Quiet Work System diagnostic
How dependent is your work on the structure around it? A structural diagnostic for understanding how much your ability to keep working depends on one employer, client, platform, relationship, capability or operating environment.
1/12 If your main employer, client or source of work disappeared tomorrow, how much of your current work would stop?* Select an answer 0 — Less than 25% 1 — 25–49% 2 — 50–74% 3 — 75–99% 4 — Almost all of it
2/12 How many genuinely independent sources of paid work could provide meaningful work within the next three months?* Select an answer 0 — Four or more 1 — Three 2 — Two 3 — One 4 — None
3/12 How much of your current expertise depends on organisation-specific systems, processes, data or knowledge?* Select an answer 0 — Very little 1 — A minority 2 — About half 3 — Most 4 — Almost all
4/12 When did your core skills last produce a real opportunity outside your current work structure?* Select an answer 0 — Within the last 12 months 1 — 1–2 years ago 2 — 2–4 years ago 3 — More than 4 years ago 4 — Never
5/12 What current evidence do you have that the external market wants your skills?* Select an answer 0 — Multiple recent offers, clients or serious opportunities 1 — At least one recent concrete opportunity 2 — Recent recruiter/client interest but nothing concrete 3 — Only older or informal evidence 4 — No current evidence
6/12 How much evidence of your capability exists independently of your current organisation?* Select an answer 0 — Strong external credentials, track record or recognised work 1 — Substantial independent evidence 2 — A mixture of external and internal evidence 3 — Mostly internal evidence 4 — Almost entirely dependent on my current organisation
7/12 How much of your work requires systems, data, licences, permissions or infrastructure you do not control?* Select an answer 0 — Very little 1 — A minority 2 — About half 3 — Most 4 — Almost all
8/12 If your current organisational access ended, how much of the same professional capability could you still exercise?* Select an answer 0 — Almost all of it 1 — Most of it 2 — About half 3 — Very little 4 — Almost none
9/12 If your current work structure ended, how long would it realistically take to become operational in equivalent work?* Select an answer 0 — Less than 1 month 1 — 1–3 months 2 — 3–6 months 3 — 6–12 months 4 — More than 12 months
10/12 How much would contractual, regulatory, geographic or qualification constraints restrict a move to equivalent work?* Select an answer 0 — Not at all 1 — Minor restrictions 2 — Manageable restrictions 3 — Significant restrictions 4 — Severe restrictions
11/12 How many credible alternative routes to paid work could you activate within 90 days?* Select an answer 0 — Four or more 1 — Three 2 — Two 3 — One 4 — None
12/12 If your current work structure disappeared, how much professional continuity could you preserve immediately?* Select an answer 0 — Almost all 1 — Most 2 — Some 3 — Very little 4 — Almost none
Your free result appears immediately after all 12 questions. Payment is optional and comes after the result.