About System-3™

Leadership decisions deserve evidence.

System-3™ exists because the most expensive decisions in business — who leads — are still mostly made on instinct. We built the simulation that complements instinct with observed behavior.

Why System-3™

Our story began with a leadership decision-making problem, and became a leadership decision-making science.

The problem

Decades of decisions made on instinct

After decades placing the most senior executives in the largest enterprises, our founder became frustrated with leadership talent decisions made on gut feeling, interviews, and performance — when hires and promotions fail 50% of the time.

The science

A Nobel laureate names the root cause

Human judgment is fast, yet analytical approaches lack objectivity

The solution

Developing the third system

Teamed with behavioral scientists, the System-3™ leadership simulation was developed, measuring real-time leader decision making and trade-offs in high-pressure situations, elevating outcomes with unbiased insights.

How we work

Three principles behind every report.

01 · Behavior

Measure what leaders do

Not what they say, claim, or self-report. Every data point is a real decision, captured directly inside the simulation.

02 · Benchmark

Compare against the proven

Results mean something only against a standard: successful CEOs and senior executives across diverse industries.

03 · Change

Re-measure the growth

Personality is fixed; behavior isn't. Leaders can develop, re-test in 60 minutes, and prove the change.

Elan Pratzer, Founder and CEO

Four decades of watching leadership decisions get made, and miss half the time.

After decades assessing executive talent at the highest levels, Elan became frustrated with an evaluation process built on informal interviews, references, and 360s—tools that mistake past success for future readiness. Despite the critical stakes, executive hires and promotions fail 50% of the time.1 System-3TM was born to replace that subjective process with objective measurement: capturing the core leadership competencies that predict success, regardless of industry or circumstance. The result: organizations identify talent more accurately, develop it measurably, and build teams that actually work.

"You have to see who can and wants to lead, not who already is."
Elan PratzerFounder & CEO — on BNN Bloomberg

The Team:

Head of Legal & Special Projects/Co-Founder

Malka Lewittes

Healthcare entrepreneur and lawyer; former legal counsel and policy advisor for Province of Ontario.

Chief Operating Officer

Gilson Torii

Startup operator and investor with founder-to-exit experience, scaling teams globally and driving successful M&A.

Chief Revenue Officer

Matt Goff

Drives commercial operations and growth, with three decades of expertise in psychometrics, leadership, and HR tech.

Interim Chief Technology Officer

Mike Berg

Former CTO of AltaML, a venture-funded AI startup.

Head of Growth

Aviva Pratzer, MBA

AI growth leader skilled in scaling, enterprise adoption, and driving success through strategy and partnerships.

Director of Client Success

Charlotte Berry

Talent acquisition and strategic human capital expert with deep experience in Executive and Board-level search and selection, succession planning and other complex leadership challenges.

Talent Science Lead

Claudie Coulombe, MA

I-O psychology expert dedicated to transforming data analytics into actionable client insights.

Manager, Business Operations

Heather Graham

Operations expert with executive search background, excelling in streamlining processes and driving organizational efficiency.

Marketing Lead

Leanne O'Brien

Marketing leader and producer in emerging technologies, with a background in renewables and SaaS for HR and IoT.

"I came away a believer." - Sherina Edwards, CEO-in-Residence, Red Arts Capital

Take the next step

Book a quick briefing, or see the simulation yourself — and the evidence. Most leaders come away believers.

Matt, CRO of System-3

You'll meet with our CRO, Matt, who brings three decades of expertise in psychometrics, leadership, and HR tech.