Nerva
Adaptive assessment engine. Measures organisational capability across 48 cells using research-backed questioning — not self-report surveys with smiley faces.
adaptive questions
capability cells
indicators
research claims
Four dimensions
How the organisation sets direction, allocates resources, and aligns capability investment with outcomes.
The behaviours, norms, and psychological safety that determine whether capability development actually sticks.
Tools, infrastructure, and technical practices — the machinery that either enables or constrains everything else.
Decision rights, accountability structures, and the feedback loops that keep capability development honest.
How it works
Adaptive questioning
Questions branch based on prior responses. The engine doesn't waste time confirming what it already knows.
Capability mapping
Responses map to the 48-cell framework, producing a structured capability profile — not a single score.
Analytics pipeline
Raw data transforms into actionable intelligence: gap analysis, cohort comparison, trend detection across assessment cycles.
A note on honesty: Nerva measures what people report and what patterns emerge from structured questioning. It doesn't read minds, predict the future, or replace professional judgement. What it does is surface capability patterns that would take months of interviews to uncover manually — and it does it consistently, every time, without the interviewer bias that makes most organisational assessments unreliable.