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Free CVF culture test (OCAI) for company & organizational culture

Measure company and organizational culture with a scenario based CVF/OCAI test (Competing Values Framework by Cameron & Quinn). Discover how you really work together and where your culture is evolving, with an instant dashboard and unlimited use across your organization.

Measure company and organizational culture with a free CVF/OCAI test and get instant insight.

  • Insight into your current and desired culture (CVF/OCAI).
  • Invite colleagues via email, link or QR code.
  • See how teams truly experience the culture.
Collaborate Create Compete Control

Discover your culture profile now

Take the scan and discover your CVF culture profile: collaborate, create, compete and control.

Based on the Competing Values Framework (CVF / OCAI) by Cameron and Quinn

Measure company & organizational culture with scenarios

Discover how your team actually works together by answering realistic work situations. No theoretical questions, but concrete choices that reveal your true culture.

How does the free culture test work?

  1. Create a test

    Start 1 free culture test to measure everyone in your organization. You’ll see results aggregated and per organizational unit.

  2. Set your preferred culture

    Choose your preferred culture: the culture you want (or think you already have). We’ll later compare your actual culture with this preference and provide concrete guidance.

  3. Invite your company

    Invite people for the whole company or per unit via a shareable link, a code, automatic emails, or printable QR codes. Participants answer anonymous by default.

  4. Answer scenarios

    Participants answer 30 scenarios in about 5 minutes. Answers are always anonymous, so you get honest results.

  5. See live updates

    Track live culture updates in your Werkvolk dashboard. Stop the test to receive your report, or let it end automatically on the end date you set.

  6. Receive your report and next steps

    After the analysis you receive a report with an executive summary of your culture profile, the gap to your preferred culture, and action steps to move toward it.

What is the test based on?

The Competing Values Framework is a scientifically based model that classifies company cultures based on two dimensions: flexibility versus stability and internal focus versus external focus. Together, these axes form four culture types, each with their own characteristic properties.

For more than 25 years, this model has been the standard for analyzing organizational cultures and is applied worldwide by leading companies. The OCAI (Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument) by Cameron and Quinn is one of the best-known applications of this framework.

Collaborate

Trust, connection, and shared ownership

In Collaborate, culture is shaped by trust, engagement, and a strong sense of ‘we’. Teams share knowledge, support each other, and value people development.

This dimension is powerful when you want to strengthen collaboration across teams, improve retention, and build psychological safety, while still keeping the organization moving forward.

  • Typically visible: coaching, feedback, open communication.
  • Watch out: too much harmony can slow decision-making.
Create

Autonomy, experimentation, and agility

In Create, innovation takes the lead. People take initiative, test ideas quickly, and learn by experimenting.

It fits organizations building new products, entering new markets, or increasing agility, especially when experimentation is paired with clear priorities and follow-through.

  • Typically visible: prototypes, cross-functional squads, ‘fail fast’ loops.
  • Watch out: without focus, execution fragments.
Control

Process, quality, and predictability

In Control, control provides clarity. Roles, processes, and standards make work predictable and consistent, while quality is actively managed.

This is especially valuable for scaling, compliance, and reliability, but too much control can reduce flexibility and slow innovation.

  • Typically visible: clear roles, procedures, quality controls.
  • Watch out: too many rules can limit ownership and adaptability.
Compete

Results, pace, and customer value

In Compete, the focus is on achieving goals, moving fast, and delivering measurable customer value. Expectations are clear and performance is tracked.

This can be a major strength in competitive environments, as long as there is balance to avoid burnout, internal rivalry, or short-term decision-making.

  • Typically visible: KPIs, accountability, fast decisions.
  • Watch out: excessive competition can create stress and friction.