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Dimension 120 · Customers (100)

120Aspirations

This measures the alignment of your product or service with the customer's personal goals and dreams.

The statement

Essential profile · Mode 1
The knowledge of your customers’ ASPIRATIONS is helping you achieve your goals.

One statement per role slot, scored against the goal set in Step 2 on the Maturity Ladder, never 0. As a question: Is the knowledge of your customers' ASPIRATIONS helping you achieve your goals?

The sub-questions

CodeSub-questionStatement
121ThemselvesYou have identified consumers' aspirations for improving themselves.
122Social ValuesYou have clearly identified consumers' aspirations for improving the world around them (social values).
123Environmental valuesYou have clearly identified consumers' aspirations for improving the world around them (environmental values).

Evidence profile, Mode 2: each sub-question is scored on the Maturity Ladder and the dimension takes their rounded mean (an exact .5 rounds down), which can be 0, Mixed. Sub-questions ending in 5 are the Sustainability Zoom: they enter the mean when sustainability is a strategic objective.

Its role in the nine postures

CodeArchetypeRoleTarget
A1Disruptive NewcomerNot among its ten role slots
A2Efficiency MachineNot among its ten role slots
A3Brand EvangelistNot among its ten role slots
A4Stagnant LeaderNot among its ten role slots
A5Pivot PioneerSecondary Brake (S)≥ +1
A6Value HarvesterNot among its ten role slots
A7Scale-Up GuardianNot among its ten role slots
A8Niche ExpertPrimary Accelerator (P)≥ +2
A9Category CreatorNot among its ten role slots

The role comes from the posture, not from the dimension: 120 Aspirations holds a role in 2 of the nine postures. A Growth Driver that is also a Vital 8 dimension carries one score, with the target of its Vital 8 role.