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What is SOIL?

SOIL (Studies of Organizational Illness and Loss) is a research-first nonprofit project devoted to collecting organizational autopsy data at scale - to ignite a completely new scientific field: Organizational Biology, Health, and Medicine.

We stand at the beginning of a new discipline. Organizations are born, grow, get sick, and die - yet we have no systematic understanding of why. No taxonomy of organizational diseases. No diagnostic frameworks. No preventive medicine. No treatment protocols. SOIL is building the foundation to change that.

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the insight

From Human Autopsies to Organizational Autopsies

Modern medicine developed through systematic autopsy - the careful examination of deceased bodies to understand disease processes. Before autopsy became standard practice, medicine relied on theory and speculation. SOIL proposes the same approach for organizations.

How Medicine Evolved

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Systematic human autopsies
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Understanding of disease processes
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Diagnostic frameworks
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Preventive medicine
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Treatment protocols
Result: Modern Healthcare

What SOIL is Building

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Systematic organizational autopsies
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Understanding of failure patterns
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Diagnostic frameworks
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Early warning systems
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Intervention protocols
Goal: Organizational Medicine
ecosystem

The SOIL Ecosystem

SOIL is not a single product but an ecosystem of interconnected institutions, each serving the broader mission of organizational health and longevity.

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Cenotaphery

Digital memorials honoring organizations. Founders share their stories through structured interviews, contributing data while finding closure.

Visit Cenotaphery
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Research Center

Systematic analysis of organizational mortality. Pattern recognition, framework testing, and publication of findings.

Explore Research
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Founder Community

A network of founders who have experienced organizational closure. Peer support, knowledge sharing, and mentorship.

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Future commercial spin-offs (Phase 3+):

Diagnostics CenterLearning HubClinic
our values

What We Stand For

Dignity

Every founder and organization deserves respectful remembrance.

Truth

Honest, systematic understanding of why organizations die.

Service

Data serves the ecosystem, not just profit.

Beauty

Excellence in design honors the effort founders invested.

Community

Founders supporting founders through shared vulnerability.

Rigor

Scientific standards for research and analysis.

Transparency

Clear about how data is used and how revenue flows.