Where Norman's Gap applies to one person instead of one organization: external pressure against internal regulation, measured honestly. Companion to Regulate.
Every MOSei tool so far measures the gap between external pressure and internal regulation at the level of a leader or a team. Norman's Gap does not stop being true just because the unit shrinks to one person. Someone's workload, finances, caregiving load, and health can compress them the same way an unregulated production line compresses under demand, and most people have never had a structured way to see it, only a vague sense that something is "off." Regulate makes the case for internal regulation as a discipline, including the nervous system itself: the ability to actually reset once you notice you're activated, not just manage the load intellectually. The Regulation App is where a reader stops reading about it and measures their own.
Give an individual, not a manager, not an organization, a structured, field-aware read on where their external pressure sits relative to their internal regulation capacity, and which specific area is most likely to give first if nothing changes. The Regulation App is the individual-facing counterpart to the leadership tools: same Norman's Gap logic, one person instead of one org.
Monthly is a reasonable default for someone tracking their own trend. Re-score immediately after a major life change: new job, new baby, a health event, a move, since those are exactly the moments field-level pressure defaults stop matching reality.
A Critical Gap result is a prompt to act, not a diagnosis. The recommended path is: name the single highest pressure and single weakest regulation habit out loud to one trusted person, then choose one regulation habit to rebuild before adding anything new. If the gap involves health, safety, or a sense of being unable to cope, that conversation belongs with a professional, not with this tool.
Regulate is the primary companion text. This app is the practical instrument for the book's argument, not a standalone concept. Building a Management Operating System and The Norman System remain the leadership-facing references for readers who want to take the same logic back to their team.