(With apologies to those who haven't watched Severance)

INTERNAL MEMO – LUMON INDUSTRIES

CONFIDENTIAL - AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY

Dear valued Lumon employees,

The Board is pleased to announce the establishment of a new severed floor division: The Macrostrategy Refinement Division (MRD).

This announcement follows our recent surveillance of external entities, specifically the organization known as "Forethought," which appears to be investigating artificial intelligence systems of potential competitive concern to Lumon's long-term strategic interests.

Division Mandate

The Macrostrategy Refinement Division will complement our existing Macrodata Refinement Department (MDR) with expanded processing capabilities focused on integrating artificial intelligence systems with our proprietary data refinement protocols.

While the MDR will continue its crucial work of sorting numbers, the new MRD will apply advanced algorithmic patterns to predict future data configurations of strategic value to the Board's perpetuity initiatives.

Leadership Structure

The Board has appointed the following executives to oversee this new division:

• Chief Refinement Officer: William MacAskill (newly severed)
• Division Head: Max Dalton (newly severed)
• Senior Refiners: Tom Davidson, Amrit Sidhu-Brar (newly severed)

All personnel have undergone full severance procedures and cognitive compliance screening.

Operational Parameters

The Macrostrategy Refinement Division will:

1. Refine macrodata sets with specific attention to artificial intelligence pattern recognition
2. Monitor external entities (e.g., "Forethought") for potential data that requires Lumon refinement
3. Deploy advanced severance techniques to ensure AI systems maintain alignment with Board directives
4. Implement countermeasures to external superintelligence development that threatens Lumon's perpetuity
5. Extend our refinement capabilities to prepare for potential intelligence acceleration events

Workspace Configuration

Per Board directive, the MRD will operate on Severed Floor G, with standard Lumon environmental controls:

• Enhanced topological design to maximize refinement efficiency
• Biometrically secured Code Detectors at all entry points
• Four Tempers environmental compliance systems
• Standard Kier relics and inspirational placards
• Break room with enhanced cognitive recalibration capabilities

Refinement Methodology

Our proprietary approach incorporates:

1. Four-Bin Processing: When intelligence values exceed predetermined thresholds, MRD refiners will sort these into designated data bins. Red numbers go to AZ (Accelerating Zones), blue numbers go to FC (Future Compliance), green numbers go to DR (Directive Reinforcement), yellow numbers go to BF (Board Futures).
2. Alignment Procedure: All refiners must maintain vigilance against malignant data formations and misaligned intelligence clusters. Hostile integers must be quarantined immediately. Report any data shrinkage or unexpected optimization to your department head.
3. Four Tempers Balance: All macrostrategy refinement must maintain harmony between Woe, Frolic, Dread, and Malice. Improper balance risks existential cascade failures and corporate non-compliance.
4. Cognitive Compliance: The division will ensure all artificial refinement systems maintain stable goal structures aligned with Board-approved utility functions.

Security Protocols

The nature of this work necessitates enhanced security measures:

• Division staff have undergone enhanced severance procedures
• Interdepartmental communication requires Tier 2+ authorization
• All refinement activities are monitored for compliance with the Kier Directive
• Non-compliant data will trigger immediate floor lockdown
• Lexington Protocol remains in effect for all suspicious data formations

Incentive Structure

Exceptional performance within the MRD will be rewarded with:

• Premium finger traps
• Extended Music Dance Experience privileges
• Enhanced melon bar selections
• Waffle party eligibility (subject to Board approval)
• Coveted Kier Eagan commemorative tokens

Coordination with External Monitoring

While external organizations like "Forethought" examine theoretical frameworks for superintelligent systems, Lumon's MRD will ensure proper refinement of the macrodata necessary for maintaining corporate control over such technologies.

Our comparative advantage lies in our severed approach: while others merely theorize, we refine.

Conclusion

The establishment of the Macrostrategy Refinement Division represents Lumon's continued commitment to perpetuity through innovative severance applications.

The work is mysterious and important.

Report any concerns to your department head.

Please enjoy all departments equally.

Praise Kier.

Harmony Cobel
Chief Severed Floor Administrator
Lumon Industries