Two axes, never averaged

Opportunity and readiness are scored independently and plotted as a position on a grid, because averaging them into one lead score would destroy the only thing a rep can act on.

What it is

The verdict card. Opportunity is derived from the discovery findings with no extra questions — how much leaks, how many core capabilities are missing, how badly the money paths break, how big the business is. Readiness is observed from the call. The dot's position is the output; the letter grade just names the quadrant.

Also called: lead score · deal grade · is it worth chasing · nurture or close

See it
Two axes, never averaged
New lead 4
Marlin Hoover
$41k
Delia Yoder
$50k
Contacted 3
Sutter Kline
$64k
Ronan Petsch
$57k
Estimate 3
Ivy Brubaker
$67k
Gideon Alt
$57k
Sold 2
Marlin Hoover
$40k
Delia Yoder
$55k
The verdict card with the grade block, the two-axis grid and the dot placed in the high-opportunity / low-readiness quadrant. Sample data — no customer information appears here.
How it works
  1. 1Opportunity comes out of the findings automatically as they are ticked.
  2. 2Readiness comes from the nine observed signals.
  3. 3The pair renders as a dot on a two-axis grid with the grade beside it.
  4. 4High/high is a close, high/low a nurture, low/high a quick small win, low/low a park.
  5. 5Attitude to the business is its own signal because it predicts outcomes better than pain does.
Why we built it

The qualification module argues it directly: 'the builder with the worst infrastructure in the book is frequently the one drowning too badly to run a rollout, while the organised one with three small gaps signs in a week… High/high is a close, high/low is a nurture, low/high is a quick small win, low/low is a park — and those are four genuinely different next actions, which is why collapsing them into a single 0-100 lead score would destroy the only useful thing here.' And on posture: 'An owner actively trying to scale buys infrastructure. An owner who is content buys nothing, however much they are losing.'

The problem
  • One averaged score made opposite situations look identical.
  • Ranking by pain alone sent reps at the loudest problem.
  • A ready buyer with small gaps was scored low and neglected.
Sound familiar?
What you get
The next action is named by position, not by a number.
Ready buyers get a fast close instead of a nurture sequence.
Drowning prospects who cannot roll anything out are recognised as such.

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