See how your business actually runs.

The four operating stages

Every answer maps to one of four stages. They describe how a business runs, not how well it is doing — a profitable company can sit at Manual, and often does.

1. 1

   Manual

   Person-dependent

   Here is what Manual looks like: the business runs on people rather than process. Work gets done because specific individuals know how to do it, records live in spreadsheets, message threads and habit, and when someone is away their work waits.

2. 2

   Fragmented

   Tools without coordination

   Here is what Fragmented looks like: you have tools, but they do not talk to each other. The same information gets entered more than once, reports are reconciled by hand, and handoffs between departments depend on someone remembering to follow up. Nothing is broken enough to stop the business, which is exactly why it persists.

3. 3

   Connected

   Shared information

   Here is what Connected looks like: most of the business works from shared information and processes people actually follow. The numbers are available without assembling them. What remains is usually adoption, the manual steps at the edges, and reporting that could be sharper.

4. 4

   Optimized

   Continuous improvement

   Here is what Optimized looks like: the foundation holds. Processes are documented and measured, tools are connected, the numbers arrive on their own, and the business does not depend on any one person. Improvement is a deliberate activity rather than a rescue.

What the assessment measures

Two questions per dimension. Your lowest dimension sets your stage rather than being averaged away, because a business is only as connected as its least connected part.

• Processes & workflows
• Systems & tools
• Integration
• Data & visibility
• People & key-person dependency
• Finance & cash
• Customer & sales

Where the result leads

Your result names the one or two things worth fixing first and points at the work that fixes them. If you would rather skip the questions, these are the same conversations.

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