About the Situational Outlook Questionnaire®

The Situational Outlook Questionnaire® (SOQ) is a two-part questionnaire that measures people’s perceptions of the climate for creativity, innovation, and change within their immediate work environment. The SOQ assesses nine dimensions using 53 questions and includes open-ended questions to provide more meaningful information on what is working, what is not, and what needs to be done to make the climate better.

SOQ Normative Benchmarks

The scores below show the differences on the nine climate dimensions in each group.  The scale ranges from 0-300 with significant differences being around 25 points.  People in innovative companies perceive more of each dimension – except for Conflict since it is a negative dimension.

These results demonstrate how people in innovative organizations differ in their perceptions of the working climate from those in stagnated organizations. 

In order to provide you with a deeper understanding of the working environment, we have designed three open-ended questions so that participants can provide more specific detail about:

• What’s most helpful and supportive to their creativity?

• What’s hindering their creativity?

• What specific recommendations or actions steps they would take to improve the climate?

This way, goals that fit the specific situation and context are created as well as clear actions to accomplish these goals. 

To improve your climate for innovation, creativity and change contact us at info@soqonline.net.