GTESI Field Guide: Core Skills for Performing a GTESI Analysis
I. How to Perform a Basic GTESI Analysis
Step 1: Identify the System
Is it a company, a technology, a sector, a nation, or a story? GTESI works on any persistent system that manages entropy through symbolic encoding, motion, and memory.
Step 2: Gather the Inputs
You don’t need perfect data. Start with:
- Press releases, earnings calls, investor decks
- SEC filings (e.g., 10-Q, 8-K)
- Analyst reports, media coverage
- Internal reports or field notes
Step 3: Assess the Four Risk Dimensions
Use the GTESI lens to evaluate:
- Symbolic Compression Divergence (SCD):
- Does the story match the system?
- Are press releases consistent with filings?
- Is the narrative simple enough to repeat but rich enough to believe?
- Trust Ritual Failure Index (TRFI):
- Are standard rituals (earnings calls, guidance, filings, board signals) intact?
- Are they missed, moved, vague, or distorted?
- Entropy Export Deficit (EED):
- Is the system offloading entropy (e.g., growing, diversifying, simplifying)?
- Or is it hoarding entropy (e.g., spinning, pivoting, restructuring)?
- Inverse Persistence Ratio (IPR):
- Is valuation (symbolic persistence) outpacing operations (real persistence)?
- Are signs of collapse masked by sticky valuation?
Step 4: Synthesize the System State
GTESI is a pattern-recognition framework. Look across the four lenses:
- Do all indicators suggest health? Stability?
- Are signals mixed? What is leaking?
- Is collapse or breakthrough imminent?
Step 5: Determine the Entropic Narrative
Every system is telling a story about persistence:
- What is the system trying to become?
- What entropy is it failing to manage?
- What ritual, memory, or compression could restore balance?
II. How to Interpret GTESI Risk Dimensions
| Dimension | Description | Signs of Stability | Signs of Collapse |
| SCD (Symbolic Compression Divergence) | Misalignment between narrative and operations | Story matches motion; repeatable compression | Narrative drift; rebranding every quarter |
| TRFI (Trust Ritual Failure Index) | Breakdown in trust rituals (cadence, filing, call, board) | On-time filings; clear guidance; stable team | Delays, vagueness, exits, skipped calls |
| EED (Entropy Export Deficit) | Inability to offload complexity | Clear product-market fit; growth, simplification | Restructuring, layoffs, unbuilt plans |
| IPR (Inverse Persistence Ratio) | Value signal outlasting structural health | Valuation grounded in cash flow, trust | Valuation high despite operational decay |
III. How to Write a 1-Page GTESI Summary
1. Title and System Name
“GTESI Risk Card: [Company or System Name]”
2. GTESI Readout (Bullets or short narrative)
- Narrative coherence: [Stable / Fragmented / Contradictory]
- Ritual health: [Intact / Disrupted / Collapsed]
- Entropy flow: [Exporting / Bottled / Dumping]
- Symbolic persistence: [Grounded / Inflated / Leaking]
3. Color Flag (Pick one or blend)
- 🟩 Stable Compression
- 🟨 Entropy Build
- 🗾 Ritual Decay
- 🔴 Thermodynamic Distress
4. Quote or Insight
A sentence that captures the core diagnosis:
“This is a system exporting optimism and internalizing entropy. The story is outpacing the structure.”
5. Motion-Memory Matrix (optional)
A 2×2 table showing:
| Motion | Memory | Interpretation |
| High | High | Aligned system |
| High | Low | Burnout risk |
| Low | High | Ritual stagnation |
| Low | Low | Collapse imminent |
This is the core practice of GTESI. Once this is mastered, users can adapt the method to sectors, comparative reviews, policy, or cosmology. The form never stops evolving, but the core signals never lie.
