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Disclaimer ​

Effective Date: November 27, 2025 Last Updated: November 27, 2025

General Disclaimer ​

6D Foraging Methodology™ ("we", "us", or "our") provides business impact analysis tools, frameworks, and educational resources for analytical and educational purposes only.

By using 6D Impact, you acknowledge and agree to the following disclaimers:

1. No Professional Advice ​

Not Business Consulting ​

6D Impact is not professional business consulting, financial advice, or strategic planning services. Business analysis involves:

  • Complex organizational dynamics
  • Financial considerations and risk assessment
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strategic decision-making under uncertainty

You are solely responsible for your business decisions, including:

  • Organizational strategy and execution
  • Investment priorities and resource allocation
  • Risk management approaches
  • Stakeholder communication

Nothing on 6D Impact constitutes legal, financial, or accounting advice. If you have questions about compliance, financial reporting, or legal obligations, consult qualified professionals in your jurisdiction.

2. Analysis Risk ​

No Guaranteed Outcomes ​

6D Impact provides data-driven analytical frameworks, but:

  • ❌ We cannot guarantee improved business outcomes
  • ❌ We are not responsible if analysis conclusions prove incorrect
  • ❌ We do not control organizational factors, market conditions, or execution quality

Business outcomes involve unpredictable elements, including:

  • Market dynamics and competitive forces
  • Organizational culture and change resistance
  • Execution quality and leadership effectiveness
  • External economic and regulatory changes
  • Random variance and timing factors

Use at Your Own Risk ​

By using 6D Impact:

  • You accept full responsibility for how you apply the framework
  • You acknowledge that frameworks are tools, not guarantees
  • You understand that analysis accuracy depends on data quality and interpretation
  • You recognize that impact estimates may vary significantly from actual outcomes

3. Framework Limitations ​

Analytical Boundaries ​

6D Impact measures:

  • Observable signals in business systems
  • Cascade pathways across six dimensions
  • Multiplier effects through dimensional scoring

What it does NOT measure:

  • Organizational culture and politics
  • Leadership quality and decision-making
  • External market forces
  • Competitive dynamics
  • Technology disruption risk
  • Black swan events

Scoring Methodology ​

Our framework uses:

  • Pattern recognition (signal and keyword detection)
  • Dimensional weighting (Sound × Space × Time)
  • Cascade probability (based on empirical patterns)
  • Multiplier estimation (derived from case studies)

These are:

  • Probabilistic, not deterministic
  • Opinionated, based on design decisions
  • Subject to error, as with all analytical frameworks
  • Context-dependent, requiring local calibration

Always apply critical thinking and validate insights with your specific organizational context before making major decisions.

4. Framework Philosophy Disclaimer ​

Observable Properties Approach ​

6D Impact's core insight—that unmeasured costs cascade across dimensions—is:

  • Descriptive, not prescriptive
  • Analytical, not deterministic
  • Educational, not comprehensive

Ethical use means:

  • ✅ Understanding organizational complexity
  • ✅ Identifying systemic issues early
  • ✅ Quantifying previously unmeasured impact
  • ✅ Improving decision-making with better data

Misuse would be:

  • ❌ Ignoring qualitative factors and human judgment
  • ❌ Using analysis to justify predetermined conclusions
  • ❌ Over-relying on quantification without context
  • ❌ Applying framework mechanically without adaptation

We trust you to use this framework responsibly. If you identify cascades, address root causes—not just symptoms.

5. Software Disclaimer ​

Open Source License ​

6D Impact frameworks are released under the MIT License and provided "AS IS" without warranties of any kind.

We do not guarantee:

  • ❌ Bug-free operation
  • ❌ Compatibility with your systems or processes
  • ❌ Data accuracy or completeness
  • ❌ Continued maintenance or support
  • ❌ Security or privacy protection beyond stated policies

Use Responsibly ​

When using 6D Impact:

  • Validate assumptions: Test framework outputs against real organizational data
  • Cross-check sources: Verify observable signals in multiple systems
  • Consider context: Adapt scoring to your industry and organizational culture
  • Maintain ethics: Use framework to improve outcomes, not manipulate reporting

6. User Responsibility ​

Analysis Decisions ​

You are responsible for:

  • ✅ Validating framework applicability to your context
  • ✅ Ensuring data quality and signal accuracy
  • ✅ Interpreting results with appropriate domain expertise
  • ✅ Communicating findings accurately to stakeholders
  • ✅ Respecting employee privacy and organizational confidentiality

6D Impact cannot account for:

  • Industry-specific dynamics
  • Organizational-specific culture
  • Regional regulatory differences
  • Your specific business model and value chain

You must ensure your use of 6D Impact complies with:

  • Employment laws and labor regulations
  • Data privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
  • Financial reporting standards
  • Industry-specific regulations
  • Professional codes of conduct

6D Impact is not responsible for your compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

7. Limitation of Liability ​

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

6D Impact and its contributors are NOT liable for:

  • Poor business outcomes or lost revenue
  • Incorrect analysis or cascade predictions
  • Resource misallocation based on framework insights
  • Employee, customer, or stakeholder dissatisfaction
  • Time or resources invested in applying the framework
  • Consequential, incidental, or punitive damages

Your use of 6D Impact is at your sole risk.

8. Case Study Limitations ​

Example Scope ​

6D Impact's case studies and examples are based on:

  • Limited instances: Specific organizational contexts
  • Particular industries: May not generalize broadly
  • Time periods: Business conditions change
  • Simplified models: Real situations are more complex

Generalization limits:

  • Multiplier ranges may differ across industries
  • Cascade probabilities vary by organizational maturity
  • Signal reliability depends on system quality
  • Your outcomes may vary significantly

Real-World Application ​

While 6D Impact draws on established principles:

  • Business systems thinking
  • Cascade theory and complexity science
  • Observable properties methodology

The specific application to business impact:

  • Is novel and evolving
  • Has limited empirical validation
  • Represents our framework design
  • May require adaptation to your context

9. Educational Purpose ​

Learning Framework ​

6D Impact is designed to:

  • ✅ Help you identify unmeasured costs
  • ✅ Provide systematic analysis of cascade effects
  • ✅ Enable data-driven decision-making
  • ✅ Foster systems thinking about organizational impact

It is NOT designed to:

  • ❌ Replace professional consulting
  • ❌ Guarantee financial outcomes
  • ❌ Provide comprehensive business analysis
  • ❌ Eliminate the need for human judgment

Best practice: Use 6D Impact as one tool among many—combine it with:

  • Financial analysis and forecasting
  • Stakeholder feedback and surveys
  • Industry benchmarking
  • Professional expertise and judgment

10. Changes to This Disclaimer ​

We may update this Disclaimer from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

Continued use of 6D Impact after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Disclaimer.

11. Severability ​

If any provision of this Disclaimer is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

12. Contact ​

Questions or concerns about this Disclaimer?

Final Word: 6D Impact is built to help analysts understand unmeasured costs in business operations—the cascade effects that emerge when problems cross dimensions, the multipliers that amplify when systems interact, the patterns that exist in observable signals.

We want you to make better decisions, but we can't make them for you.

Use this framework wisely. Test hypotheses rigorously. Validate with data. And most importantly—measure systematically, decide contextually.

Business analysis is science informed by art. 6D Impact provides the science. The art is yours.

Measuring unmeasured costs—responsibly. 🪶