McKinsey charges $500K for what SIQ delivers as a protocol. The organization in Nairobi deserves the strategic framework — not the compliance checklist.
Answer 15 concrete questions about how you work. We'll show you your ideal partners and what you can offer each other. The evaluation happens as a byproduct.
The Constraint Is the Asset
You're not behind. You're first. The organizations with the fewest resources build the most replicable models. The well-funded orgs will follow you.
Follow the root cause. Five questions deep.
Why do 80% of social programs fail to scale?
Because they're designed for compliance, not collaboration.
Why are they designed for compliance?
Because funders demand accountability reports, not network effects.
Why do funders demand reports?
Because they have no way to measure what actually matters: collaboration capacity and systems change.
Why can't they measure collaboration?
Because every evaluation framework scores organizations in isolation.
Why do frameworks score in isolation?
Because the evaluation industry profits from being the bottleneck. The people selling the scorecard benefit from the scorecard being expensive.
SIQ makes the scorecard free. Open. Peer-to-peer.
The evaluation happens as a byproduct of collaboration, not a prerequisite for funding.
Contributing capabilities to the network raises your score. Hoarding resources lowers it. High SIQ means you can request collaboration from anyone in the network.
Every organization has a unique capability profile. SIQ maps it across five dimensions that actually predict collaboration success.
Before matching organizations, we score the problem areas themselves. Where is capability high but collaboration low? That's where trapped value lives.
| Mission Area | |
|---|---|
Climate & Environment and Water & Sanitation have high capability but critically low collaboration (score: 3). Deploy collaboration infrastructure here first — this is where trapped value lives.
Answer concrete questions about how you work. We'll derive your profile and find your ideal collaboration partners.
Ranked by synergy. These aren't the "best" orgs — they're the best partners for you.
What happens when the right pairs find each other.
Uhuru had world-class curriculum design (Strategy: 8/10) but operated in isolation (Collaboration: 4/10). Kazi Works had employer networks spanning 12 countries but needed educational content. One SIQ match later: a joint youth employment program deploying Uhuru's curriculum across Kazi's network. Now active in 6 countries.
AquaVida's proven water filtration technology was stuck in South Asia. GreenGrid's climate forecasting needed ground-truth sensor data. Now AquaVida's IoT sensors feed GreenGrid's models, while GreenGrid's forecasts optimize AquaVida's deployment across monsoon regions.
Refuge Connect's refugee skills database couldn't reach people without internet. DigiLeap's offline-first platform needed content worth distributing. Similar profiles, adjacent problems. Co-designed an offline skills marketplace now serving 40,000 refugees across 3 camp networks.
missions scored. collaboration pairs identified. The unit is a pair, not an org. Click to explore.
Averaged across all organizations in the network.
Each scored mission becomes a franchise kit. Fork the strategy. Copy the measurement framework. Replicate the scaling model. Click to open each kit.
Fork this canvas. Fill it in. Share it with a potential partner.
Start with outputs. Add one outcome metric this quarter.
Score: items checked / 10 = your replication readiness.
Rate a potential partner 1-5 on each dimension:
Identify 3 trends transforming your mission area:
High probability + High impact + Low readiness = Act now.
SIQ is a protocol, not a platform. Like HTTP for collaboration intelligence. Implement it in your own tools. The spec is free.
{
"name": "string",
"mission": "Education & Literacy | Healthcare & Public Health | Climate & Environment | Economic Empowerment | Food Security & Agriculture | Water & Sanitation | Gender Equality | Governance & Civic Tech | Refugee & Migration Support | Digital Inclusion",
"region": "string",
"pillars": {
"strategicDepth": 1-10,
"impactIntegrity": 1-10,
"quantumScalability": 1-10,
"collaborationIndex": 1-10,
"futureReadiness": 1-10
}
}
synergy(A, B) = complementarity + compatibility + missionAffinity + regionDiversity complementarity = sum of max(0, B[i] - A[i]) * 4 for each pillar i compatibility = sum of (10 - |A[i] - B[i]|) * 2 for each pillar i missionAffinity = 15 if same mission, else 5 regionDiversity = 10 if different region, else 0 normalized = min(97, round(raw / 1.8))
PEER: All pillars within +/-2, different mission area CATALYTIC: Partner scores 8+ on your weakest pillar COMPLEMENTARY: Default — score gaps indicate learning opportunities
3 questions per pillar, each scored: 3 (low) / 6 (mid) / 9 (high) Pillar score = round(average of 3 answers) Range: 3-9 (honest behavioral assessment, not self-flattery)
Like HTTP for collaboration intelligence. Any org can score themselves. Any org can verify others. Any pair can calculate their synergy score.