Free
Commissioning Compass
A free system assessment tool that helps commissioners, leaders and partners see how commissioning is really working and decide where to act next.
Understand the toolOrientation before certainty
Compasses and practical tools
Free tools to help you see a public service system more clearly, compare perspectives and choose a next move.
A tool should improve the conversation
The Compasses do not produce a definitive diagnosis. They help people attend to more of the system: outcomes, relationships, capability, information, power, delivery arrangements and room for change.
Use smartCompass for a fast individual view. Use the Commissioning Compass for deeper team or partnership work. Use Compass v2.0 beta if you want to test and shape the next edition.
Free prototype
smartCompass
A lightweight AI-supported tool that uses a short set of questions to help you see strengths, blockers, patterns and possible next moves in a system you care about.
Understand the toolBeta
Compass v2.0 beta
An emerging edition of the Compass that treats commissioning as collective system learning and makes place, power and the conditions for living well more explicit.
Understand the toolFree
Adult social care strategic commissioning options appraisal
A free self-assessment tool for adult social care commissioning, market shaping and place-based system design.
Understand the toolDo not enter confidential personal or commercially sensitive information into an online prototype. Use the full Compass in a protected team setting where the issue requires it.
Start with the work
Tell us what is happening, who needs to act, and what cannot wait.
We will help you decide whether a short diagnostic, an in-house cohort, a place-based academy, or an existing programme is the sensible next move.