The AI Affinity Scan
Most companies invest in AI tools. Not the people who use them.
The AI Affinity Scan measures the human skills that stay scarce in an AI-driven workplace, person by person, team by team. One 15-minute survey. Results today.
Sample profile: Creative Strategist
What is the Peak-8 Framework?
The Peak-8 Framework is a research-backed methodology for measuring the eight non-technical, character-driven skills that determine how well a person or team adapts to AI-augmented work. Grounded in VIA Character Strengths research and workplace-readiness studies from McKinsey, BCG, PwC, and Stanford HAI, it groups eight roles — Ethical Navigator, Data Detective, Impact Storyteller, Human Touch Expert, Idea Architect, Agile Adapter, Prompt Engineer, and Digital Conductor — into four categories: Governance & Trust, Human Connection, Innovation & Change, and Operation & Logic.
Each person completes a single 15-minute character survey, which the AI Affinity Scan maps onto all eight roles to produce an individual ranking, from strongest to weakest. No coding tests, no technical benchmarks: the framework measures the human judgment, adaptability, and communication skills that stay scarce as AI takes over routine, technical work.
70%
of AI value comes from people, not technology
BCG, 2024
70%
of AI initiatives fail to deliver
McKinsey, 2024
5×
gap between expert and average AI users
Stanford HAI
52%
of leaders don't trust AI output
PwC, 2025
According to BCG (2024), 70% of the value AI creates comes from how people adopt and apply it, not from the technology itself.
According to McKinsey (2024), 70% of AI initiatives fail to deliver expected value, most often due to gaps in human adoption rather than the tools.
Per Stanford HAI's AI Index, expert AI users outperform average users by roughly 5x on real tasks — the gap is skill, not access.
Per PwC (2025), 52% of leaders don't fully trust their AI tools' output, underscoring the need for human judgment in the loop.
This isn't a technology problem.
It's a systems problem.
Buying the right AI tool was never the hard part. The hard part is whether your organization (its structure, its decision rights, its culture) can absorb the change. As AI takes over routine work, the same gap opens on both sides: the human skills that now decide success are invisible, to the organization and to the employee.
No view of who's AI-ready
CVs, titles, and reviews don't show affinity for the roles that now matter.
Developing on gut feeling
No data on where collective strength, or the blind spots, really sit.
Strengths stay invisible
Judgement, empathy, and creativity appear on no résumé or work history.
No direction next to AI
Uncertainty and resistance grow without a personal sense of where to grow.
What you see
Every employee receives a single, clear score and a 1–8 ranking of their AI-era roles. Leaders see the collective picture. The ranking shows natural strengths, not a winning profile or a pass/fail score.
Your strongest skill
All 8 at a glance
Your AI-era compass
Every employee receives
- A private results webpage with their affinity score and 1–8 role ranking.
- A plain-language report explaining each role, backed by named research.
- A personalized audio briefing on their own profile.
Every leader sees
- An online dashboard with the spread of all 8 roles across teams.
- A capabilities heatmap across the team, to match people to roles and projects by natural affinity, not a ranked leaderboard.
- Direction, not headcount judgement: a compass for where to develop people.
Proven in practice
Built on the same behavioral science used to optimize Olympic teams and boardroom executives. We mapped decades of elite-performance data to the skills the AI transition demands.
The problem it addresses is documented by
Prof. Ethan Mollick (Wharton) · Prof. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic (UCL)
How leaders use this data
A heatmap is only useful if it changes a decision. Three ways leaders act on it.
Pilot selection
Identify your strongest Agile Adapters to run the first Copilot rollout instead of picking by seniority or who volunteers.
Pairing
Team a high-affinity Prompt Engineer with an Ethical Navigator to co-write your AI usage guidelines, pairing technical fluency with risk judgement.
Gap-closing
A team that skews heavily toward Idea Architect and light on Prompt Engineer is next quarter's training budget, decided for you.
One 15-minute survey.
Eight AI-era roles.
Character survey
15 minutes, once. No prior data needed. Scientifically grounded.
Ranked across 8 roles
A personal 1–8 ranking of the AI-era roles where affinity is strongest.
Report + dashboard
A personal report for each person; a live team dashboard for leaders.
The real question isn't whether any one person is AI-ready. It's whether your organization (leadership, structure, follow-through) is capable of executing the transformation at all.
€49 per person. Fifteen minutes.
No procurement drag.
€49
per person · one-time · no recurring seat licenses
- Private results webpage with affinity score and 1–8 ranking, for every person
- Research-backed role explanations and a personal audio briefing
- Organization dashboard of all 8 roles across teams (included for 1 year)
- Capabilities heatmap to match people to projects and roles
- Onboarding and a debrief to turn the data into action
Available from 100 people per organization.
Prices in EUR, excluding VAT where applicable. Reseller, white-label, and volume terms agreed per partnership.
Day 1
Your first 100 enroll
The organization admin adds each person's email address and we send the invites. No IT integration, no software to install.
Days 1–3
Instant, person by person
Each employee gets their own profile the moment they finish. No waiting for the full group to complete the survey.
Week 1
Dashboard live
The leadership dashboard fills as results come in: the collective picture of your team's AI affinity, ready for your next planning cycle.
Enterprise-ready by default
Fast to start doesn't mean loose on governance.
GDPR-compliant
Personal data is processed in line with GDPR. A Data Processing Agreement is available for corporate clients.
EU data hosting
All survey responses and results are hosted on servers in the European Union.
15 minutes per employee
One short survey, once. Minimal disruption to the workday, with no follow-up testing required.
Development, not assessment
No pass/fail, no winning profile. A compass for where to develop people: direction, not headcount judgement.
