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Updated June 2026 · gStride AI · AI productivity intelligence platform
Direct answer: gStride’s free resources hub gives productivity-intelligence buyers thirteen ready-to-use artefacts, each mapped to a specific procurement or compliance task — an 8-section employee monitoring policy template, a 10-question CISO procurement checklist, a 5-signal productivity self-audit worksheet, a productivity-software ROI playbook, a weekly and monthly manager report template, a workforce capacity-planning spreadsheet, and a hybrid-work policy covering the EU AI Act, GDPR, and India’s DPDP Act 2023 in one document. It also includes four interactive tools: an EU AI Act Article 6 high-risk classifier, a GDPR + DPDP dual fine-exposure estimator, a DPDP penalty exposure calculator, and a switch-cost estimator for Hubstaff, Time Doctor, ActivTrak, and Insightful. Most return a verdict band in about three minutes, and the interactive tools score with no email gate. Every legal figure is indicative only — verify exact regulatory scope and penalty exposure for your data-fiduciary classification with qualified counsel before procurement sign-off.
HR policy template
Employee Monitoring Policy Template
An 8-section monitoring policy framework — notice, consent, scope, retention, AI use, employee rights, audit trail, and exception handling. Adapt to your jurisdiction in under an hour.
For HR Heads, COOs, People Ops · PDF + .docx
ROI math + calculator
Productivity Software ROI Playbook
The 30-day pilot math anchored against status-quo cost — workforce analyst headcount, recovered billing leakage, capacity drift, and the three KPIs that decide scale-or-walk at day 30.
For CFOs, Founders, Ops Heads · live calculator + walkthrough
CISO Procurement Checklist for AI Productivity Vendors
10 questions every CISO and IT-services CEO should ask before signing — data residency, DPIA, AI auditability, breach SLA, retention, SCIM/SSO, sub-processors, right to audit. Includes scoring rubric.
For CISOs, IT Directors, CEOs · PDF, 12 pages
5-signal self-audit
5-Signal Productivity Self-Audit Worksheet
A 30-minute audit on your current team using five behaviour signals — focus depth, commit cadence, meeting load, flow-state minutes, blocker recovery. PDF worksheet + Google Sheets calculator.
For Ops Heads, Founders, Eng Managers · PDF + Google Sheets
EU AI Act diligence
EU AI Act Vendor Procurement Scorecard
14 questions to score any time-tracking or productivity-monitoring vendor against AI Act high-risk-system criteria — transparency, human oversight, risk management, surveillance footprint. Verdict band + remediation path before August 2, 2026.
For CISOs, Procurement, Counsel · PDF + interactive online version
DPDP diligence · India
DPDP Vendor Risk Assessment Worksheet
14 questions to score any workplace AI or productivity intelligence vendor against the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 — consent, DPIA, Significant Data Fiduciary obligations, data principal rights, and the default-on capture halt. Verdict band ready before DPDP Rules notify.
For India CISOs, DPOs, Compliance Heads · PDF + interactive online version
Hybrid work policy template
Hybrid Work Policy Template
An 8-section ready-to-customise policy covering EU AI Act, GDPR, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 in one document — scope, consent, monitoring boundaries, AI usage, employee rights, retention, audit cadence, exception handling. Region notes for EU + India + US inline.
For HR Heads, COOs, People Ops · PDF + interactive online preview
Manager report template
Productivity Report Template (Weekly + Monthly)
Two-format manager template — Weekly (4-page) and Monthly (6-page) — covering focus depth, blocker recovery, commit cadence, meeting load, and flow-state minutes. Outcome signals, not keystroke counts. Anti-surveillance and compliant with EU AI Act + DPDP when sourced from non-invasive measurement.
For Eng Managers, Ops Heads, COOs · PDF + interactive online version
DPDP penalty exposure · India
DPDP Penalty Exposure Calculator
6 inputs — workforce headcount, employee-data categories, Significant Data Fiduciary likelihood, and four control inputs (consent capture, DPIA, breach-notification SLA, data localization). Instant indicative exposure band (Low / Moderate / High / Severe) framed against the INR 250 crore upper penalty tier under DPDP Act 2023. Indicative only; verify with counsel.
For India CISOs, DPOs, COOs · interactive online + downloadable PDF
Switch Cost Estimator (Hubstaff / Time Doctor / ActivTrak / Insightful)
5 inputs — current tool, seat count, current per-seat price, currency (INR / GBP / USD), and migration effort band (DIY or assisted). Returns one-time switch cost (data export + parallel run + admin time) and projected 12-month cost delta versus staying. Transparent math shown. Indicative planning estimate, not a quote.
For Operations Leads, Finance Leads, COOs, Heads of People · interactive online + downloadable PDF
A four-variable capacity model plus quarterly cadence template — billable hours captured, recovered leakage, bench-to-bill conversion lead time, and attrition replacement lead time. 12-month grid, variance-check checklist, roll-up dashboard, and DPDP + AI Act overlay. Worked example on an anonymised 350-seat shop.
For COOs, CFOs, Heads of Ops at 200-500 seat IT services / BPO / offshore-dev · PDF + interactive previewer
EU AI Act classifier · Article 6
EU AI Act Article 6 High-Risk Classifier
7 yes/no questions about your workforce-AI system — employment use, profiling, decision influence, sensitive signals, EU nexus, and the Article 6(3) exemption test. Instant classification band (Not high-risk / Likely high-risk Annex III §4 / Definitely high-risk + obligations) mapped to the Article 9/10/14/27 cascade. Indicative only; verify with counsel. Enforcement 2 August 2026.
For EU + India-IT-exporter CISOs, DPOs, Counsel · interactive online + downloadable PDF
6 inputs — turnover band, employee count, monitoring data types stored (screenshots / keystrokes / location / biometric), retention period, EU data subjects, India data principals. Returns an indicative dual exposure band (Low / Moderate / High / Severe) per regime, framed against GDPR Article 83 (up to EUR 20M or 4% turnover) and the DPDP Act 2023 (up to INR 250 crore, subject to revision). Indicative only; verify with counsel.
For India IT exporters + EU-facing DPOs, CISOs, COOs · interactive online + downloadable PDF
Are the gStride resources free, and do they require an email?
All resources are free. The downloadable artefacts are emailed after you enter an email; the interactive online tools — the EU AI Act Article 6 classifier, GDPR + DPDP fine-exposure estimator, DPDP penalty exposure calculator, and switch-cost estimator — return a verdict band in about three minutes with no email gate to score.
Which resource should a CISO or DPO start with for vendor due diligence?
Start with the CISO Procurement Checklist (10 questions, scoring rubric). India CISOs and DPOs should pair it with the DPDP Vendor Risk Assessment Worksheet, and EU-facing teams with the EU AI Act Vendor Procurement Scorecard. These are decision aids, not legal advice — verify exact obligations with qualified counsel.
Do the EU AI Act and DPDP tools give a definitive legal classification?
No. They return indicative bands only — for example GDPR Article 83 exposure framed up to EUR 20 million or 4% of global turnover, and DPDP Act 2023 penalties framed up to INR 250 crore (subject to revision). They are planning and triage aids based on your inputs, not a definitive classification or fine determination. Verify with qualified counsel.
What does the switch-cost estimator calculate?
It takes five inputs — current tool, seat count, per-seat price, currency, and migration-effort band — and returns a one-time switch cost (data export, parallel run, admin time) plus a projected 12-month cost delta versus staying. The math is shown transparently. It is an indicative planning estimate, not a quote.
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