Diagnostic Mirror — five modes of external operation
Where do you read yourself? Five modes describe the most common configurations companies operate in. The mirror is not a grade. It names the pattern of your present operation — and the move most adjacent to it.
Five modes of external operation. The point is not ranking. It is recognition.
Where do you read yourself? Five modes describe the most common configurations companies operate in. The mirror is not a grade. It is a way to recognize the pattern of your present operation — and the move most adjacent to it.
Episodic
Operation in pulses. Action follows event, not anticipation.
Observational
Watches the outside, but has no reliable way to turn what it sees into a decision.
Cadenced
Strategic rhythm on quarterly cadence. Strains when substrates shift simultaneously.
Looping
Full sense → decide → adapt loop running monthly with named owners.
Orbital
You move early enough that partners and competitors react to you, not the other way around — and your language spreads.
Six questions · three minutes · no email required.
Each question describes a behavior. Pick the answer closest to how your company actually operates today — not how you wish it did. The result is the mode your operation reads as, and the move most adjacent to it.
Your reading
Answer the six questions to see your result.
Run this against your company. Start with an ESI Diagnostic.