Escalated Gibberish™

Escalated Gibberish™ is any information shared to enable decision making, but the decision-maker cannot personally affirm that the shared information reflects its intended original meaning and appreciates the decision risks of using the shared information.

Pre-Gate Information Quality

AI-driven integration risks are compounded when poor information drives decisions.

Problem: Decisions are only as good as the inputs; ambiguous or distorted information creates hidden risk.

Application Method: A four-element pre-gate that validates meaning, context, and decision risk acknowledgement before approval.

Controls: source/meaning verification, assumption logs, risk acknowledgment, independent challenge (anti-bias).

Deliverables: Pre-gate checklist, decision memo template, sign-off workflow.

Executive outcomes: fewer reworks; clearer accountability; lower “unknown-unknowns.”

Identifies low-quality or hyped information in AI-Driven M&A narratives.
Uses a structured lens to challenge claims before they reach boards and senior management.
Designed as a pre-gate step in your decision-making process.

Escalated Gibberish: Pre-Gate Screening Process

Element 1: Does the shared information satisfice based on bounded rationality?

The shared information offered for the decision-making process must satisfy the predefined risk acceptance criteria as the first of the four prerequisites for inclusion.

Element 2: Does the shared Information violate contextual integrity?

The shared information offered for the decision-making process must conform to legitimate contextual information norms as the second of the four prerequisites for inclusion.

Element 3: Does the shared Information avoid myopic interpretation?

The shared information offered for the decision-making process must avoid myopic interpretation: the tendency to prioritize short-term runs and ignore the long run, to disregard the larger overall picture, and ignore risks that pose threats to failures as the third of the four prerequisites for inclusion.

Element 4: Has the decision-maker personally affirmed an appreciation of the decision risks of using the shared information?

The decision-maker must affirm that the shared information satisfies the first three elements and affirms a complete understanding of the consequences of materialized decision risks of using the shared information in the decision-making process. This is the final of the four prerequisites for inclusion.

These four elements collectively form the operational structure for assessing Escalated Gibberish™ as a pre-screening gate for decision making. Failure to satisfy any of the four elements means that the shared information offered to be used in the decision-making process should be regarded as Escalated Gibberish™.