Most organizations can identify problems with quality, safety, productivity, or delivery.
The challenge is identifying problems with understanding.
Understanding Gaps often remain hidden until participation declines, ownership weakens, and improvements struggle to sustain themselves over time.
The Understanding Gap Risk Assessment™ helps leaders identify warning signs that understanding may not be developing consistently throughout the organization.
This assessment is a screening tool, not a diagnostic tool.
Answer each question based on what you currently observe within your organization.
Low Risk
20–44 Points
Your responses suggest relatively few visible signs of a significant Understanding Gap.
While opportunities for improvement always exist, Shared Understanding may already be supporting participation, ownership, and sustainability throughout much of the organization.
Moderate Risk
45–69 Points
Your responses indicate several warning signs that understanding may not be developing consistently throughout the organization.
These gaps may be affecting participation, ownership, or long-term sustainability.
Additional investigation may be beneficial.
High Risk
70–100 Points
Your responses suggest significant indicators of an Understanding Gap.
Improvement efforts may be affected by inconsistent understanding across different levels of the organization.
Participation, ownership, and sustainability may be at risk.
Consider conducting a comprehensive Shared Understanding Assessment™ to identify where understanding gaps exist and what actions may help address them.
