C007¶


Research	R0007 — AI Cognitive Amplifier
Run	2026-03-20
Claim	C007

Claim: Housman and Minor studied 50,000 workers and found that avoiding one toxic hire saves $12,489 while hiring a top-one-percent superstar adds only $5,303.

BLUF: Confirmed. Housman and Minor (2015) studied over 50,000 front-line employees across 11 companies. They found avoiding a toxic hire saves an estimated $12,489 while a top 1% performer adds approximately $5,303 in value. Published as Harvard Business School Working Paper 16-057.

Probability: Almost certain (95-99%) | Confidence: High

Summary¶

Entity	Description
Claim Definition	Claim text, scope, status
Assessment	Full analytical product with reasoning chain
ACH Matrix	Evidence x hypotheses diagnosticity analysis
Self-Audit	ROBIS-adapted 4-domain process audit

Hypotheses¶

ID	Hypothesis	Status
H1	Claim is accurate as stated	Supported
H2	Study details match exactly	Eliminated
H3	Claim is materially wrong	Eliminated

Searches¶

ID	Target	Results	Selected
S01	Primary search	10	3

Sources¶

Source	Description	Reliability	Relevance
SRC01	Toxic Workers	High	High