Free Human Capital Intelligence Audit
The HCI Audit shows you where your people strategy is creating value, where it’s quietly building liability, and where targeted action will mitigate risk and strengthen performance — so you can act on causes, not symptoms.
Free of charge. Led by a business psychologist. No prep required.
The problem
Engagement surveys, EAPs and wellbeing programmes have become the default response to performance and retention pressures. But when the system itself is the problem, more activity doesn’t produce better outcomes — it just adds cost and noise.
Wellbeing investment rarely reaches the people who need it most — and you can’t prove what it’s returning.
People are present but not performing, and conventional surveys don’t surface the real cost.
Capacity constraints keep people teams firefighting instead of shaping strategy.
Rising expectations on psychosocial risk and employer duty of care — without finance-grade data to stand behind.
What the HCI Audit is
The Human Capital Intelligence Audit is an evidence-based assessment of the conditions shaping behaviour, performance and pressure across your organisation.
It examines how cultural norms, leadership coherence, engagement dynamics and systemic constraints interact — not isolated metrics, but the underlying patterns that determine how work is actually experienced. The result is a clear, decision-relevant picture of how your culture functions under real operating conditions, and the specific levers that will move it.
What you’ll get
A clear view of your wellbeing maturity and risk areas, so you know exactly where effort will pay off.
Data-backed insight that gives you confidence to invest in what delivers and stop what doesn’t.
Tailored to your strategy, so every action supports your organisational goals rather than competing with them.
Measurable improvements in performance, engagement and culture — with a way to track progress and demonstrate return.
Why it’s free
Every audit adds to the largest evidence base of its kind on UK workplace culture and wellbeing. That’s what lets us offer it at no cost — and it means your participation reaches well beyond your own organisation.
How it works
A structured conversation, HCI scoring across domains, and cross-layer analysis to understand how your culture operates in practice — under real conditions, not on paper.
We report back on what your culture indicates, what your existing data can and can’t reveal, and the priorities that will most influence performance, pressure and risk.
A practical working session to identify where current surveys, tools and initiatives fall short — and what to strengthen, substitute or stop.
What to expect
No lengthy onboarding and no disruption to your team — just a focused conversation and a clear report back.
A 90 minute conversation, held online, at a time that suits your diary.
None needed. It helps to have any recent engagement or wellbeing survey results to hand, but it’s not essential.
Usually you, plus anyone from your leadership or people team you’d like in the room. We shape it around what’s right for your organisation.
You’ll receive your diagnostic within one week, followed by a working session to talk through priorities and gaps.
Free, with no obligation to take anything further.
We work with organisation-level insight, not personal data — and your organisation is never named or identifiable in anything we publish.
Your audit lead
Take the first step towards measurable wellbeing and performance in your organisation. Our Head of Client Analytics and Business Psychologist Stuart Paviour leads the audit team, and will personally oversee the process.
With deep expertise in workforce development, organisational wellbeing, and leadership performance, Stuart helps organisations turn insight into action, improving engagement, culture, and outcomes across all levels.
Get a clear, evidence-based view of what’s working, where the gaps are, and where action will have the biggest impact.