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Transform Your Work Life

In 10 minutes, the PLX 5D Experience Wheel™ helps you measure your work experience, decode what's holding you back, and take action with a personalized report that drives real clarity and change.

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The Evidence Is Clear

The Evidence Across Industries

Healthcare

Mayo Clinic reports physician burnout reached 62.8% in 2021, directly contributing to medical errors and compromised patient safety.

Mayo Clinic

Technology

Google's research found psychological safety predicts team performance more than individual talent — yet 85% of organizations never measure it.

Google

Finance

Goldman Sachs saw 50% annual junior analyst turnover driven by unsustainable workload and burnout — invisible to standard engagement surveys.

Goldman Sachs

Hospitality

76% of hospitality managers experience burnout, yet organizations lack tools to distinguish whether the cause is workload, emotional labor, or inadequate support.

IJTR 2025

The Hidden Crisis

Digital Overload

No standard framework treats digital wellbeing as an independent dimension.

Productivity Loss

Harvard Business Review documented that "Zoom fatigue" and video meeting overload reduce knowledge worker productivity by 40%.

HBR

Attention Fragmentation

Research shows constant notifications fragment attention, cutting deep work capacity in half.

Journal of Applied Psychology, 2023

Digital Exhaustion

Gallup reports 89% of knowledge workers experience digital exhaustion with no diagnostic tools to address it.

Gallup 2024

The Business Case

The Cost of Ignoring the Problem

Healthcare

$40,000–$64,000

to replace one burned-out nurse — including recruiting, training, and productivity loss during transition.

Journal of Nursing Administration, 2022

Finance

Up to 200%

of annual salary in turnover costs for junior analysts in recruiting, training, and lost productivity.

HBR, 2017

Technology

$100,000–$150,000

to replace one engineer — plus 6–9 months of productivity ramp-up before reaching full performance.

SHRM, 2023

Prevention costs far less than replacement.

One Framework. Every Industry. PLX 5D works across healthcare, technology, finance, hospitality, and beyond — because sustainable human performance requires the same foundation everywhere.

Explore Our 5 Dimensions

What Is The PLX 5D Experience Wheel™ About?

PLX 5D Experience Wheel™ is a science-based assessment measuring your work experience across 5 dimensions and 15 sub-dimensions in 10 minutes, showing exactly what's broken and how to fix it with proven action steps.

Physical Wellbeing
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Physical Wellbeing

Learn how to boost your energy and work more efficiently at your workplace.

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Physical Wellbeing
Physical Wellbeing captures your body's capacity to sustain work demands — measuring workspace comfort, sleep restoration, energy sustainability, movement patterns, and recovery practices. Research from Harvard Medical School demonstrates that chronic poor sleep, sedentary work, and physical strain increase cardiovascular disease risk by 60% and depression by 40%. Your physical state is not separate from cognitive and emotional performance — it's the foundation upon which all other wellbeing dimensions rest. When physical wellbeing collapses, even the most meaningful work becomes unsustainable because your body cannot execute what your mind values. The World Health Organization identifies workplace physical factors as primary determinants of both immediate performance and long-term health trajectories.
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Digital Wellbeing
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Digital Wellbeing

Learn how to stay focused and reduce digital overload.

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Digital Wellbeing
Digital Wellbeing captures technology's multifaceted impact on your physical body, social connections, and mental capacity. Research from Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab demonstrates that video conferencing creates measurable cognitive load increases of 13%, with "Zoom fatigue" now recognized as a distinct neurological phenomenon. PLX 5D is the only assessment framework treating Digital Wellbeing as an independent dimension — recognizing that screen-mediated work creates unique physical, social, and psychological challenges that cannot be captured by generic "work-life balance" questions. Technology is not neutral — it either enhances your capacity through thoughtful use or degrades it through unmanaged exposure, with effects cascading across all other wellbeing dimensions.
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Emotional Connection
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Emotional Connection

Learn how to build stronger relationships and collaborate better.

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Emotional Connection
Emotional Connection captures the quality of interpersonal relationships, psychological safety, trust, and authentic human connection at work. Research from Harvard Business School demonstrates that employees with strong workplace belonging are 50% less likely to leave and perform 56% better. When emotional connection thrives, work transforms from transactional task completion into meaningful human collaboration where people feel known, valued, and psychologically safe to contribute fully. Google's Project Aristotle, analyzing 180 teams over two years, identified psychological safety as the single most important factor distinguishing high-performing teams from average ones.
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Educational Growth
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Educational Growth

Learn how to grow and align your skills with your goals.

