A follow-up to the NQ self-assessment — designed to help you shift energy, reduce friction, and increase flow in the system around you.

Why This Matters

If you’ve just mapped your individual NQ, you’ve likely noticed where signal flows freely (and where it gets stuck). This follow-up exercise is your invitation to tune the system in small, intentional ways.

Think of this less like fixing a machine, and more like adjusting a musical ensemble. You’re not in control of every instrument, but you can influence rhythm, harmony, and flow. This is where Quantum Leadership becomes practical.

Step 1: Identify the Leverage Point

Revisit your NQ map and answer:

• Which node or connection felt most out of sync?

• Where did you experience avoidable friction or delay?

• Which node is essential—but under-engaged?

Pick one to focus on. This is your leverage point: small shift, big ripple.

Step 2: Choose Your Motion

Based on what you identified, choose a motion that aligns with your tuning need:

System Need & Micro-Experiment

Clearer Signal Send a quick note or voice memo: “I’m sensing something might be unclear between us—can we do a 10-minute alignment check?”

More Feedback Flow Ask a peer: “What’s one thing I could shift to make our collaboration smoother?”

Better Tool Sync Identify a tool or workflow you and a teammate both use. Ask: “Is there a better way for this to serve us both?”

Reduced Friction Instead of pushing through resistance, ask: “Is there something in how we’re working that feels heavy or slow to you?”

Relational Reset Send a message of appreciation or check-in to someone you’ve drifted from. Reconnect without an agenda.

Start small. The point is not to “optimize” the system. It’s to tune it… gently, playfully, precisely.

Step 3: Reflect on What Shifts

After 2–3 days, take five minutes to jot down:

• Did the interaction feel easier, faster, more human?

• Was there more clarity or momentum afterward?

• Did anything unexpected open up?

You’re learning to lead the system, not just respond to it.

Optional: Log your learning in a reflection journal. For example, what shifted in the field when I tuned the system?

Systems tune-ups aren’t about fixing people. They’re about creating just enough coherence so that intelligence can move. Each time you try one, you’re building your NQ, and your capacity to lead from flow, not force.