The Clarity Tax™: Quantifying the Cost of Confusion in Executive Strategy
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Abstract:
This paper presents the foundational quantitative proof for the Clarity Tax™ [8], the largest unquantified, multi-billion dollar liability on a modern balance sheet. The Tax is the direct financial consequence of the Strategic Void™ [1], a systemic market failure in the high-stakes advisory market. This failure is a textbook Market for Lemons [2], as defined by the Nobel laureate George Akerlof.
The market for strategic counsel has been captured by Game of Scale™ strategists who, through asymmetrical information [5], profit from selling confusion rather than solving it. This paper will quantify the Clarity Tax™ across four primary theaters by synthesizing external, quantitative data (the Ogilvy Math [3]) from sources including Harvard Business Review (HBR), Gallup, Nielsen, and Gartner. This quantification provides the definitive, irrefutable proof of the Psychological Arbitrage [4]—the measurable value gap between the high cost of this endemic confusion and the profound prize of architected clarity.
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Doctrinal Asset ID: M-DOI-003
Author: Muhammad Idoniwako
Institutional Affiliation: The Mohgix Institute of Cinematic Strategy (A Division of Mohgix Studios LTD)
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3158-3479
License: MIT License
This manuscript is part of the Genesis Collection (Vol. 1) from The Mohgix Institute. Upon publication, this release will be automatically archived in Zenodo and assigned a permanent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for formal academic citation.
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[1] Idoniwako, M. (2025). The Strategic Void™: A Market Failure Analysis.... [Forthcoming: M-DOI-004]
[22] Idoniwako, M. (2025). The Game of Stakes™: A Doctrinal Thesis.... DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17599506
[9] Idoniwako, M. (2025). Architect not Strategist: A Foundational Doctrine. DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.17509016
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