Pain belongs to roles; the role network is a set of RACI edges; productisable need emerges from the aggregation of role pain across the org. This asset fuses the six C-suite role portfolios and their 10× engagement networks with a triaged, authority-weighted evidence base for the CIO portfolio-pain segment. Farsight RRI primitives — not conclusions.
60–70% of strategies fail at execution (HBR / McKinsey)
Pain portfolio · top 10 of 50
10× engagement network
95% not seeing real GenAI returns; only 5% generate substantial value (MIT / Forrester)
Pain portfolio · top 10 of 50
10× engagement network
84% of CMOs report high strategic dysfunction; 94% can't translate enterprise strategy into plans (Gartner)
Pain portfolio · top 10 of 50
10× engagement network
46% cite talent as top obstacle (PwC); 87% face or expect skills gaps (McKinsey)
Pain portfolio · top 10 of 50
10× engagement network
56% rank cost optimisation top-5; capital allocation for growth is #1 (Gartner)
Pain portfolio · top 10 of 50
10× engagement network
only 20% met forecasts within 5%; 76% missed quota in H1 2025 (OpsEthic / Gradient Works)
Pain portfolio · top 10 of 50
10× engagement network
RRR grounding. Pain points are primitives attached to Role nodes. The 10× network is the set of RACI edges each role engages beyond org-chart hierarchy. Need is not asserted at the role level — it emerges where the same pain resonates across multiple roles (§A) or collides across a pair (§C).
Richter resonance. A Tier-1 pain is one felt by 3+ roles; the Richter value is a felt-severity estimate scaled by breadth of resonance and stat severity in the source brief. Tier-2 pairs are 2–3 role tensions that sit on the integration seams between functions.
Evidence authority. Each source carries an authority score 2–5: 5 anchor / analyst-grade, 4 specialist practitioner, 3 practitioner reference, 2 community signal. Coverage clusters C1–C7 are tagged per source; cluster theme labels are inferred from coverage and remain provisional pending DD ratification.
Farsight RRI source for the PF-Core adaptive graph. Every pain point is a primitive; every role-to-role engagement is a RACI edge. The cross-role resonance patterns are where productisable needs emerge — not from a single role, but from the weighted network of roles that experience the same pain from different angles.