VITALITY
BY DESIGN
FORTIGENESIS CENTRE
ORGANISATIONAL VITALITY INDEX
Architecture-aligned diagnostic

THE VITALITY ARCHITECTURE

Four interdependent domains that enable people and organisations to flourish and perform sustainably

About the Organisational Vitality Index

The Organisational Vitality Index (OVI) is a developmental organisational diagnostic designed to assess the conditions that support or constrain sustainable human and organisational performance. It examines vitality as a multilevel phenomenon rather than as an individual wellbeing issue alone.

The diagnostic is organised around four interdependent domains. Together, these domains assess whether people have the personal capacity to engage and adapt, whether leaders create enabling conditions, whether teams function through healthy relational patterns, and whether the organisation has designed systems that sustain performance over time.

What the diagnostic measures

  • Human energy, recovery, resilience, adaptability, meaning and agency.
  • Leadership practices that create clarity, dignity, empowerment and sustainable performance.
  • Trust, belonging, relational energy, voice and collective capability.
  • Organisational conditions such as work design, fairness, resources, strategic coherence and renewal.

How to complete the diagnostic

  • Respond to each statement based on your current work experience.
  • Use the full five-point scale and avoid answering according to what you think the organisation expects.
  • There are no right or wrong answers.
  • The instrument is intended for organisational development and is not a clinical or medical assessment.
01

INTRAPERSONAL VITALITY & AGENCY

The inner human foundation
Do I have the capacity to show up, adapt and act?
The energy, psychological resources, meaning and agency people need to engage fully and bring their potential into expression.
1
Energetic Vitality & RecoveryEnergy • restoration • sustainable rhythm
2
Emotional Regulation & ResilienceRegulate • recover • remain steady
3
Cognitive Agility & LearningClarity • curiosity • adaptability
4
Meaning, Hope & CoherencePurpose • hope • values alignment
5
Agency & Proactive Self-ManagementAutonomy • ownership • intentional action
02

LEADERSHIP VITALITY & ENABLEMENT

The leadership foundation
Do leaders create the conditions for people to perform and flourish?
The inner capacity and leadership practices that generate clarity, humanity, agency and sustainable performance in others.
1
Leader Self-Regulation & VitalityPresence • composure • sustainable energy
2
Purpose, Sensemaking & DirectionMeaning • priorities • clarity
3
Human-Centred & Inclusive LeadershipDignity • empathy • inclusion
4
Empowerment & DevelopmentAutonomy • coaching • growth
5
Sustainable Performance StewardshipPerformance • capacity • future sustainability
03

COLLECTIVE VITALITY & RELATIONAL FABRIC

The social foundation
Can we flourish and perform together?
The quality of the relational field through which people become safe, connected, energised and collectively capable.
1
Psychological Safety & TrustSafety • respect • openness
2
Belonging, Inclusion & CohesionAcceptance • inclusion • meaningful 'we'
3
Relational Energy, Humanity & CareEmpathy • Ubuntu • mutual dignity
4
Voice, Communication & RepairDialogue • feedback • constructive conflict
5
Collective Efficacy & Adaptive CollaborationCollaboration • learning • shared capability
04

ORGANISATIONAL VITALITY ARCHITECTURE

The structural foundation
Have we designed the conditions that make sustainable performance possible?
The organisational structures, work conditions, resources and systems that enable — or constrain — human and collective vitality.
Domain definition

The structural and systemic conditions that shape sustainable performance, including strategic coherence, work design, fairness, resources and organisational renewal.

1
Human Sustainability Climate & Strategic CoherencePurpose • priorities • human sustainability
2
Sustainable Work Design & Demand–Resource BalanceWorkload • autonomy • role clarity
3
Fair Governance, Justice & AccountabilityFairness • transparency • integrity
4
Enabling Resources, Technology & CapabilityTools • support • capability
5
Learning, Adaptation & Regenerative RenewalLearning • innovation • renewal

ORGANISATIONAL
VITALITY

Energy • Capacity • Adaptability • Renewal

The capacity to engage fully, realise potential, adapt and sustain performance.

THE CONDITIONSIndividuals • Leaders • Collectives • Organisation
VITALITYEnergy • Capacity • Adaptability • Renewal
SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCEConsistent • Adaptive • Human • Responsible
EXCELLENCEFlourishing people • Thriving organisation • Superior outcomes
OUTCOMES THAT MATTER
EngagementAdaptabilityInnovationFlourishingPerformanceRenewal
Instrument structure: 100 statements, 20 dimensions, 4 interdependent domains. Responses use a five-point agreement scale. Dimension scoring and reverse-keyed statements are processed in the background and are not shown during completion. This is an organisational development diagnostic, not a clinical or medical assessment.
Interpretation principle: The four domains are assessed separately because a healthy overall average can conceal a significant weakness in one part of the vitality architecture. The final report therefore presents both overall vitality and the balance between domains.
Organisational Vitality IndexDomain 1 of 4
Please answer every statement in this section before continuing.
OVI SCORE / 100
ORGANISATIONAL VITALITY STATE

Priority Dimensions

Strengths to Protect

Four-Domain Vitality Architecture

Architecture Intelligence

Architecture Alignment

Twenty-Dimension Heatmap

DomainDimensionScoreInterpretation

Interpretive Note

Scores are linearly transformed from the five-point response scale to 0–100. Reverse-keyed statements are recoded before aggregation. The overall OVI score is reported alongside domain balance because an arithmetic mean can conceal a critical weakness in one part of an interdependent system. The current scoring thresholds and profile labels are developmental defaults for this prototype and should be recalibrated using empirical norming, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance testing and criterion-validity evidence before high-stakes or comparative use.