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α vitals Alpha 0.1 · Internal build. Not for distribution
Assessment / Organisation Setup
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Assessment mode A client's studio
Organisation
Industry
Studio type
Team size
Concurrent projects
Currency GBP
Salary band £90,000 avg
Annual revenue
eNPS
AI adoption
Change context Post-restructure
Departments
Map your teams. Rate connections. See the system.

Not all decisions are equal. Assign each department to the layer that reflects how their work actually functions.

Foundational
Rare · Protected · Human
Core brand identity and product DNA. Changes slowly and deliberately. Defines what you are. Cannot be automated or delegated without real risk to the brand.
Typical departments
BrandProduct / DevPeople & HRCreative Direction
Interpretive
Guided · Taste-led · Judgment-heavy
Translates the foundation into the world. Requires creative judgment and taste. Can be guided by principles and templates, but can't be fully systematised. Quality depends on the person.
Typical departments
MarketingPR & CommsPartnershipsStrategy
Executional
Fast · Scalable · Automatable
High-volume, repeatable output where speed and consistency matter more than individual craft. This is where systemisation, templating, and AI deliver the most value without brand risk.
Typical departments
Live OpsSocialRegional / LocalCustomer Service
Departments
Toggle on the teams that exist. Rename them to match your team's language.
FoundationiCore brand identity and product DNA. Changes slowly and deliberately. Cannot be automated without real risk. InterpretiveiTranslates the foundation into the world. Requires creative judgment and taste. Quality depends on the person. ExecutionaliHigh-volume, repeatable output. Speed and consistency matter more than individual craft. Where AI adds most value.
Rare · Protected · Human
Annual budget (optional)
Guided · Taste-led
Annual budget (optional)
Fast · Scalable · Automatable
Annual budget (optional)
Fast · Scalable · Automatable
Annual budget (optional)
Guided · Taste-led
Annual budget (optional)
Fast · Scalable · Automatable
Annual budget (optional)
Rare · Protected · Human
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Connection MapiHow well two departments work together. Strong = seamless handoffs. Poor = friction, rework, or silence.
Click a cell to quick-rate, or use Deep-dive to answer a short questionnaire per connection. Both feed into the ecosystem analysis.
StrategyCreativeClient ServicesProduction / StudioNew BusinessTech & DataPeople / HR
Strategy
✗ Weak
✗ Weak
✗ Weak
✗ Weak
✗ Weak
✗ Weak
Creative
✗ Weak
− Good
✓ Strong
− Good
− Good
− Good
Client Services
✗ Weak
− Good
✓ Strong
− Good
− Good
− Good
Production / Studio
✗ Weak
✓ Strong
✓ Strong
✓ Strong
✓ Strong
✓ Strong
New Business
✗ Weak
− Good
− Good
✓ Strong
− Good
− Good
Tech & Data
✗ Weak
− Good
− Good
✓ Strong
− Good
− Good
People / HR
✗ Weak
− Good
− Good
✓ Strong
− Good
− Good
Strategy ✗ Weak Creative
Strategy ✗ Weak Client Services
Strategy ✗ Weak Production / Studio
Strategy ✗ Weak New Business
Strategy ✗ Weak Tech & Data
Strategy ✗ Weak People / HR
Creative − Good Client Services
Creative ✓ Strong Production / Studio
Creative − Good New Business
Creative − Good Tech & Data
Creative − Good People / HR
Client Services ✓ Strong Production / Studio
Client Services − Good New Business
Client Services − Good Tech & Data
Client Services − Good People / HR
Production / Studio ✓ Strong New Business
Production / Studio ✓ Strong Tech & Data
Production / Studio ✓ Strong People / HR
New Business − Good Tech & Data
New Business − Good People / HR
Tech & Data − Good People / HR
Strong 5
Medium 10
Poor 6
Unrated 0
21 of 21 rated
You've identified 6 poor connections and only 5 strong. That's a system under strain. More fractures than foundations. This pattern usually means dysfunction has spread beyond individual teams.
Intake Questionnaire
5 minutes. Sets your baseline across all departments.
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Executive Summary
How bad is it. What it's costing.
Decision Flow
Map a real workflow. See what it costs.
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Properties

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Flow Insights

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Department Scores
Score each team across four operational dimensions. Find where dysfunction lives.
Action Tools
Diagnosis to implementation. Coming soon.
From diagnosis to implementation
The Dashboard tells you what's broken and what to fix first. Action Tools will build the fix for you: redesigning approval chains, generating brand operating systems, and rationalising tool stacks. In development.
Approval Architect Brand OS Builder Tech Stack Rationaliser Stakeholder Interview Kit
Start Here
Do this first
Your most impactful task and most at risk team.

Action library

Every recommended action, ordered by impact on your weakest areas.

01. Organisation
Organisation snapshot
Operational health across every department. Where decisions flow and where they stall.
Top risks
Strategic moves
02. Finances
The Money
Dysfunction has a cost. Here it is, broken down by cause.
03. Culture
The Culture
Specific pain points in specific teams. The system works, but it's harder than it should be.
Top risks
Insights

Connection repairs

Fractured relationships, and what to do about them now.

Connection ecosystem

Hover to trace connections. Cascade Mode shows how dysfunction spreads.

/ 100 health
CONNECTIONS
Cascade Impact
vitals

This is vitals.

A diagnostic tool for creative studios. Score how your organisation actually works. Not how it's meant to.

How it works

Map. Score. See what it costs.

Map your departments, score how they work, rate how they connect. We calculate the cost. And tell you what to fix first.

Ready

20 minutes in. Findings that stay with you.

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Diagnostic Questionnaire
Question 1 of 9
Department
Overall health / 100
Connection
Rate the working relationship between these two teams.
Import Department Response
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One more thing
What's breaking down most right now?
Your answer shapes where we direct attention.
Inconsistency in delivery quality
Work lands differently depending on who's doing it and when
Timelines stretching beyond reason
Decisions take too long and deadlines move regardless
No real ownership
It's never clear who has final say
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