6.1.5 State-of-Being (SOB)

(Participants: Demise, Survive, Thrive)

Finally, we must visualize the human impact. Measuring GDP or even VoE/GMP/GPPTO is useless if the actual Participants are burning out.

The State-of-Being (SOB) is the key measure of any organism or organization within its fitness environment. It visualizes exactly how many Participants (or Problems) exist within each tier of the DSTM Horizon at any given moment:

• D: How many individuals/teams are in Demise (collapsing or deeply failing)?
• S: How many individuals/teams are just Surviving (paying the bills, running to stand still)?
• T: How many individuals/teams are Thriving (living with surplus energy)?

By tracking the SOB over time, we can prove whether our Transformation Strategies are actually moving people from Survival into Thriving—which is the ultimate, undeniable proof of Progress.