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Educational Growth
Educational Growth captures your access to development, the challenge-skill balance in your work, and career path clarity. Research from LinkedIn's 2024 Workplace Learning Report demonstrates that 94% of employees would stay longer at organizations investing in development, yet only 27% feel their employer adequately supports growth. Humans are growth-oriented organisms — we psychologically need challenge, mastery, and progress toward goals. When educational growth stagnates, even meaningful work becomes depleting because our fundamental need to evolve and expand capabilities goes unmet.
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Purpose and Sustainability
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Purpose & Sustainability

Learn how to find meaning in your work and increase your financial growth.

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Purpose & Sustainability
Purpose & Sustainability captures whether your work feels meaningful, aligns with your core values, and provides both financial security and sustainable impact. Research from Yale University demonstrates that employees who view work as a "calling" rather than just a job report 32% higher life satisfaction and 43% greater engagement. When purpose erodes, even high compensation cannot prevent burnout — meaning and financial security must coexist for sustainable wellbeing. Without clear purpose, work becomes a transaction rather than a contribution, draining energy instead of generating it. Viktor Frankl's foundational work established that meaning-making represents humanity's primary motivation, yet financial insecurity undermines access to this higher need.
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See It Before You Buy

What Your Report Actually Looks Like

Not a feature list. This is the real structure of a PLX 5D Pro report, shown with example data.

Illustrative example — your report will be generated from your own responses.

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Alex M.Sample participant · Attempt #1
Physical: 7.8 Digital: 5.9 Emotional: 6.7 Growth: 8.1 Purpose: 6.2
6.9/10

01 · Visual Experience Wheel™

Where you stand, in one shape

Every report opens with the full picture. A balanced profile fills evenly; a strained one pulls in on one side.

6 10 Physical Wellbeing 7.8/10 Digital Wellbeing 5.9/10 Emotional Connection 6.7/10 Educational Growth 8.1/10 Purpose & Sustainability 6.2/10
What the wheel shows. Two dimensions sit noticeably inside the others. That asymmetry is the finding, not the individual scores. It tells you where the profile is being pulled out of shape, and that is where the rest of the report focuses.

02 · Sub-Dimension Breakdown

Where Pro goes deeper than Basic

The five dimensions show the pattern. The fifteen sub-dimensions show where it's coming from. Tap any dimension to open it.

Physical Wellbeing 7.8/10 Moderate
Workspace Ergonomics
8.4
Sleep & Energy
8.6
Workload & Movement
6.4
Digital Wellbeing 5.9/10 Developing
Physical Impact
4.2
Social Impact
6.8
Mental Impact
6.7
Emotional Connection 6.7/10 Moderate
Psychological Safety
6.8
Emotional Support
6.5
Interaction Confidence
6.8
Educational Growth 8.1/10 Strong
Learning Access
8.7
Challenge-Skill Balance
7.3
Career Path
8.3
Purpose & Sustainability 6.2/10 Developing
Values Alignment
5.7
Meaningfulness
7.8
Financial Sustainability
5.1

03 · Personalised Insights

Every sub-dimension, explained and actioned

Detailed analysis across all five dimensions. One example shown.

DIMENSION 1: PHYSICAL WELLBEING

Physical Wellbeing captures your body's capacity to sustain work demands — measuring workspace comfort, sleep restoration, energy sustainability, movement patterns, and recovery practices.

1A: Workspace ErgonomicsAt Risk

You scored 4.0/10

What this measures

Whether your physical workspace supports comfort and focus, or creates strain and distraction.

My workspace allows me to work without physical pain or discomfort

3/10At Risk

Persistent Discomfort

Discomfort shows up most days and builds through the afternoon. It isn't stopping you working, but it's pulling attention away from the work itself, and it follows you past the end of the day. Left unaddressed, this pattern tends to escalate rather than settle.

What You Can Do

Note when the discomfort starts and what you were doing. Adjust the two things with the largest effect first — screen height relative to eye line, and chair support at the lower back. If it persists past a fortnight, raise it as an equipment question rather than a personal one.

What works

Organisations that redesigned workstations and built short movement breaks into the working hour saw substantial reductions in reported strain within three months.

