What is the Context Tax costing you this year?
Four inputs. One honest number. The calculator uses the same model behind SphereIQ's AI Economics Intelligence™ — the cost of knowledge friction, and what a governed AI layer recovers.
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Add your headcount and loaded cost, and your annual Context Tax — and what a governed AI layer recovers — appears here.
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Model: Context Tax = people × hours/week × 46 working weeks × (loaded cost ÷ 2080). McKinsey's Global Institute puts time spent searching for and gathering information near 1.8 hours a day; 4–8 hrs/week of genuine friction is a conservative planning range. Recovery is held to a documented 40–60% band.
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