the Compass

A quality-of-life questionnaire · built on the 17 Living Goals

Ten minutes on what people want from life, work and the place they live, and where they stand today. Take it yourself, or use it to read a group.

choose your Compass

for a group – a written reading

peopleAsk the people you care for, coach or support what makes a good life, and where theirs falls short. You see where to help first.businessAsk your team what matters at work, and where their day falls short. You see what to fix first.cityAsk residents what matters to them, and where city life falls short. You see where to put time and money first.

for yourself – free, ten minutes

personalFor your values, your energy, your time, and what comes next.workFor your hours, the pressure, who you answer to, and where the work's heading.placeFor getting around, feeling safe, green space, and whether it feels like yours.

how it works

01
Describe the ideal
What good looks like: what matters, what to keep, change or add.
02
Rate today
Where things stand on the 17 Living Goals. About ten minutes.
03
Read the gap
The distance between the two shows what's working, what's under pressure, and where to start.

Every answer joins the Quality of Life Study, anonymously. Everything it finds is published, free.

what comes back

For a group

A written reading in three parts: a full report split by group, a one-page canvas that sums it up, and a day going through it together. Everyone who takes part also gets their own canvas.

For yourself

Your own canvas, free. The workbook (€29) if you want a plan for each gap.

Example reading · business

The city and people readings follow the same idea, with their own questions and splits. Each page shows its own example.

where they stand

What people said a good workplace looks like: most valued, most wanted to change, keep, and more of — what good looks like

Three first moves for a business, drawn from the biggest gaps and what people most want — where to begin

How the read splits by department, lowest to highest — where it differs

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why it matters

A business, a city, a life – each gets judged by numbers. Turnover, growth, house prices, salary. They show how something performs. They don't show what it's like to work or live inside it.

The Compass asks the people themselves. And it reads the whole picture – work, home, health, time, belonging – so you see whether the problem sits where you thought it did.

We measure what we can count. People live on what we can't.

ready when you are

Tell me what you'd like read – a wellbeing organisation, a business or a city – and I'll come back with a scope and a price.

For a group

A written reading of your people, residents or clients.

start a conversation

people · business · city

For yourself

Ten minutes, free, no sign-up. Your own canvas at the end.

take the Compass