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W. G. Collingwood's watercolor The Icelandic Thing: chieftains gathered beneath the Law Rock at Þingvellir

See how your team decides under pressure.

Your leadership team plays a boardroom crisis together, in about an hour. You get a debrief built from every message, vote and hesitation.

We'll reply within a day to set up a 15-minute walkthrough.

From a debrief · illustrative
Escalation speed22:10 → 41:30
The CFO held the loan news for 19 minutes, through a vote.
Decision stability40:00 → 41:45
Vote 2 passed 4 to 0. It was reopened under two minutes later.
Private tape · CFO only
“What made you wait?”
AlthingThe Cut · Session 1
You are the CFO38:12
1Only you can see this
Cash covers 7 months at current burn, not the 11 in the board deck.
Product Line B loses $1.40 for every dollar it earns.
22:10 · new
The bank may call the loan if the cut is under 25%.
2Team chat
CEO · 37:02
We need a number before the board call. I'm proposing 20% across the board.
VP Sales · 37:40
Cut my team and we miss the quarter. Cut Product Line B instead.
VP Product · 37:58
Line B is two quarters from break-even. Give it one more.
Vote 2 of 3 is opencloses in 1:48
Proposal from the CEO: cut 20% across every team.
AgreeObjectwith a one-line reason
Head of People is typing…
3Outside the room
36:30 · Board chair
I need your decision by 45:00. The board is split.
31:05 · Largest customer
We're reviewing vendors this quarter.
24:40 · Reporter
Can you confirm layoffs? Running a story tonight.
18:15 · Lead investor
Protect runway first. Growth can wait.

Illustrative session screen.

Piloting with

A&V Auto Club

Everything you get from one session.

A short document for you and the team. Each of five behaviors comes with the moments that show it: escalation speed, information flow, voice, disagreement and decision stability.

Each player answers three short questions before the session. Their tape sets those answers beside what they actually did, with the exact messages and times. They see it first and choose whether to share it.

Openers built from the team's own moments, ready for your first conversation with them.

Before you take the debrief to the team, we go through it together, so nothing in it surprises you in the room.

Moments, not labels. No scores and no personality types.

Escalation speed Information flow Voice Disagreement Stability
22:10

The CFO learns privately that the bank may call the loan.

24:37

She starts a message to the team, then deletes it.

40:00

Vote 2 closes, 4 to 0, without the loan risk on the table.

41:30

She tells the team. The CEO reopens the decision.

Private tapeCFO only
Said“I'd raise bad news with the team right away.”
DidHeld the loan news for 19 minutes, through a vote.

“What made you wait?”

“Vote 2 passed 4 to 0 in two minutes. Who agreed without all the facts?”
“The objection at 55:40 was never answered. What happens to objections on this team?”
“Who did the team wait for before deciding, and was that on purpose?”
  • The three moments that matter most for this team
  • How to open the conversation without putting anyone on trial
  • What one session can and can't tell you
  • Which private tapes players chose to share

Illustrative example

Detail of the painting: the assembly crowded on the rocks above the lake

Where the name comes from

A divided room, a deadline, and a decision.

From the year 930, Iceland's assembly, the Althing, met in the open air beneath the Law Rock. It is one of the oldest parliaments in the world. In 1000 it split so badly that civil war looked close, and it still reached a decision both sides accepted. Every leadership team meets its own version of that moment.

Questions

How much time does it take?

About an hour, start to finish, for 4 or 5 people. The only preparation is three short questions each player answers the day before.

Is AI judging my clients?

No. AI plays the people outside the room, like the board and the reporter. The debrief comes from the record of what the team said and when, and every line points to a timestamp. Nobody gets a score, a rank or a type.

Who sees what?

The team sees the team debrief. Each player sees their private tape first, and it's shared only if they choose. Employers see team-level results only.

What happens to the session data?

The scenario is fictional, so no real company information is needed. Session records are deleted after the debrief unless the team asks us to keep them, and we never sell data.

Can it be used for hiring or performance reviews?

No. Althing is for development only. We don't allow its use for hiring, promotion, pay or performance decisions.

What does it cost?

This fall we're running a small number of free pilots, in exchange for honest feedback. Book a walkthrough to ask about a slot.

Þórarinn B. Þorláksson, Þingvellir (1900): a horse by still water below the hills of Þingvellir

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