What is the PIC™
Every person has an inflection curve.
AI and automation have compressed natural reinvention cycles dramatically. What once took years now happens in months — creating an undercurrent of tension inside organizations that's invisible on the org chart, but felt everywhere. The PIC™ makes that tension visible. And actionable.
If you're employed and sensing friction
Your curve, your manager's curve, and your organization's curve are all moving — but not together. The PIC™ identifies where those cycles diverge, where friction is building, and what actions will put you in front of the curve before others make decisions that affect you without your input.
If you're employed and positioned to lead
You've navigated change before. But this cycle is different. The PIC™ helps you locate your inflection marker relative to your own manager's expectations and your organization's pace — so you can see where you're being constrained before it starts affecting the people you lead.
If you're in transition
You didn't miss your curve. You're between them. The PIC™ helps you understand the pattern that brought you here — and walk into your next opportunity already knowing how to read the org's curve before you're inside it. That's not recovery. That's a strategic advantage most people miss.
What You'll Discover
Three markers. Three curves. One diagnostic.
Section 01
Change Rhythm
Your natural pace of change has a rhythm — and so does your manager's and your organization's. The PIC™ maps all three and identifies where they're in sync, where they're drifting, and where the gap is wide enough to create real risk. Knowing your rhythm is the first step to acting in front of it.
Section 02
Risk Appetite
Every reinvention requires a tolerance for uncertainty. But your risk posture and your organization's risk posture don't always align — and that gap is where careers stall and opportunities get missed. The PIC™ measures yours across two spectrums and surfaces where the tension lives.
Section 03
Personal Inflection Point™
The aha. Your Personal Inflection Point™ is the exact moment on your curve where reinvention becomes necessary — and possible. Miss it, and you don't fall off a cliff. You start pushing uphill. The longer you wait, the steeper it gets.
Who It's For
Built for people who sense something is shifting.
Individual Contributors
You're good at what you do — but the role that made you successful may be shifting under your feet. The PIC™ helps you see the change before it becomes a crisis.
Managers
You're managing people through change while navigating your own. The PIC™ surfaces the tension between your rhythm, your team's rhythm, and the organization's pace.
Senior Leaders
You've navigated reinvention before — but AI is compressing the cycle. The PIC™ helps you locate yourself on a curve that's moving faster than any previous disruption.
In Transition
Between roles, between chapters, between versions of yourself. The PIC™ gives you a framework to understand where you are — and what your next move should actually be.
How It Works
Four steps to knowing your curve.
01
Take the Diagnostic
35 questions across three dimensions. Takes about 15–20 minutes. No right answers — only honest ones.
02
Unlock the Alliance Scan™
After the diagnostic, map your lateral layer — the people who can accelerate, slow, or block your next move. The Alliance Scan™ surfaces what the org chart doesn't show.
03
Receive Your Personal Inflection Readout™
Your position on The Curve — Change Rhythm, Risk Appetite, and PIP™ window, visualized. Includes a shareable URL and downloadable summary card. Retake anytime — your PIP™ may be fixed, but your position on The Curve shifts based on your actions. Track your alignments and gaps over time.
04
Go Deeper With Your Membership
Annual Members
'Your Personal Inflection Readout™ — shareable URL and downloadable summary card, yours to reference, print, and return to. Retake anytime — each completed diagnostic generates a fresh readout and summary card.'
Bridge Architects
Everything in Annual, plus a live Interpretation Workshop — a guided group session to work through your results and map your next move in real time.
Membership
Choose how deep you want to go.
Annual Member
The Diagnostic + Readout
- →Full PIC™ Diagnostic access
- →Alliance Scan™
- →Your Personal Inflection Readout™ — your position on The Curve, Change Rhythm, Risk Appetite, and PIP™ window, visualized and delivered within 1 business day
- →Shareable URL and downloadable summary card — retake anytime to track how your position shifts
- →The Relevance Project™ toolkit suite (4 toolkits)
Bridge Architect
The Diagnostic + Workshop
- →Everything in Annual, plus:
- →Live Interpretation Workshop — exclusive to Bridge Architects
- →Monthly group interpretation sessions — bring your latest results and go deeper in real time
About
Forty years of patterns. One framework.
The Personal Inflection Curve™ was built from four decades of observing how careers and organizations move through change — across semiconductors, software, and digital transformation in Silicon Valley.
The research behind the PIC™ predates AI by more than a decade. The patterns it captures — reinvention cycles, risk posture gaps, inflection moments — have only become more urgent as AI compresses the pace of change.
The diagnostic is the applied instrument. The community is where the interpretation happens.
"The curve doesn't care about your title. It cares about your timing."
40 years in Silicon Valley — semiconductors, software, digital transformation
Author, Innovation in a Reinvented World (John Wiley)
Creator of the Personal Inflection Curve™ and PIC™ Diagnostic
Publisher, AB2AI — AI transformation for leaders and workforces
Host, Seeing Through Silicon podcast
62 one-on-one research sessions across industries (2025)