Interactive diagnostic
Culture · Diagnostics
Culture Heatmap
Score each culture statement to reveal where your organisation is thriving - and where it needs attention.
About this resource
What's this?
A quick personal diagnostic built on Open Org's Culture OS - culture framed as tangible "how we…" statements, making it easier to diagnose gaps and communicate to executives.
This is not a benchmark against some external "great culture" standard - it is an honest map of what is currently serving your business context and what is not.
Who it's for
Startup and scale-up People leaders.
When to use
- When you want a structured foundation for your people and culture roadmap.
- To inform a better conversation with your leadership team or People & Culture team.
- As an alternative to a full engagement survey with your whole org.
How to use
- 1Score each statement in the heatmap by clicking a cell.
- 2Area health and priorities update as you go.
- 3Use the recommended reading below for your weakest areas, or browse all culture area guides. Each includes useful resources to take further.
- 4Prioritise fixes and take them into your roadmap.
Score key
Rate each statement honestly - there are no right answers, only what is true for your org right now.
Healthy
This is working well for us right now
Needs Improvement
We have some surgery to do
Dumpster Fire
This is costing us real time and money
Not Sure
I'm not sure we do this, or how
Your culture heatmap
Tap a score for each statement. The map fills as you go - this is both the diagnostic and the breakdown.
Culture Heatmap
Open Org · Culture OS · 0/29 scored
- How we make and communicate decisions
- How we collaborate cross-functionally
- How we communicate sync/async
- How we do meetings
- How we connect
- How we raise problems
- How we run big projects
- How we build and scale processes
- How we embrace and embed change
- How we onboard new team members
- How we fire
- How we hire
- How we handle failure
- How we develop ourselves
- How we give and receive feedback
- How we lead and manage
- How we manage performance
- How we prioritise
- How we encourage equal voice and psychological safety
- How we stay aligned on mission/vision
- How we incentivise
- How we celebrate wins
- How we operationalise values
- How we outline behaviours that don't serve us
- How we reinforce behaviours that do serve us
- How we hold ourselves accountable
- How we share knowledge
- How we handle documentation
- How we solve conflict
| Statement | Healthy | Needs Improvement | Dumpster Fire | Not Sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
How we communicate | ||||
How we make and communicate decisions | ||||
How we collaborate cross-functionally | ||||
How we communicate sync/async | ||||
How we meet | ||||
How we do meetings | ||||
How we connect | ||||
How we work | ||||
How we raise problems | ||||
How we run big projects | ||||
How we build and scale processes | ||||
How we embrace and embed change | ||||
How we onboard new team members | ||||
How we fire | ||||
How we hire | ||||
How we grow | ||||
How we handle failure | ||||
How we develop ourselves | ||||
How we give and receive feedback | ||||
How we lead | ||||
How we lead and manage | ||||
How we manage performance | ||||
How we prioritise | ||||
How we encourage equal voice and psychological safety | ||||
How we win | ||||
How we stay aligned on mission/vision | ||||
How we incentivise | ||||
How we celebrate wins | ||||
How we behave | ||||
How we operationalise values | ||||
How we outline behaviours that don't serve us | ||||
How we reinforce behaviours that do serve us | ||||
How we hold ourselves accountable | ||||
How we share | ||||
How we share knowledge | ||||
How we handle documentation | ||||
How we differ | ||||
How we solve conflict | ||||
All culture area guides
Explore every area of the Culture OS framework. Each guide covers typical problems, how to design or fix, and useful resources.
15 min read
How we communicate
How we think about communication and decisions
15 min read
How we meet
How we think about meetings and connection
15 min read
How we work
How we think about the way work gets done
15 min read
How we grow
How we think about growth, feedback, and learning
15 min read
How we lead
How we think about management and leadership
15 min read
How we win
How we think about alignment, incentives, and celebration
15 min read
How we behave
How we think about values and behaviours
15 min read
How we share
How we think about knowledge and documentation
15 min read
How we differ
How we think about disagreement and conflict
Useful next steps
Related resources to help you go further with culture and people work.
Open Culture Framework
Score 35 transparency areas across six pillars to map how open your org is today.
Communication Operating Models
Pick your team's comms blueprint - async to sync-first, with a self-diagnosis quiz.
Open Org Workspace
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