Human consequences belong in the evaluation.
AI adoption, organisational redesign and institutional change can alter what people understand, the skills they retain and the authority they can exercise. The Human Compatibility Framework brings those questions into the assessment of a system.
The inquiry extends beyond immediate performance to the relationship between people and the system over time.
Dimensions of the inquiry.
Comprehensibility
Can people make sense of the system, its behaviour and its consequences?
Emotional legibility
Can people understand and navigate the emotional demands of interacting with it?
Contextual coherence
Does it fit the circumstances, relationships and cultures in which it operates?
Ethical alignment
What values does it embody, and how are tensions and responsibilities handled?
Accessibility
Who can participate, and what barriers does the design create or remove?
Human agency
Can people exercise judgement, question decisions and act meaningfully?
Reversibility & time
How does the relationship change over time, and what possibilities remain for exit or correction?
Use in consulting.
ValueLab can bring the framework into a leadership dialogue, a focused evaluation or an organisational-change engagement. The work examines a specific system and its context; it is not presented as a compliance certificate.
Design for the wider human context.
A service can work well for its immediate user while creating costs elsewhere. An organisation can optimise a process while weakening capability, trust or participation.
The Human Compatibility Framework connects individual experience with purpose, incentives, relationships and long-term consequences. It helps broaden a strategy or design brief beyond immediate users and short-term performance.
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