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Natural Growth Audit

Check whether the growth you want is aligned with the capacity of your system.

Choose one project, business, product or system that you want to grow. Assess its readiness across five areas: value foundation, operational structure, visibility, environment and regeneration.

Answer each question on a scale from 1 to 5. Do not assess the project’s potential. Assess its actual readiness at this moment.

Is the growth I want aligned with the capacity of my system?

1definitely not2probably not3partly4probably yes5definitely yes

Natural Growth Audit

Score

Readiness

Main category

Main recommendation

Visual result profile

Five layers of the system

Strongest layer of the system

Layer requiring the most strengthening

Dominant risk

Profile interpretation

What the five-layer pattern reveals

The Custodian’s Question

Is the growth I want aligned with the capacity of my system?

Growth should serve the life of the system. The system should not exist to serve growth.

Natural Growth Map

Complete only the fields that help translate the result into a conscious direction of action.

Root — the strongest foundation of the project is: Root — the weakest foundation of the project is: Trunk — the structure already supporting the project is: Trunk — the structure that needs strengthening is: Crown — the area of visibility ready for growth is: Crown — the area of visibility that should not yet be increased is: Soil — the environmental factor supporting growth is: Soil — the environmental factor requiring caution is: Regeneration — the part of the system requiring renewal is: Regeneration — the regeneration rhythm I am introducing is:

One Healthy Step of Growth

I want to increase or develop: This growth may place pressure on: Before increasing the scale, I need to strengthen: The smallest healthy step of growth is: A sign that growth is beginning to overload the system will be: To prevent growth from exhausting the system, I will introduce: I will review the effects of this step on:

Do not begin by asking how to make the largest possible move. Ask which move is large enough to create development and conscious enough not to damage the foundation.

Natural Growth Audit

Choose one direction of growth

Five layers of natural growth

Five layers of the system

What the five-layer pattern reveals

Choose one direction of growth

Five layers of natural growth

Five layers of the system

Dominant growth risk

What the five-layer pattern reveals