Self-Assessment

Tick the warning signs that feel familiar and see which stress tests your community is closest to.

Below are the warning signs from every stress test in the library. Work through them and tick the ones that feel familiar — the ones you’ve actually seen in your community, not the ones you worry about in theory.

As you go, your most relevant stress tests appear at the top, ranked by how many of their signs you recognised and how serious the failure is. Each result links straight to the full test and to the RCOS structures that prevent it.

This is a mirror, not a verdict — recognising a pattern is the start of a conversation (see the Facilitation Guide for how to run that conversation). Nothing you tick is saved or sent anywhere; it lives only in your browser.

Tick the signs that feel familiar below — your most relevant stress tests will appear here, most pressing first.

Governance & Power

Dominant Speakers in Decision Spaces
Founder Informal Veto
Informal Clique Decision Making
Undefined Decision Type

Conflict & Accountability

Conflict Avoidance Normalization
Punishment Before Repair

Culture & Influence

Charismatic Spiritual Authority

Economy & Resources

Commons Privatization through Land Sales
Opaque Community Finances
Outsourced Labor Bypassing Contribution

Membership & Boundaries

Cultural Norm Violation Scope Test
Expulsion Without Due Process
Governance Creep into Private Life
Mission Drift Through Competing Purposes

Operations & Coordination

Invisible Care Labor Burnout
Invisible Power via Responsibilities
Rapid Growth without Onboarding
Self-Sufficiency Without Collective Contribution
Undefined Information Access

Change & Emergencies

Emergency Rule Bypass Precedent
Institutional Amnesia
Irreversible Experiments
Ossified Governance Without a Path to Change
Unprotected Core Invariants

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