Organisational Culture Inventory®
The Organisational Culture Inventory® (OCI®)
The best culture survey and diagnostic tools for culture transformation
Your organisation’s culture is shaping every decision, every interaction, and every result. The Organisational Culture Inventory® (OCI®) and Organisational Effectiveness Inventory® (OEI®) are the world’s most widely used culture diagnostics. Together, they give you the clearest picture of your current workplace culture, the causes behind it, and the actions you can take to build the culture you need for success.
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Why Use the OCI & OEI?
The Gold Standard For Measuring Culture
Validated by decades of global research and trusted by thousands of organisations, delivering credible, comparable results you can act on.
Holistic & Actionable
The OCI measures behaviours and norms; the OEI reveals the systems and leadership shaping them. Together providing clear, practical levers for change.
Links Culture To Performance
Directly connects how people think and work with outcomes like engagement, collaboration, safety, customer service, and business performance
Clear, Visual Reporting
Intuitive, visual reporting highlights gaps, priorities, and opportunities, so teams can quickly align on focus and next steps.
Proven In Practice
Applied across industries and countries, the tools help organisations achieve measurable results and sustain constructive, high-performance cultures..
Track Improvements Over Time
Culture development isn’t a one-time event – it’s an ongoing journey. Remeasure every 12-24 months to track progress and reinforce positive changes.
What the OCI/OEI Measures
Ideal Culture – Our Aspiration
What we say we stand for. The Ideal Culture reflects our aspirations: how we believe people should interact, lead, and deliver in order to be successful.
Causal Factors – “How we do things around here”
The systems, practices, and signals that shape culture in real time. These signals tell people what’s really expected – regardless of what the values say.
Actual Culture – The Signals People Act On
What people believe is actually expected of them in order to succeed, fit in, or sometimes survive. It explains: Why people take initiative – or wait for approval; why they speak up – or stay silent; why they share information – or don’t.
Outcomes – What Results from the Culture we have
A Constructive culture lifts motivation, quality, safety, and innovation. A Passive or Aggressive culture creates confusion, rework, risk aversion, stress, or disengagement.
Who Uses the OCI/OEI
Executives and
Senior Leaders
Gain a clear picture of the culture you’re leading and align it with your organisation’s strategy, values, and long-term goals.
Human Resource and Culture Leaders
Design evidence-based culture initiatives, measure progress over time, and demonstrate the link between culture and performance.
Team and
Department Leaders
Understand the culture within your part of the organisation and identify practical ways to positively influence behaviours and outcomes.
Consultants, Coaches, & Internal Change Agents
Use the OCI and OEI as proven culture tools to support clients with measurable insights and a roadmap for culture development. Become Accredited.
Inside the OCI/OEI
Ideal Culture – What it shows
Your people’s view of the culture they believe will help the organisation execute strategy and perform at its best. Leaders and employees co-create this picture, giving you a shared target and language.
What You’ll Get:
- A mapped Ideal culture you can align with strategy and values
- Item-level insights to see which behaviours people connect with most
- Side-by-side comparison with your Actual culture to surface priority gaps
- A shared narrative leaders can use to communicate the target state
Causal Factors – What It Shows:
The organisational systems, structures, job and leadership practices shaping your culture – and where to focus effort for the biggest impact.
What You’ll Get:
- A no-guesswork read on why the culture is the way it is across 31 Causal Factors
- Quick strengths/gaps via comparisons to robust research norms and benchmarks
- Drill-downs linking causal factors to culture and outcomes so actions target impact
- Practical insights for action planning and change
Actual Culture – What It Shows:
The current behavioural norms people experience day-to-day, displayed on the Circumplex and ready to compare with your Ideal and benchmarks.
What You’ll Get:
- A visual, at-a-glance profile of today’s culture
- Direct comparison to the Ideal culture tp pinpoint gaps and priorities
- Context from research-based benchmarks for meaningful interpretation
- Multi-level reporting to view results by organisation, division or team
Outcomes – What It Shows:
How culture is influencing results at the individual, group and organisational levels — and where a more Constructive culture will lift performance.
What You’ll Get:
- Clear lines of sight from culture to outcomes that matter (e.g., engagement, adaptability, quality)
- Evidence to connect behaviour change with strategic goals and KPIs
- Norm comparisons to see where you lead or lag
- A baseline for tracking improvements over time and evaluating initiatives
Want Support to Transform Culture?
Human Synergistics Consulting
We work alongside you to turn feedback into growth — supporting leaders and teams to reflect, shift thinking, and strengthen performance. Learn More
Our Network of Accredited Consultants
Looking for a coach or facilitator near you? We have a large network of accredited consultants across Australia and beyond. Search “OCI” on LinkedIn.
Become Accredited in the OCI/OEI
You can become accredited to debrief the OCI/OEI and facilitate powerful culture change in organisations. Learn more about becoming accredited.
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