Wargo & Wolford · AI Strategy · Elements comparison

The same elements, six ways.

A cross-direction comparison of the iconography and key visuals from all six AI-strategy design directions, grouped by element type rather than by direction — so you can compare the four gate icons against each other, the compass against each other, and the workflow diagrams against each other, and pick the strongest treatment of each for a synthesis. Each visual is shown on that direction's own background so it reads exactly as designed.

1 · Engineering Blueprint · light 2 · Operator's Ledger · light 3 · Struck Note · light 4 · Warm Gravity · dark 5 · Frontier · dark 6 · Struck Dark · dark

Element 01 · the four gates

Gate icons — Diagnose · Design · Build · Measure

The custom mark each direction draws for its four-gate methodology. Compare how each renders the same four ideas (read the work · workflow on paper · assemble the system · measure the result).

1 · Engineering Blueprintlight
Diagnose
Design
Build
Measure
2 · Operator's Ledgerlight
Diagnose
Design
Build
Measure
3 · Struck Notelight
Diagnose
Design
Build
Measure
4 · Warm Gravitydark
Diagnose
Design
Build
Measure
5 · Frontierdark · plates
Diagnose
Design
Build
Measure
6 · Struck Darkdark
Diagnose
Design
Build
Measure

Element 02 · the process diagram

Compass / process — "a compass, not a line"

Each direction's signature centerpiece: the four gates seated around a bearing, with the Measure → Diagnose feedback loop. Compare the instrument's character across directions.

1 · Engineering Blueprintlight
NSEW 01DIAGNOSE02DESIGN03BUILD04MEASURE CURRENT BEARING
2 · Operator's Ledgerlight
01·DIAG 02 03·BUILD 04 CURRENT BEARING
3 · Struck Notelight
DIAGNOSEDESIGNBUILDMEASURE CURRENT BEARING
4 · Warm Gravitydark
NSWE DIAGNOSEDESIGNBUILDMEASURE CURRENT BEARING
5 · Frontierdark
DIAGNOSEDESIGNBUILDMEASURE 01020304 BEARINGN · DIAGNOSE
6 · Struck Darkdark
Current bearing 01 Diagnose 02 Design 03 Build 04 Measure

Element 03 · the three workflow diagrams

Workflow diagrams — Filter inquiries · Read invoices · Route the complex

The three "what AI handles well" patterns each direction draws. Each cell stacks that direction's three diagrams (funnel · PDF→AI→CRM · 80/20 router) so the construction language is directly comparable.

1 · Engineering Blueprintlight
01 · Filter inquiries
INQUIRIES INAI30%triageQUALIFIED
02 · Read invoices
PDFAIreads · extractsCRMHOURSMINUTES
03 · Route the complex
?CUSTOMERAI80%INSTANT20%TEAM
2 · Operator's Ledgerlight
01 · Filter inquiries
INQUIRIESAITRIAGEfiltered ·30%WORTHA CALL
02 · Read invoices
PDFAIREADSCRMvendoramountdue datestatus
03 · Route the complex
ASKAIROUTE80%INSTANTcommon questions20%TEAMrouted · full context
3 · Struck Notelight
01 · Filter inquiries
INQUIRIESAIQUALIFIEDWORTH A CALL
02 · Read invoices
PDFAIEXTRACTCRM
03 · Route the complex
CUSTOMERAIINSTANT80%TEAM20% · in context
4 · Warm Gravitydark
01 · Filter inquiries
INQUIRIES INAIQUALIFIEDFILTERED
02 · Read invoices
PDFAICRM
03 · Route the complex
CUSTOMER?AI80%INSTANT20%TEAM
5 · Frontierdark
01 · Filter inquiries
INQUIRIES · ALLAI FILTERQUALIFIED−30% TRIAGE TIME
02 · Read invoices
PDF · UNSTRUCTUREDAI READNAMEAMOUNTDATETERMSCRM · STRUCTUREDHOURS → MINUTES
03 · Route the complex
CUSTOMER · ASKAI ROUTERINSTANT80%TEAM20%+ CONTEXT
6 · Struck Darkdark
01 · Filter inquiries
InquiriesAIQualified
02 · Read invoices
PDFReadCRM
03 · Route the complex
CustomerRoute80% instant20% to team