That depends on the size of your organisation and whether follow-up interviews are required, but the average turnaround time for the Productivity Pulse is 2–4 weeks.

Engagement surveys give you a hint at how your employees feel, but they don’t tell you how well they perform. Although staff engagement is an important element of a high performance organisation, it is only one of dozens of factors. Ignore the others and you risk doing more harm than good.

The Productivity Pulse differs in that it measures key indicators of your organisation’s ability to execute your strategy. It evaluates productivity and culture across the seven key performance domains of direction, alignment, accountability, speed and agility, focus and resilience, and collaboration. Engagement is evaluated within the Productivity Pulse, but it also addresses the other major elements which contribute to execution excellence.

In addition to the overall Productivity Pulse score, each of the key domains of the Performance Pyramid, and attributes within them are evaluated. This detailed breakdown of performance is conducted for each level, demographic and area of your business, helping you better identify and isolate challenges so you can develop more effective and targeted improvement initiatives.

Although all three tools use Kognitive's Performance Pyramid, they offer an increasingly more thorough view into your internal operations. The Productivity Health Check is the lowest resolution tool, followed by the Productivity Pulse and Productivity Diagnostic.

More specifically, the Productivity Health Check consists of a survey completed by one business leader and a report which highlights key findings. Results are delivered within four hours and it provides an excellent broad brush stroke assessment. The Productivity Pulse consists of a survey which is completed by all staff and a workshop and report which deliver key findings. It takes 2–4 weeks to complete and it provides a snapshot into an organisation’s culture and productivity at any given moment in time. The Productivity Diagnostic is the most comprehensive assessment. It reviews culture, process and financial performance to gain a 360 view of the effectiveness of your organisation's internal operations.

Book a discovery call to evaluate which assessment will best meet your needs, or get started with Kognitive’s low cost, low risk Productivity Health Check.

While the Productivity Pulse is a wide assessment covering all key areas which affect organisational performance, Workflow Assessments are deep assessments which dive into one key area (or more specifically, one key workflow). If you know you would like to improve a specific workflow or have already identified you are facing challenges in a particular workflow (such as the way strategy flows to execution or the way customers flow from enquiry to delivery to payment), then the Workflow Assessments will be the best tool. If you are looking for an organisational wide view of your operational performance then the Productivity Pulse will be the best tool. If you’re still unsure which option is best, book a discovery call and we can help you evaluate which makes most sense for you.

In our experience, firm recommendations are often ineffective because they don’t take into consideration your context, constraints and complexity. Instead of providing rigid recommendations, we find it more effective to provide you with improvement initiatives for consideration. In the debrief workshop we help you evaluate these options and evolve the most relevant strategies with you to meet your specific needs.

No. The Productivity Pulse can be run for organisations from 10 to 10,000 employees and beyond. Comparison and deep-dive reports provide just the right level information to each department and team.

In most cases the answer is yes, but it really depends on your organisation’s structure, size and business type. Book a discovery call and we can evaluate what makes most sense for your business.

That depends on your current rate of change, initiatives and priorities. We recommend you conduct a Productivity Pulse every three to six months. Once a year can be a little too disconnected to evaluate the effectiveness of your improvement initiatives and once a month can be a little too intensive for staff.

The Productivity Pulse starts from as little as $7,000. Price varies depending on the size of the organisation and the add-ons chosen. We offer both stand-alone and subscription options for the Productivity Pulse. Book a discovery call to evaluate confirm the pricing for your organisation and preferences.

If the challenges you are facing align with our areas of expertise, we are able to provide you with assistance in implementing improvement initiatives. Click here to learn more about our implementation services.

Yes, our Pulse subscription plans offer a significant discount. We also offer a discount for not-for-profit profit organisations. Book a discovery call to discuss the details.