For managers

Clear visibility into your team's shared vocabulary.

This is a sample cohort readout showing how your workforce naturally describes operational risk when reflecting on a shared story.

Why 8 attributes and not 23?

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission defines 23 total attributes essential to a safety culture. This diagnostic is not a comprehensive 23-part survey. Instead, it measures the 8 core attributes present in the film The Inventor. These 8 attributes are emblematic of how information travels across a workforce during high-stakes operations, covering hazard recognition, information flow, and decision-making. Standard audits rarely capture the "S" attributes around speaking up. Our analysis of over 300 federal reports from the CSB, NRC, and NTSB shows that breakdowns in these exact communication channels precede major civil disasters.

127
total cohort responses
8 of 23
NRC attributes measured
<3%
usage of speaking up (S-codes)
Visual cohort distribution

How your cohort's vocabulary breaks down.

Each response was read for the attribute it named most clearly. Here is the spread across the cohort.

127RESPONSES
H.4Teamwork & seams34%
P.5Operating experience28%
H.10Bases for decisions18%
H.2Field presence12%
P.1Identification5%
S.1 / S.2 / S.3Speaking up & information flow<3%

Cohort insights

Vocabulary strength

Your team demonstrates strong shared vocabulary around operational teamwork (H.4) and past operating experience (P.5).

Vocabulary gap

Language around speaking up (S.1) and alternate reporting channels (S.2) was largely absent across the cohort. This points to an opportunity to introduce shared terminology around escalating field concerns.

The 8 measured attributes

The specific subset of NRC safety culture attributes present in The Inventor.

CodeAttribute nameBeat in the filmCohort usage
H.4TeamworkThe man who knows how it works is not the man allowed to explain it.34%
P.5Operating ExperiencePatented two years earlier. Demonstrated. Still on a shelf.28%
H.10Bases for DecisionsNo chief ever says what is actually wrong with the hood.18%
H.2Field PresenceThe chief turns him around like a mannequin, marvelling at the hood.12%
P.1IdentificationFive or six chiefs saw it work and none recognised what it was.5%
S.3Free Flow of InformationChiefs liked it on the telephone. None bought it once he walked in.1%
S.1Speaking UpTold the invention was theft, and to be out of town by sunset.1%
S.2Another Route for ConcernsThe only route left was to hire someone else to be him.<1%

Sample data from a pilot cohort, shown for illustration. Your own cohort's readout populates here once your team completes the diagnostic.