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The Captain's Test · Self-Assessment

The Captain's Test.

Are you ready to take the wheel in the age of AI? A navigator never fixes position from one star. Score yourself on the six sightings — where you are now, and where your role requires you to be — and the instrument plots your displacement: the gap to close, and the bearing to steer first. Two minutes; your chart is drawn the moment you finish.

Are you ready to lead with AI? Score yourself across six skills — where you are now, and where your role needs you to be — and you'll get your gap: what to close, and what to work on first. Two minutes; your results appear the moment you finish.

Leading a team or a company? There's a Fleet Reading for that →

Present fixRequired port
What you'll receive

A displacement chart, like this.

Your results, like this.

Your six sightings, plotted as one fix: your present position (the solid shape) against the port your role requires (the dashed line). The space between them is your displacement — the gap the instrument is built to close.

Your six scores, plotted together: where you are now (the solid shape) against where your role needs you (the dashed line). The space between is your gap — what we're built to close.

  • Your widest displacement — the bearing to steer first.
  • A per-sighting readout, with the gap on every axis.
  • A total displacement score, and what it means for your time.
  • A full reading adds work-samples and a live exercise, plotted by a navigator.
  • Your biggest gap — what to work on first.
  • A score on each of the six skills, with the gap on every one.
  • A total readiness score, and what it means for your time.
  • A full assessment adds work-samples and a live exercise, reviewed by a person.
No sign-up needed to see your chart.
Your fix · the displacement chart
Your results

Present fixRequired port

You've fixed one navigator. Now read the fleet.

You've scored one person. Now check the whole organisation.

The Captain's Test charts your position. The Fleet Reading charts the whole organisation — six axes of readiness, and the gap between what leadership believes and what's true.

The Captain's Test scores you. The Fleet Reading scores the whole organisation — six areas of readiness, and the gap between what leadership believes and what's true.

Chart your fleet → Check your organisation →

Send me my chart & a full reading.

Send me my results & a full assessment.

This is a self-fix — one of three sightings. A full reading adds real work-samples and a live exercise (the sighting that cannot be performed), plotted by a navigator. We will send your chart and the next step.

This is a self-assessment — one of three inputs. A full assessment adds real work-samples and a live exercise (the part that can't be faked), reviewed by a person. We'll send your results and the next step.

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