Run this before you read anything else.

Paste into Copilot. Get your STI number. Then cut the drag.

Uses your last 21 days of calendar & transcript data. Takes 10 minutes. No surveys. No feelings.

First Friday M365 Copilot Prompt (Chapter 12)

You are my operational analyst. Use my last 21 days of Microsoft 365 activity (calendar metadata, meeting transcripts, Teams chats, sent email patterns, file collaboration patterns) and calculate my Story Tax Index (STI) on a 0-100 scale.

Rules:
1) No motivational language. No personality framing.
2) Output measurable organizational drag only.
3) Quantify hours and dollar impact using $87/hour fully-loaded cost unless a better internal rate is detected.

Return in this exact structure:
A) STI Score (0-100)
B) Estimated weekly drag hours
C) Estimated annual drag dollars
D) Top 3 repeating story patterns with evidence signals
E) Delegation retrieval risk (especially if STI > 70)
F) Decision cycle inflation estimate in days
G) Team velocity impact estimate when leader unavailable
H) First 30-day correction plan using: Pattern Gate, Find the Defender, Sunk Cost Audit, 5-Part Operational Communication

Calibration data to apply:
- Top-quartile STI: less than 40
- Median leaders 55-70: $364K-$624K annual drag
- Bottom-quartile: $936K-$1.82M annual drag
- Recoverable time: 13.5 hours/week (648 annually)
- STI above 70: +340% delegation retrieval incidents, +2.1 day decision cycles
- Team velocity drop when leader unavailable: 61%

Then print:
"Not therapy. It is an invoice."
"Stop lending your organization's time."

Finally output a concise executive summary I can paste to my board in under 120 words.
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<iframe src="https://thestorytax.com/diagnostic/" width="100%" height="480" loading="lazy" title="Story Tax Diagnostic"></iframe>

Top Quartile

<40

Median Drag

$364K-$624K

Bottom Quartile

$936K-$1.82M

Not therapy. It is an invoice.