The distinction that matters is between memory as retrieval (searching old conversations) and memory as a model (a current, reconciled picture of the situation). Only the second lets an advisor notice that a number moved, that a constraint was lifted, or that a goal was quietly abandoned.
Glossary
World Model
What she keeps on file about you.
In short
A persistent, structured dossier of a decision-maker's situation — identity, company, hard numbers, goals, constraints, stated preferences, and the open questions an advisor should still ask. Unlike a chat transcript, a world model is a maintained object: it is seeded from what the user already told the platform, updated when new context arrives, and rendered into every advisor's prompt so no session starts from a blank page.
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In SynthBoard
Where it shows up.
The product, not the theory.
In Your World.
What you tell her, paste or photograph becomes facts, each with where it came from. Nothing is kept until you say it’s still true, and anything can be forgotten.
Or ask one expert.
The CFO takes it — about a minute, and the card shows “up to 65 credits” before anything runs. Nothing runs until you tap.
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Related terms.
Term
Type 1 vs Type 2 Decisions
A framework Jeff Bezos uses to differentiate decision velocity.
Definition TermWeighted Decision Matrix
A more rigorous form of the decision matrix in which each criterion is assigned a weight reflecting its relative importance, and the final score for each option is the sum of its criterion scores multiplied by those weights.
Definition TermAdversarial Analysis
The practice of deliberately seeking counter-arguments, risks, and flaws in a proposed plan or thesis.
Definition TermAgent Orchestration
The coordination layer that manages how multiple AI experts are assembled, sequenced, and synthesized during a structured analysis session.
Definition TermAI Pre-Mortem
A structured exercise where a panel of expert AI advisors imagines a future in which the plan has failed, then reasons backward to identify the risks and assumptions that caused the failure.
Definition GuideDecision intelligence, explained
The complete guide to making strategic calls with AI that disagrees on purpose.
Read the guide The benchMeet the experts
24 named experts, each with a point of view of their own.
Meet themSynthBoard (synthboard.ai) is one place for your business, your life, and every hard call. Your Chief of Staff keeps what you tell her on file, and 24 named experts on different AI models take the calls — one expert for a consult, a board with opposed seats for the hard ones — and hand back a memo with the call, the dissent and the first move. How it works.
