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A founding circle for organisations that want to make quality of life visible, measurable and actionable.
01 — Why this matters now
Quality of life is becoming the real measure of success. But it’s still not on the table when cities and companies make their plans.
Cities plan around growth. Companies report on output. Quality of life is the thing people actually pick a place or a job for, and it sits outside both.
The data exists – Eurostat, Eurofound, etc. but it stays in national reports. No city can act on it. No company can see itself in it.
The belief is already there. What’s missing is a way to read it locally and do something with it. That’s the bit worth fixing, and it can be fixed now.
02 — What it is
A small group of organisations reading quality of life where they are, and acting on it.
We already initiated three things that hold it together. The Compass: a short assessment people in your city or organisation actually fill in. The QOL Tour: fieldwork on the ground, conversations rather than surveys. The Atlas: where the patterns across Europe made visible.
Put together, you stop guessing how your place is doing and start seeing where to improve it – part of a wider picture taking shape across Europe.
03 — Who it’s for
People who want to do something with it, not just nod along.
People who’ll use it, not just agree with it. Cities, companies, research groups – it’s less about which, more about the bend of mind. You take quality of life as something to act on, not a slogan for the website. You’d rather see the awkward truth about your place than a flattering number. And you’ll commit to something before it’s a finished, proven thing.
Five of the right partners beats fifty. I’d rather start small and serious.
04 — What partners get
A reading of your own place, and a hand in the work.
The Compass, included.* You run it where you are, and what comes back is a written reading of your city or organisation: where life is good, where it isn’t, and what that points to. Yours to use, and published in the Atlas with your name on it.
Plus a seat with the other founding partners, comparing findings across Europe – and, because you’re early, a say in how the whole thing is built.
05 — What I’m asking
A founding commitment. €5,000 a year.
Running this is real work – someone (that would be me) coordinates the partners, does the fieldwork, writes the readings, puts out the Atlas. That should be paid for, not hoped for. The fee covers it, and it sorts the serious from the curious: the ones who put something in are the ones who turn up.
Come in now and you keep that rate as the circle grows.
That’s the whole ask. Run the Compass once, back the circle that reads it, and start with a conversation.
If you’re one of the few, let’s have a (virtual) coffee about it.
