This 20-item tri-state diagnostic is the rapid triage companion to the long-form 300-item YESS Strategic Storytelling Diagnostic. For each of the nine Pillars + Montage, you are presented with the single most consequential diagnostic question and the single most consequential red flag - both selected verbatim from the comprehensive 300-item instrument. Each item is answered Yes, Partially, or No. The instrument is calibrated to identify, in 10-15 minutes, the highest-leverage intervention points for a first YESS consultancy engagement.
The middle option, Partially, is the analytical heart of the instrument. It surfaces the transitional zones - the practices half-implemented, the disciplines half-internalised, the disciplines spoken but inconsistently applied - that are precisely where the first intervention earns its keep.
One Pillar at a time. Each Pillar presents one diagnostic question and one red flag on the same screen. A Back control lets you revisit a previous Pillar.
The Nine Pillars + Montage
PILLAR 1
Domanda
The Genesis Of Narrative Discovery
PILLAR 2
Vision
The Narrative Preceding The Product
PILLAR 3
Culture
The Enterprise As An Engaged Social Actor
PILLAR 4
Creatività
Breaking Category Inertia
PILLAR 5
Coherence
The Long Arc Of Narrative Discipline
PILLAR 6
Authenticity
The Governance Of Truth
PILLAR 7
Audience
Cultural Intelligence & Resonance
PILLAR 8
Product
Narrative Made Material
PILLAR 9
Purpose
The Teleology Of Strategic Direction
PILLAR 10
Montaggio
The Operative Grammar Of Integration
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20 Items · 10 questions + 10 red flags
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10-15 Minutes · rapid triage
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First-Intervention Map · sent to your email