The CARMA™ Journey

The CARMA™ Journey

Two paths, one journey.

The Learning Path is the nine manuals, read in order. The Implementation Path turns the framework into a running, provable business — automate with CARMAI™ and CARMAlly™, measure with Integris™, certify your people, and transform. Finishing the Learning Path is the “Learn” step that starts the Implementation Path.

Learn the framework

The Learning Path

Read the nine manuals & programs in order — the Framework Manual is the foundation; each title builds on the last.

1

CARMA™ Framework Manual

Foundation

The foundation of the whole system — the five pillars (Compliance, Auditing, Risk, Management, Alignment), with governance built into the business by design. Every title builds on this.

2

CARMA™ Framework Training Video

Orientation

A fast, practical orientation — the shared vocabulary, the mental model, and the first moves, so the framework clicks before you implement.

3

Implementation Guide + Workbook

Rollout

Turn the framework into daily practice — the self-audit and working templates. Run it by hand, or let CARMAI™ do the workbook work for you.

4

Board Governance Manual

Board

The framework at board level — close the gap between what your governance documents say and what actually happens, with the GC charter, delegation of authority, and decision-useful board reporting.

5

Culture Operating Manual

Culture

Culture is management in motion — what actually happens under pressure, not what the values statement says. It’s the foundation every system, process, and tool relies on: define the conduct your business requires, and close the gap between what you intend and what people actually do.

6

General Counsel Manual

Legal Ops

The modern GC as the bridge between the board’s intent and operational reality — decision rights, board access, and the “lawyer-statesman” role.

7

Due Diligence Manual

Diligence

Answer the question that matters — does this business actually work? A governance layer over traditional diligence that reads operations, not just documents.

8

Negotiation Manual

Negotiation

Negotiation as decision design, not debate — prepare, hold leverage, and stop signing deals that read well but perform badly. Includes a 24-clause business playbook.

9

Career Navigation Manual

Career

Careers are value chains, not ladders — navigate from entry level to the boardroom with the unwritten rules that actually drive advancement.

Feeds
Run the business on it

The Implementation Path

Turn the framework into a running, provable business — five stages, from learning it to transforming on it.

01

Learn

= The Learning Path

Complete the Learning Path — all nine manuals & programs. This stage is the manuals on the left.

02

Automate

CARMAI™ + CARMAlly™

CARMAI™ puts the method to work inside Microsoft Word and the WebUI — with CARMAlly™, an AI assistant trained on the CARMA™ manuals, guiding the work.

03

Measure

Integris™

Integris™ scores governance & contract health, 1.0–3.0, for the board.

04

Certify

CARMAcademy™

Pass the exam and earn the CARMA™ Certified Specialist credential — proof your people can execute the system.

05

Transform

Outcome

A governed business — failures prevented, directed, detected, corrected.

The Implementation Path · Certify

Become a CARMA™ Certified Specialist.

The capstone of the journey. Manuals and software give a team the method; certification proves they can execute it — and earns them the CARMA™ Certified Specialist credential.

The exam

A timed, two-hour, 100-question multiple-choice exam across the framework — the five pillars, the AAA Standard™, the Quad C Mindset™, the 5Cs, and Integris™. An 80% score earns the credential.

The credential

The CARMA™ Certified Specialist digital credential for LinkedIn, email signature, and résumé — verifiable proof of CARMA™ competency.

The renewal

Renewed annually, so the credential stays current as the framework evolves — and stays a live signal of governance capability.

Become CARMA™ Certified Specialist

Start the journey where you are.

Learn the framework through the manuals, automate it with CARMAI™, measure it with Integris™, and certify your people to run it.

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