What is Mezure
Mezure™ is the first auditable, repeatable, and defensible standard for measuring value across industries.
It proves whether a business, process, or system is truly value-adding — and shows exactly how to improve.
The 9 Dimensions of Value
Always live. Always updating. Always improving. Because value is never static — and neither is Mezure™.
2. Time Efficiency
Hours saved, processes accelerated.
3. Risk Avoidance
Losses prevented.
1. Monetary ROI
Revenue up, costs down.
4. Compliance & Safety
Fines and violations avoided.
5. Trust & Retention
Customer and partner loyalty secured.
6. Quality & Reliability
Error rates down, standards up.
7. Resilience
Preparedness for shocks and downturns.
8. ESG / Externality
Environmental, social, governance impact measured.
9. Emotional / Cognitive Clarity
Peace of mind, focus, confidence quantified.
How Mezure Works
Measuring value is extremely complex. We've made it simple for you.
Evidence In
Every score begins with proof. A business provides its baseline state, the observed results after a set time window, and the evidence that backs it up. Each piece of data is tagged with a confidence level — audited records, internal system logs, or self-reports. Nothing enters the system without a source.
The Universal Ruler
Mezure measures change the same way across every industry. It calculates the delta between baseline and observed results, adjusts it by the quality of evidence, and factors in the impact on the wider chain. This creates one consistent ruler that applies equally to money, time, risk, trust, and compliance.
Once measured, the data runs through Mezure’s proprietary frameworks: the Five-Part Filter™ and the Nine Dimensions of Value. These reveal whether a business is solving urgent pain, whether its market is large enough, whether its product can be built fast, whether revenue is repeatable, and whether it has a defensible moat. The result is not just a score, but the reasons behind it.
Proprietary Filters
Transparent Output
The outcome is a Mezure Score™ from 0 to 100. Alongside the number, every report shows the strongest and weakest links, explains why the score landed where it did, and prescribes concrete Value-Adding Links (VALs) that can raise it. Every score is auditable, repeatable, and defensible.
Why It Matters
Value is everywhere — in business, in science, in education, in policy, and in culture. But until now, value has been defined by opinion, persuasion, or power. Mezure changes that by proving value with the same universal standard, no matter the field.
In business, it matters because it shows whether a company is adding trust, efficiency, and resilience — or extracting and eroding them. In education, it matters because it proves whether learning truly delivers return on time and debt. In science, it matters because predictive models are only valuable if they hold under repeated testing. In finance, it matters because compliance, trust, and resilience determine survival. In culture, it matters because ideas gain weight not through noise, but through measurable adoption and impact.
Mezure matters because it replaces stories with proof. It provides one auditable system for tracking whether something is genuinely value-adding — across money, time, risk, trust, compliance, knowledge, resilience, and beyond. It is the global standard for value itself.
Certification
Mezure Certified Value Adding Body™
“A trust signal investors, partners, and clients can rely on."
Case Studies
Case studies are our proof layer — Mezure in action.
Johnson City - Development Services Department - Codes Division
Permits don’t just measure revenue — they measure trust in the system. From a Mezure perspective, Johnson City is holding steady in Monetary Value (residential valuations rose 8–12% YoY) and showing resilience in new construction permitting. But the system is bleeding in Compliance, Risk, and Trust Value. Many remodels appear to be happening off-permit, commercial activity swings wildly month to month, and local contractors are overshadowed by national builders.
Mezure Diagnosis: Score 62/100 → Mixed signals. Strong in new housing permits, weak in renovation compliance and contractor diversity. The hidden loss is not in permits pulled — but in remodeling value that slips through the system, eroding trust and creating unseen risk.
Bristol - Birthplace of Country Music - Rhythm & Roots Reunion
Entertainment venues in small cities are often saturated — and now forced to compete with major international arenas. From a Mezure perspective, this concert venture shows strength in Speed (events can be launched quickly), but bleeds heavily in Scope, Revenue, and Moat. The hidden loss isn’t just ticket sales - it’s trust and sustainability. Without a niche or defensible link, the business extracts more than it adds.
Mezure Diagnosis: Score 32/100 → Clear VEB (Value-Extracting Business). Weak in market size and defensibility. Without adding unique Value-Adding Links (VALs) like niche audiences or differentiated experiences, survival odds remain low.
Mezure against Mezure - Self-Diagnosis
What happens when the system measures itself? From a Mezure perspective, the venture holds strong in Pain (90% of startups fail), Scope (a universal market), Revenue Path (multi-layered streams), and Moat (proprietary frameworks and defensibility). But its weak link is Speed — execution risks bottlenecking if launch phases aren’t disciplined.
Mezure Diagnosis: Score 88/100 → Strong VAB (Value-Adding Business). Proven need and defensibility, but must launch lean and phase automation carefully to avoid slowing its own momentum.