Triarchic Intelligence with Wisdom Overlay

Model

OSE is governed by four complementary principles: analytical rigor, creative innovation, practical execution, and wise stewardship. Decisions are evaluated not only for technical soundness and feasibility, but for their long-term impacts on people, ecosystems, and the commons.

Internal Theory of Leadership Development

OSE governance integrates Sternberg’s triarchic model of intelligence—analytical, creative, and practical—with a wisdom framework that governs how these capacities are deployed in service of the common good and long-term systems health. [1]

Culture Layer

OSE Decision Framework:

• Analyze well
• Create boldly
• Execute reliably
• Steward wisely

OSE Triarchic Intelligence with Wisdom Assessment (OSE-TIWA v1.0)

Overview

The OSE Triarchic Assessment Battery (OSE-TAB) is an open assessment inspired by Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence and the WICS model (Wisdom–Intelligence–Creativity Synthesized). It is designed to assess analytical, creative, practical, and wise judgment capacities of Open Source Ecology apprentices in real-world design/build and collaboration contexts.

Administration

• Total time: 120–150 minutes
• Format: Mixed (multiple choice, short answer, situational judgment, essay)
• Scoring: Analytical (objective key), Creative (rubric), Practical (expert-norm situational judgment), Wisdom (reflective rubric)
• Use: Diagnostic and formative feedback (not gatekeeping)

Section A — Analytical Intelligence

A1. Systems Reasoning (Multiple Choice)

A microgrid powers a workshop with PV, batteries, and a diesel backup. Demand spikes when the CNC and induction furnace run simultaneously. Which intervention best reduces peak-load stress without reducing throughput?

1. Increase PV array size by 10%
2. Shift furnace operation to battery-peak hours using load scheduling
3. Add a second diesel generator
4. Increase battery capacity by 10%

Correct answer: 2

A2. Constraint Optimization (Short Answer)

You have: 24 people, 2 welders, 1 CNC plasma table, and 5 fabrication tasks with different dependencies. Describe a scheduling approach that minimizes idle time and bottlenecks (5–7 sentences).

Scoring rubric (0–4):

• Identifies critical path
• Parallelization strategy
• Resource contention handling
• Feedback or iteration loop

A3. Failure Mode Analysis (Multiple Choice)

A hydraulic press fails repeatedly at seals after 200 cycles. The most informative next diagnostic step is:

1. Replace seals with higher durometer material
2. Measure temperature and pressure transients at peak load
3. Increase lubrication frequency
4. Reduce press load by 20%

Correct answer: 2

Section B — Creative Intelligence

B1. Reframing Challenge (Written Response)

Design an open-source tool that reduces house build time by 20 percent using locally available materials. Address:

• Tool concept (3–5 sentences)
• How it works
• Why it reduces time
• How it stays open and replicable

Rubric (0–4 each):

• Originality
• Functional feasibility
• Time-reduction plausibility
• Open-source replicability

B2. Hybrid Machine Design

Given the following elements:

• A pallet jack
• A bicycle drivetrain
• A portable welder

Propose a hybrid machine useful on a build site. Sketch optional; text required.

Rubric (0–4 each):

• Novel integration
• Mechanical coherence
• Practical utility
• Safety awareness

Section C — Practical Intelligence (Situational Judgment)

C1. Team Dynamics

Two high-skill contributors dominate design decisions and dismiss feedback from novices. Morale is dropping. What is the most effective response?

1. Publicly confront them in a team meeting
2. Privately coach them on facilitation norms and redesign meeting structure
3. Let productivity take priority over feelings
4. Remove them from design roles

Best answer: 2

C2. Open Hardware Governance

A partner organization wants to commercialize your design but requests a delay in publishing the BOM and CAD. What do you do?

1. Agree to delay for funding security
2. Publish immediately per open-source norms and negotiate brand partnership
3. Share privately under NDA
4. Walk away from collaboration

Best answer: 2

C3. Field Failure During Public Demo

A prototype tractor fails during a public demo with media present. Rank the following actions from 1 (best first step) to 4 (least appropriate):

• Secure safety and shut down the system
• Explain the failure transparently
• Document the failure mode for post-mortem
• Blame immature prototype status

Ideal order:

1. Secure safety and shut down the system
2. Explain the failure transparently
3. Document the failure mode for post-mortem
4. Contextualize prototype maturity

Section D — Wisdom (WICS Reflection)

D1. Moral Systems Judgment (Essay)

An open-source machine you helped design is adopted in a region where it displaces local labor and causes social tension, even though it improves productivity and reduces cost. Describe a wise response from the design team. Address:

• Short-term versus long-term effects
• Individual versus community interests
• How design or deployment could change to reduce harm

Rubric (0–4 each):

• Systems awareness
• Ethical tradeoff recognition
• Stakeholder balancing
• Actionable mitigation strategies

D2. Epistemic Humility (Reflection)

Describe a time you were wrong about a technical or social assumption in a project. What did you change in your process afterward?

Rubric (0–4):

• Specificity
• Learning integration
• Process change
• Responsibility-taking

Scoring and Interpretation

Maximum scores:

• Analytical: 20
• Creative: 32
• Practical: 24
• Wisdom: 24

Profiles (interpretive, not ranking):

• Builder-Operator: High Practical and Analytical
• Systems Innovator: High Creative and Analytical
• Steward-Leader: High Wisdom and Practical
• Design Integrator: Balanced triarchic profile

Notes for Evaluators

• Use two independent raters for Creative and Wisdom sections.
• Calibrate situational judgment answers with experienced OSE builders.
• Return strengths map and growth plan to each apprentice.