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See what's draining your team.

Team-level decision load visibility in 5 minutes.

Not a culture survey. Not a productivity scorecard. A measurable cognitive load diagnostic.

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Takes 5 minutes  ·  Private  ·  Results visible immediately

What this is

Each team member takes an individual 5-minute assessment. You see a team-level view of where decision load is highest — without interviews, without surveys, without guessing.

The problem

You can see the symptoms. You can't see the cause.

When your team is slow, disengaged, or constantly escalating — the standard explanation is motivation or skill. Usually, it's neither. It's decision overload.

Constant re-prioritization requests
Team keeps asking what to work on next — not because they lack skills, but because competing priorities create decision paralysis.
Bottlenecks at your desk
You're being pulled into decisions that should be resolved below you. High team DLI predicts this pattern with 72% accuracy.
Output drops without explanation
Velocity slows, deadlines slip — but nothing specific changed. Decision backlog accumulation is the most common invisible culprit.
Low initiative, high caution
Team stops proposing solutions and starts waiting to be told. This is cognitive load defense — self-protection from more decisions.
What the DLI measures

Three dimensions of team cognitive load

Each assessment captures where decision weight is concentrated — so you know whether to fix processes, reduce scope, or redistribute ownership.

Decision backlog
How many unresolved decisions each person is carrying at any moment
Source breakdown
Whether load comes from work scope, interpersonal, or process ambiguity
Distribution pattern
Whether load is evenly spread or concentrated in specific roles or functions
How it works

Three steps. No setup required.

Share the link with your team
Each team member completes a 5-minute individual assessment. No accounts required. The link is shareable — works from any device.
Each person gets their individual score
The DLI gives each person a 0–100 score showing their decision load by category. Results are private to each individual.
Compare patterns in your next 1:1 or team meeting
Ask each person to share their score and top source category. In 15 minutes, you'll have a clearer picture of where cognitive load is concentrated — and why.
Start your own assessment first →

Most managers run themselves first, then share with their team.

Research baseline

What we know so far

47
Average DLI score across all users (0–100 scale)
4:32
Average time to complete the assessment
864
Assessments completed since launch

This is early-stage research. We report what we observe, not what we hope. Read the methodology →

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