Creative Surplus Index™ — Team Assessment

Answer all 10 questions to calculate your Team Creative Surplus Score and see which profile your team fits.

1. Our team agrees on which projects matter most.

2. We have a shared 120-day finish plan for at least one major initiative.

3. Our team has enough bandwidth to finish priority projects.

4. We have the right mix of skills to finish well.

5. We consistently maintain momentum on important work.

6. Our handoffs between people or teams are smooth and efficient.

7. We know exactly how to activate our audience when we release something.

8. Our wider network responds when we mobilize them.

9. Internal bureaucracy slows us down.

10. We struggle to secure the resources we need to finish.

Creative Surplus Index™ — Individual Assessment

Answer all 16 questions to calculate your Creative Surplus Score and see which profile you fit.

1. How many dormant or unfinished creative projects do you currently have? (ideas, drafts, files, recordings)

2. How far along are your top 1–2 dormant projects?

3. What is the potential value of your top project if finished? (revenue, reputation, impact, calling)

4. How aligned are your dormant projects with your long-term goals and story?

5. In the past 3 years, how often have you finished what you started?

6. How often do you stall out around 70–80% completion?

7. How consistent is your weekly creative rhythm?

8. When you get a compelling idea, how quickly do you take the first concrete action?

9. How quickly do you create a first draft, prototype, or test version?

10. What best describes your biggest slowdown once you’ve started?

11. How complete is your #1 dormant project right now?

12. How clear is your plan to finish and release that project in the next 120 days?

13. How big are your remaining gaps (time, money, skills, support) to finish?

14. What size is your current active audience or community? (any platform, email list, or in-person)

15. How consistently do you show up or publish for that audience?

16. How easily can you mobilize people to take action? (buy, attend, share, support)