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Trust Calibration

Trust-building features tested across scenarios against Kore's four components of trust: competence, reliability, predictability, benevolence.

Why it matters

Trust that's calibrated, not maximised, avoiding both overtrust (complacency) and distrust (underuse).

The canvas

The worksheet you fill in, as a template. Use it with your team here, or fill it in online in the workspace.

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↑ Trust in the system

What does your system do, and why does it sit there?

e.g. It generates structured briefs and runs ethical scans without the designer approving each step — outputs feel authoritative enough to bypass critical judgment.

My system's primary risk is

  • Overtrust
  • Distrust

Why? What about the system or context makes this likely?

What design response does this demand?

What

What did the system decide or do?

The system explains WHAT it did by…

Why

What factors drove that decision?

The system explains WHY by…

What if

What can the user change or override?

The user can override or adjust by…

app.jcerejo.com · The Anticipatory Design Framework

Fill it in online: start freeFree: one framework project. No card.

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