HumablyLicensing
How you can use our work
Capably Human publishes its research to be read, used and passed on. Every publication is marked with its licence. Here is what each licence allows, how to cite our work, and how to ask for a commercial licence.
Licences
The licence on each type of work
Capably Human Inc. owns the copyright in its publications, and the licence on each one says what you may do with it. Look for the notice under “Cite this publication” on every work, and at the end of every PDF edition.
| Type of work | Licence | What it allows |
|---|---|---|
| Frameworks, Models, Guides, Reports | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | Share unchanged copies, for non-commercial purposes, with the full citation. No adaptations. |
| Articles, Briefs, Essays | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | Share unchanged copies, for non-commercial purposes, with the full citation. No adaptations. |
| Instruments | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Use and adapt them, for non-commercial purposes, with the full citation. An adaptation must say what was changed, be shared under the same licence, and not be presented as the original Capably Human instrument. |
| BooksHeavy Lifting and Load-Bearing, © Michael D. Lapico, published by Capably Human Inc. | All rights reserved | Brief quotation with credit, as fair dealing and fair use allow. |
| News and press releases | All rights reserved | Media may quote and excerpt freely. |
Using our work
What’s free, and what needs a licence
Free, without asking
- Personal use
- Internal use inside an organization, for its own people
- Teaching and academic research
- Sharing, with the full citation
Needs a paid commercial licence
- Paid workshops, training, coaching or consulting that use our frameworks, models, guides or instruments
- Including our work in a paid product, course, book or software, including AI products and datasets
- Using our work to deliver services to clients
Citation
How to cite our work
Wherever you share, quote, adapt or refer to a publication, cite it in full: the owner, the year it was first published, the title, the ID, the version, and its short link.
Format
Capably Human Inc. (Year). Title (ID, vX.Y). capablyhuman.com/ID
Example
Capably Human Inc. (2026). The Capability Fitness Framework (CH-F-001, v2.1). capablyhuman.com/CH-F-001
- Articles, briefs and essays have no version: (CH-0001).
- News stories and press releases have no ID: cite their page.
- Every publication page shows its own citation, ready to copy.
Commercial licences
Using our work commercially?
Tell us who you are, what you would like to do with our work, and for whom. We will reply with the terms.
The Capably Human and Humably names and logos are trademarks of Capably Human Inc. and are not covered by these licences.