-matched action (e.g. 'this learner trends Activist/Pragmatist — suggest a hands-on pilot project, not a theory briefing'). Also feeds Meridian's session-prep view (coach sees the mentee's learning-style profile before the session) and Cohere's team-level view (distribution of learning styles across a team, useful for L&D program design).",
      "strengthens_existing": [
        3,
        4,
        5,
        6,
        13
      ],
      "strengthens_reason": "The source framework explicitly names Psychological Safety (#3) and Clear Communication (#4/NVC) as cross-stage enablers — this model operationalizes that link by tagging when a low-psych-safety or unclear-communication signal is suppressing accurate style detection. Also gives Guided Growth model (#5), Growth Mindset framework (#6), and The Emotionally Intelligent Manager (#13) a learning-style dimension alongside their existing maturity/mindset scoring.",
      "interaction_with_model_24": "Model #24 (I→T→E→Comb Growth Model) recommends coaching mode by GROWTH STAGE; Model #25 recommends coaching mode by LEARNING STYLE. These are two independent dimensions of the same 'Next-best-action suggestion' field and can conflict (e.g. a Comb-shaped senior leader who is still an Activist learner). Recommend the next-best-action generator treat #24 and #25 as two inputs to reconcile, not two competing suggestions — flagging this explicitly so it isn't built as a silent override of one by the other."
    }
  ],
  "recommended_model_studio_ui_change": {
    "current_state": "Single flat 'Framework Library' list of 19 checkbox rows, each utterance-level, each with a weight % slider summing toward a session-level composite score.",
    "recommendation": "Add a second section below the existing Framework Library, titled 'Structural & Strategic Lenses', containing the 6 new models, ALL flagged Live · citable per stakeholder decision. Keep the same visual language (checkbox, badge pill, description, weight, status) for consistency, but do NOT merge their weight % into the same composite-score pool as the 19 utterance-level frameworks — they operate on session/team/portfolio/individual-learner aggregates, not per-utterance scores. This avoids silently diluting the existing weighting math. Model #25 (Understanding Learners) is individual-level like #24, so group them adjacently in the section for readability.",
    "reason": "Preserves your existing 91% F1 evaluation baseline (from the model card) untouched while additively layering new context on top — lower integration risk than reweighting the existing 19."
  }
}