Decision Governance
Infrastructure

Most founders don't have a strategy problem. They have a decision problem. The same patterns — avoidance, reactivity, drift — repeat until distortion becomes destiny. ASTERIS installs the infrastructure that prevents it. Not consulting. Not coaching. A system you own that compounds decision quality over time.

You're not short on intelligence. You're short on infrastructure. Every unmade decision charges interest. Every reactive pivot erodes coherence.

We call these failure modes Hell Events — and every founder carries at least three.

HE-001
The Fog
You can't fix what you can't see.
HE-002
Revenue Whiplash
Your P&L is making decisions for you.
HE-003
Identity Fracture
You are everyone. You are no one.
HE-004
Accountability Gap
Nothing moves unless you push it.
HE-005
Coherence Collapse
Your systems stopped talking to each other.
HE-006
Burnout Spiral
Running on fumes and making it worse.
HE-007
Hire Regret Cascade
Bad hires compound faster than bad code.
HE-008
Shiny Object Storm
Every new thing is the thing. None are.
HE-009
Decision Debt
Unmade decisions charge interest.

Three layers. One system.

01 — DETECT

Map Your Patterns

27 diagnostic questions map your decision architecture, detect Hell Event vulnerabilities, and reveal patterns invisible from inside them.

02 — CONSTITUTE

Build Your Laws

Personal decision laws that trigger before you make the same mistake again. Not advice. Infrastructure. Rules that protect you from yourself.

03 — COMPOUND

Sovereignty Grows

Every decision logged, tracked, and verified against your Constitution. The system learns. Your laws evolve. Decision quality compounds.

Experience it before you buy anything.

Take the 27-question HERMES diagnostic. See your Hell Events. Build your Constitution. Free. No credit card. No pitch.

Enter the Decision Portal →

When you want Nick's help directly.

INSTALLATION
Beta Founder License
$25,000 AUD · LIMITED TO 5 FOUNDING CLIENTS · 50% BETA PRICING
Full decision governance installation. Four weeks intensive, then 12 months support. The complete ASTERIS stack — built around your business, your team, your patterns. When we're done, you own the system. No dependency. No retainer trap. Sovereignty transferred.
  • HERMES diagnostic — full pattern mapping
  • Personal Decision Constitution
  • Hell Event vulnerability system
  • Decision verification protocols
  • AI orchestration architecture
  • 4-week intensive installation
  • 12-month support + quarterly audits
Apply for Beta Founder License →

Application only. We work with founders ready to install governance, not browse for advice.

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Papers & Frameworks

Deeper thinking on decision governance, founder psychology, and the systems that intelligence needs to become productive.

I
ESSAY · LINKEDIN
The Navigator's Oath
How Founders Make Decisions Under Uncertainty
II
ESSAY · LINKEDIN
The Governed Mind
Why Intelligence Without Rails Is a Liability
III
RESEARCH PAPER
The Decision Governance Gap
Why Existing Frameworks Fail High-Cognition Founders

Built by Nicolaos Lord.

Sydney, Australia. ASTERIS exists because I watched high-cognition founders — people smarter than most rooms they walk into — make the same preventable mistakes on repeat. Not from lack of intelligence. From lack of infrastructure.

Intelligence without governance is chaos with potential. ASTERIS is the governance.

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