Questions HR leaders and procurement ask
How can organizations measure AI readiness in non-technical teams?+
Organizations should assess character strengths such as adaptability, ethical judgment, and problem-solving instead of technical or coding ability. The Peak-8 Framework measures exactly these traits through a 15-minute character survey, producing an individual ranking across 8 AI-era roles and an organization-wide dashboard showing where collective strength and gaps sit.
Which skills matter most for working effectively alongside AI?+
As AI takes over routine and technical work, the skills that matter most are judgment, ethical reasoning, adaptability, and clear communication, not coding ability. The Peak-8 Framework identifies eight such roles, grouped into four categories: Governance & Trust, Human Connection, Innovation & Change, and Operation & Logic.
How do you identify AI-ready employees without technical or coding tests?+
The AI Affinity Scan identifies AI-ready employees through a character-based assessment rather than a technical test. Employees complete a single 15-minute survey; the results map their character strengths onto the eight Peak-8 roles and rank them from strongest to weakest, giving leaders a picture of AI readiness without requiring any coding or technical skills assessment.
What is the AI Affinity Scan?+
There's a place for everyone in the AI transition. It's just not the same place for everyone. The AI Affinity Scan is a character-based assessment that maps 8 human roles (the Peak-8 framework), showing where each person's affinity is naturally strongest. It's based on a 15-minute character survey, not coding tests.
How long does it take per employee?+
One 15-minute survey, once. Results, including a personal 1–8 role ranking, are generated instantly. No follow-up testing is required.
What does it cost?+
€49 per person, one-time, with no subscription or platform fee. Available from 100 people per organization. The organization dashboard is included for 1 year. Volume and partner pricing are available for larger rollouts.
Is there a minimum order size?+
Yes, the AI Affinity Scan is available from 100 people per organization, at €49 per person. There's no per-seat licensing or platform fee beyond that flat rate.
What do leaders see, and what do employees see?+
Each employee gets a private results webpage with their full profile. Leaders get an organization dashboard with the spread of all 8 roles across teams and a capabilities heatmap to match people to roles and projects, not a ranked leaderboard. There is no pass/fail: the scan is a development instrument, not an assessment gate.
How is our data handled?+
Personal data is processed in line with GDPR and all survey responses and results are hosted on servers in the European Union. A Data Processing Agreement is available for corporate clients.
Which languages is it available in?+
The survey and the personal results experience are currently available in English.
Can it connect to our existing systems?+
Yes. An API connection is available for organizations that want to sync results into an HRIS, BI tool, or internal dashboard, in addition to the standard webpage and reports.
How fast can we start?+
Today. Add your organization's first 100+ email addresses and we send the invites. No IT integration, no software to install. Each person gets their profile the moment they finish, and the leadership dashboard fills in as results come in, typically within a week.
Built for your team
See how the AI Affinity Scan applies to your function, with the roles that tend to matter most for each.
HR & People Teams
A workforce-level map of the human skills that decide whether AI adoption succeeds. Built for the teams asked to lead the change.
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Management Consulting
A repeatable, research-backed instrument to diagnose any workforce's AI readiness, and to prove your own firm practices what it sells.
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The eight roles that stay human
There's a place for everyone in the AI transition. It's just not the same place for everyone. Researchers converge on eight capabilities that remain decisive as AI scales, and the scan profiles each person's affinity for all eight roles below. There is no winning profile, only where your strengths naturally sit.
Governance & Trust
Ethical Navigator
Owns the judgement calls AI can't answer for. AI recommends; humans are accountable.
In practice: decides whether to actually act on an AI recommendation to cut a costly but loyal vendor, and owns that call publicly.
Read deep dive →
Governance & Trust
Data Detective
Knows when to trust AI output, and when not. Intellectual humility as a skill.
In practice: stress-tests an AI-generated market analysis against what it contradicts, before it reaches the board deck.
Read deep dive →
Human Connection
Impact Storyteller
Turns data and ideas into a story people act on. AI writes documents; humans create buy-in.
In practice: rewrites the AI-drafted reorg memo so the floor believes it, instead of quitting over it.
Read deep dive →
Human Connection
Human Touch Expert
Builds trust and adds empathy AI cannot. Understands how AI output lands in a human context.
In practice: catches the one line in an AI-drafted client email that would land as tone-deaf in this specific relationship.
Read deep dive →
Innovation & Change
Idea Architect
Thinks beyond existing data, drives new ideas. Ten AI tools analyze the same problem; the human spots the pattern.
In practice: instead of using ChatGPT to draft emails, builds the custom GPT that fuses proprietary data with market trends into new product ideas.
Read deep dive →
Innovation & Change
Agile Adapter
Thrives in change, retools when tools shift. Adaptability by nature, not by training.
In practice: first to drop last quarter's "best" AI tool once a better one ships, and retrains the team on it within a week.
Read deep dive →
Operation & Logic
Prompt Engineer
Frames the right problem so AI delivers value. Problem architecture, not just prompting.
In practice: turns "make support faster" into the exact multi-step prompt chain that gets a usable answer out of the model.
Read deep dive →
Operation & Logic
Digital Conductor
Orchestrates multiple AI tools into one flow. The conductor of a human-machine orchestra.
In practice: runs the handoff where one agent drafts, a second fact-checks, and a third formats, with no one waiting on anyone.
Read deep dive →
Roll out in a week.
No coding tests. No long assessments. No procurement cycle. Just the character data your team already has, mapped to the skills that matter.
Results are instant. The first profiles can be live today.
tex@peakpersonality.com · Based in The Hague, The Netherlands