The VOICE-IF framework
People often hold the piece of information a meeting needs — and say nothing at the moment it would matter.
Speak Up is a 30-minute instrument for real meetings of two to four people. Each person privately writes and endorses an if–then plan before the meeting. During the meeting, a private cue appears only when the situation they planned for actually occurs.
Turns an intention into a specific plan — if this situation, then this sentence — and then quietly tells you when that situation has arrived.
It never scores personality, emotion or competence, never pushes equal airtime, and never treats silence as a deficit. Choosing not to speak is a recorded, valid choice.
Four arms: goal only, a standard plan, an AI-personalised plan you edit and endorse, and that plan plus rehearsal. The main comparison is personalised versus standard.
Speak Up / VOICE-IF is an independent research prototype grounded in published work on implementation intentions and group decision processes. It is designed to test whether AI-assisted recognition of critical situations helps people execute self-endorsed plans. No endorsement by any researcher or institution is claimed, and no effect of this system has been scientifically validated. Staying silent is never treated as a failure.