One sheet. Ten minutes. One honest read on where the team actually stands. This is the Cognitive Delivery Index workshop canvas, made walkable. Six dimensions, each scored on a five-level ladder from Absent to Substantive. Score the team as it is, not as it should be. This is not a performance review and there is no pass mark. The goal is the same as the workshop's: an honest read, and one priority for the next ninety days. ↑ The governance theatre gap sits between L4 and L5. Documented governance is not the same as governance that shapes decisions. Score the team as it is, not as it should be. Fours get the facilitator's question: can you name a specific occasion in the last quarter where this control changed an outcome? No means three. Yes, with detail, may mean five. If you are scoring as a team, score independently first. The disagreements are the data. Your answers never leave your browser. There is no server, no storage and no tracking behind this page; the whole assessment runs locally, and closing the tab forgets it. CDI total / 30. Your answers never leave your browser. The first move: The L4 to L5 transition is where most organisations stall. The first three transitions can be project-managed. The fourth requires culture, repetition, and time. It is the most expensive work, and the most valuable. If any score was hard to give, that is usually the interesting conversation. Email me your scorecard and the question that came with it, or ask about running the sixty-minute facilitated diagnostic with your team.
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The CDI self-assessment
The shape of your governance
One profile is a signal. A conversation is a diagnosis.
The instrument
The five levels
L1 AbsentNothing exists. The control is not present in any form. The team has not yet considered the question.
L2 InformalThe control exists by convention. It lives in conversations and assumptions.
L3 DocumentedThe control is written down. Coverage is partial and consistency uneven, but a document can be pointed at.
L4 CompleteFully documented and procedurally adopted. On paper, everything is in place. Auditors are satisfied.
L5 SubstantiveThe control produces observable behaviour. It is exercised, tested, and visibly shapes decisions. The control is real.
How it works
Score six dimensions→See the shape of your profile→Leave with one move
How to score honestly
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Why this matters
The honest test
Your profile
Your score profile
Most mature dimension
Biggest gap
The governance theatre gap
Nearest specimen profile
Your 90-day starting points
What now