The Bearing™

Know Where You Stand.

Most institutional pressure does not arrive as a single crisis. It accumulates — quietly, across multiple domains — until something breaks. The Bearing surfaces what is most pressing, assesses how acute it is, and points you toward the right next step.

Twelve domains. Seven dimensions. Fewer than fifteen minutes. The result is a triage read across your full leadership and governance landscape — and your initial Mission Readiness Index score.

Confidential. Your results are sent to you and reviewed by Jamie before any conversation.

The state of detection is not the state of decay. The most valuable finding is the condition that has not yet become a crisis.
The Leader's Guide
Twelve Domains

What The Bearing Assesses

01 — 04

Funding, Governance
& Leadership Succession

The structural and financial foundations. Revenue sustainability, board function, the board-executive relationship, and the succession question too many institutions defer.

05 — 08

People, Decisions
& Mission Integrity

The human and directional layer. Key person burnout and flight risk, the personnel decision that won't move, reputational exposure, and mission drift under pressure.

09 — 12

Transformation, Culture
& The Leader's Own Chapter

The deeper and longer questions. Strategic inflection, internal culture fracture, external threats without a playbook, and the vocational questions leaders carry alone.

Each domain is assessed across seven dimensions: Gravity, Velocity, Pervasiveness, Presence, Preparedness, and Proactivity. Together, these 84 data points produce a triage read and your MRI-Alpha score.

Before You Begin

Share Your Details — Or Begin Directly

Enter your details and Jamie will receive your results before any conversation. Your information is never shared or sold. Or begin directly — you can share your results at the end.

No details required. Results are available immediately on completion.

Six Domains Complete

Halfway Through

First Six Domains

Six more domains complete your full triage picture and produce your MRI-Alpha™ score.

Domain 1 of 12
The Bearing — Results

Your Triage Picture

Your triage picture is below — yours to read and keep. If you would like Jamie to review your picture and share a brief personal read, select below.

MRI-Alpha™ — Mission Readiness Index

0 Significant Gaps Moderate Strong 100

Leadership and governance readiness only — drawn from the twelve domains where institutional pressure most commonly surfaces.

This index reflects a structured self-assessment. Self-assessments of this kind tend to underreport conditions that carry reputational risk and overreport readiness in domains where the leader has invested personal effort. If your picture feels more settled than your instincts suggest, trust the instincts. The score is a starting point for conversation, not a clinical measurement.

Your Triage Map — 12 Domains
Acute
Active
Low
Settled / N/A
◎ low visibility flagged
Primary Routing
Recommended Next Step

Share your details and Jamie will have your full picture before any conversation. If you would like to walk through your results together, The Read is a 25-minute session available to anyone who has completed a diagnostic — $125, credited in full toward any engagement you book.

Ready to Go Deeper?

The Read is a 25-minute conversation to walk through your Bearing results with Jamie — what the pattern means, what it is pointing to, and what the right next step looks like. $125, credited in full toward any engagement you book.

Your responses stay with you unless you choose to share them when booking a session — in which case Jamie will arrive prepared, not cold.

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