The Showrunner Gap Index is a free self-assessment that scores your learning-and-development function across the eleven roles a healthy L&D function needs. Answer 44 statements in about ten minutes and get a score out of 132, your two weakest roles, a benchmark against other functions, and one first move you can make this week. No login.
A healthy L&D function needs eleven roles filled: Taste Arbiter, Brand Continuity Director, Audience Architect, Cliffhanger Engineer, Casting Director, Writers Room Facilitator, Production Economist, Renewal Strategist, Compliance Translator, Distribution Strategist, and Cultural Continuity Keeper. Most functions have three or four. The Gap Index shows which are empty.
The Showrunner Gap Index is a free self-assessment that scores a learning-and-development function across the eleven roles a healthy L&D function needs. It uses 44 statements rated 0 to 3, for a total out of 132, and returns the two weakest roles plus a first move.
Taste Arbiter, Brand Continuity Director, Audience Architect, Cliffhanger Engineer, Casting Director, Writers Room Facilitator, Production Economist, Renewal Strategist, Compliance Translator, Distribution Strategist, and Cultural Continuity Keeper. They are responsibilities distributable across people, not job titles.
Each of the eleven roles has four statements rated 0 (not happening) to 3 (consistent, with a named owner). Each role scores out of 12 and the function scores out of 132. Lower role subtotals show where editorial authority is missing.
Yes. The assessment, the score, the weakest-role breakdown, the benchmark, and a first move are free. The paid Team Session maps the roles onto your actual people and sets a written standard.