How do you
Shivoo?
Shivoo is a real time tool. It has no pre-work, no postwork. Simply walk into a meeting room (real world or virtual) with your team, open Shivoo and start at SQUIZ together.Shivoo is deliberately designed to provide four things:
1. Shivoo teaches you how high performing teams develop
The model underpinning Shivoo distills the development of high performing teams into six practices to work on. Now when discussing team performance you and your team – and your wider organization – have a common language. This provides for precision, increased shared clarity, and tighter direction in your work on improving how your team can improve.
2. Shivoo assesses your development
The base function of the tool is to assess your team’s current performance against these six practices (each with two sub-practices). The assessment happens across two different methodologies – a standard mode and consensus mode. The tool produces a snapshot of your team’s current development stage, which you can then compare against your past results, or against the global database (or a subset thereof).
3. Shivoo provokes and elicits discussions you’ve never had before – in real time!
The inclusion of the unique real-time collaborative Consensus Mode will prompt your team to discuss and debate the individual questions within the tool while the team is completing them. The act of working with this tool will kick start constructive debates and encourages your team to deep dive further than they have before.
4. Shivoo partners you on your development journey
The practices underpinning Shivoo are practical. Use your most recent results, along with the trend from your previous results (all available for you to view at any time) to decide which practice or practices you wish to focus on developing. Then take advantage of the tips and hints associated with that practice to develop it. Or partner with a team coach or facilitator to help push you in the direction you need to go.
Importantly, your annual subscription allows you to run a Squiz (assessment) as often as you wish. Generally we recommend re-assessing once every 6-12 weeks to see progress being made and keep the team focused on its development.
Your access to all your previous squizzes, presented in an evolving dynamic animation, lets you see exactly how your developmental journey is progressing.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes — and that’s one of the big advantages.
You can run Shivoo:
- With your team, in your regular meeting
- Without a facilitator
- Or with a coach if you want deeper support
It’s designed to work either way.
No.
Shivoo is designed to be easy to use straight away.
You can:
- Jump in and run your first squiz immediately
- Or review guides and support if you prefer
Most teams are up and running within minutes.
Most squizzes take 30 – 60 minutes.
Short enough to fit into a regular team meeting — long enough to generate meaningful insight and discussion.
No.
There’s no pre - work, no surveys, and no setup burden
Just bring your team — and start.
A “squiz” is what at we call each time you run Shivoo with your team.
It’s simply:
- A structured moment to “have a look” at how your team is working.
Yes, it’s an Australian term. And yes, you can add “mate” if you like.
Most tools:
- Survey individuals
- Deliver reports later
Shivoo:
- Works in real time
- Focuses on the team (not individuals)
- Combines measurement, conversation, and development
It doesn’t just measure your team — it helps you improve it.
That’s where the value is.
Disagreement:
- Surfaces different perspectives
- Triggers important conversations
- Helps build alignment
Shivoo is designed to use disagreement — not avoid it.
Shivoo works for any team that works together regularly.
Including:
- Leadership teams
- Functional teams
- Project teams
If you collaborate, Shivoo applies.
Most teams run a squiz every 6 – 12 weeks.
That gives enough time to:
- Act on insights
- Build new habits
- See measurable progress
Shivoo is a simple annual subscription.
While your subscription is active, you can:
- Run as many Squizzes as you like.
- Access your results anytime
- Track progress over time
- Compare against our global database
- Use our tips, tools, and development guidance
No limits. No per-use charges. Just ongoing access.
Yes — Shivoo scales across teams.
With Enterprise Shivoo, you can:
- Manage multiple teams in one place
- Compare performance across your organisation
- Access organisation - level insights
You can start with as few as two teams and grow from there.
We measure the team — not individuals.
That means:
- We store team - level answers and result
- We do not track individual responses
- We do not store personal or identifiable participant data
We use your team’s data to:
- Show your results
- Enable comparisons with other teams
- We do not store personal or identifiable participant data
Your team gets insight — without individual exposure.
Yes — Shivoo is built on rigorous research and real - world application.
It draws on:
- 40+ years of field experience
- 10+ years of academic research
- A PhD in complex team dynamics
It is informed by leading thinkers in complexity and performance, including:
- Stacey
- Snowden (Cynefin)
- Arrow
- Ericsson
In short: it’s academically grounded, but built to be practical.
Yes — once your subscription ends, you lose access to your team’s results.
Your de-identified data remains part of the overall dataset (for benchmarking), but:
- It is no longer accessible to you
- It cannot be recovered later
This approach protects privacy and keeps the system clean.