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A free business maturity assessment: an honest picture of your company

Before deciding anything, an honest picture.

Four form modules and a short conversation. At the end, your maturity level, your biggest gap and where we would start. It's the first phase of our method, done on your own, with the same framework we use on day one inside a company.

Access
Open, no account
Format
Form + conversation
Dimensions
Seven
Preliminary
Free
How it works

Four steps, in this order.

It isn't a form dressed up as a conversation, nor a conversation with no data behind it. First, what can be put in a field; then, what only comes out by asking.

  1. 01

    Four form modules

    Who you are, what your company is like, what moment it's in and how you score each of the seven dimensions yourself. Three or four minutes.

  2. 02

    A short conversation

    Five or six real questions, built on what you've answered. It isn't a form in disguise: it digs deeper where there's tension.

  3. 03

    Your preliminary diagnosis

    Free and instant: your maturity level, the moment your company is in and where your biggest gap is.

  4. 04

    The full report

    The full reading of your gap, six recommendations—one per dimension that applies—and the reading of your moment. One click from the preliminary diagnosis, at no cost, and downloadable as a PDF.

What it measures

Seven dimensions, and a published scale.

Each dimension is scored from one to five against a written rubric. Here are its two ends: where the scale starts and how far it goes. If you recognise yourself in the left-hand column, you already know where your work begins.

What you take away

Two levels. Both free.

There's no wall at any point along the way: you finish the conversation, get your preliminary diagnosis and, if you want to keep going, the full report is one click away—to read and download.

When you finish · Free

Preliminary diagnosis

  • +Your maturity percentage, calculated against the rubric
  • +The moment your company is in, with a name
  • +The dimension where your biggest gap opens up
Full report · free

The whole report

  • +The full reading of your gap: why that one and not another
  • +Six recommendations, one for each dimension that applies
  • +The reading of your moment and what it means for the order of decisions
  • +Your self-assessment set against the framework's reading

It comes from the same conversation as the preliminary diagnosis: you don't have to answer anything again.

Before you start

What everyone asks.

Is it free?

Yes, all of it. When you finish the conversation you get the first level—your maturity, the moment your company is in and where your biggest gap opens up—and, one click away, the second: the full report with the complete reading of the gap, six recommendations and the analysis of your moment, to read and download as a PDF. We don't ask for a card at any point. If you'd like to go through it with us afterwards, half an hour of conversation doesn't cost anything either.

How long does it take?

Three or four minutes of form and a short conversation of five or six questions. You can go at your own pace: the questions build on what you've been answering, and there's no clock.

Who's on the other side?

The conversation is led by a language model with our diagnostic framework behind it: the same seven dimensions, the same rubric and the same thresholds we use on day one inside a company. The judgement is ours; the machine just applies it without getting tired.

Is it a digital maturity test?

Not quite. It measures the maturity of the whole company across seven dimensions: leadership, product, marketing, sales, structure, cash flow and continuity (the last one only if there's a family behind the company). Digital is one part, not the whole: technology is asked about within the Structure dimension, alongside the team and processes. If you want a score for your digitalisation alone, you'll get less here; if you want to know where your biggest gap opens up as a company, whether or not it's the technological one, that's what it's for.

My company isn't a family business. Does it still work?

Yes. Continuity—succession and governance—is the only conditional dimension: it's only asked if there's a family behind the company. The other six apply to any company.

Does this replace consulting?

No, and it doesn't claim to. It's the first phase of the method—diagnosing—done on your own: it helps you put a name to what you already sense and decide whether it's worth talking. What comes next needs someone on the inside.

What do you do with what I tell you?

It's stored so we can send you the report and pick up the conversation if you write to us. Your personal data and your rights over it are explained in the privacy policy.

Start here

The first step costs nothing. Just time.

When you finish you'll have your picture and an easier decision: carry on by yourself with what you've seen, or sit down together to talk about what came out.