1B: Sleep & EnergyFunctional

You scored 6.5/10

What this measures

Whether you get restorative sleep and maintain steady energy throughout your workday, or struggle with fatigue and depletion.

I consistently get good quality sleep that leaves me feeling rested

7/10Functional

Inconsistent Recovery

Some mornings you wake refreshed, others you feel unrested despite adequate hours. Sleep is fragmented or non-restorative, creating unpredictable performance across the week.

What You Can Do

Track your sleep for two weeks and look for the pattern behind the bad nights.

1C: Workload & MovementFunctional

You scored 5.5/10

What this measures

Whether your work rhythm includes adequate breaks and movement, or keeps you static and overworked without recovery.

This continues for all fifteen sub-dimensions

Every one gets this depth, generated from your own answers. The full report runs to roughly forty pages.

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DIMENSION 2: DIGITAL WELLBEING

Digital Wellbeing captures technology's multifaceted impact on your physical body, social connections, and mental capacity. PLX 5D is the only assessment framework treating Digital Wellbeing as an independent dimension — recognising that screen-mediated work creates unique physical, social, and psychological challenges that cannot be captured by generic "work-life balance" questions.

2A: Physical Digital ImpactFunctional

You scored 5.5/10

What this measures

Whether digital work creates physical strain — eye fatigue, neck pain, shoulder tension, headaches, or postural damage. Screen-mediated work places unique demands on your visual system and musculoskeletal structure that generic ergonomic assessments miss.

I can work on screens without significant eye strain or fatigue

8/10Thriving

Excellent Eye Health

You've figured out the visual setup most workers miss. Your ability to work on screens without eye fatigue shows you have good monitor positioning, proper lighting, regular breaks, and possibly blue light management. This protects you from early vision problems, chronic dry eyes, and the headaches common in screen-heavy jobs.

Keep This Going

Write down your exact setup — monitor distance, brightness settings, break timing, eye drops if you use them — and stick to it even during deadlines when you're tempted to skip breaks.

2B: Social Digital ImpactAt Risk

You scored 4.7/10

What this measures

Whether digital communication sustains genuine connection with colleagues and people outside work, or substitutes thin contact for real relationship.

I feel socially connected to my colleagues through digital platforms

5/10At Risk

Thin Connection

Contact happens but connection doesn't. Messages are transactional, video calls are functional, and the informal exchanges that build trust have largely disappeared from your working relationships.

What You Can Do

Add one non-transactional exchange per week with a colleague you only ever message about work.

2C: Mental Digital ImpactFunctional

You scored 6.4/10

This continues for all fifteen sub-dimensions

Every one gets this depth, generated from your own answers. The full report runs to roughly forty pages.

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DIMENSION 3: EMOTIONAL CONNECTION

Emotional Connection captures the quality of interpersonal relationships, psychological safety, trust, and authentic human connection at work. When emotional connection thrives, work transforms from transactional task completion into meaningful human collaboration where people feel known, valued, and psychologically safe to contribute fully.

3A: Psychological SafetyFunctional

You scored 6.3/10

What this measures

Whether you can admit mistakes, ask questions, and speak up honestly without fearing blame or embarrassment. Teams with high psychological safety treat errors as learning opportunities — teams without it punish honesty, forcing people to hide problems until they become crises.

I can share mistakes without being judged

8/10Thriving

Exceptional Psychological Safety

You freely admit errors knowing they'll be treated as learning opportunities. This openness creates an environment where problems surface early, lessons spread fast, and innovation flourishes because people aren't afraid to try new things.

Keep This Going

Protect psychological safety by continuing to model mistake-sharing yourself. Watch for signs of erosion: new team members hesitant to speak up, leadership changes bringing blame-focused culture, or busy periods where mistakes get swept under pressure.

3B: Emotional SupportFunctional

You scored 6.8/10

What this measures

Whether you have colleagues you can turn to when work gets hard, and whether you feel you belong to the team rather than merely working alongside it.

I have colleagues I can turn to for emotional support when needed

7/10Functional

Present But Narrow

Support exists but rests on one or two relationships. That works until those people are unavailable, on leave, or leave the organisation entirely.

What You Can Do

Widen the base before you need it. One more genuine working relationship changes the resilience of the whole picture.

3C: Interaction ConfidenceThriving

You scored 8.4/10

This continues for all fifteen sub-dimensions

Every one gets this depth, generated from your own answers. The full report runs to roughly forty pages.

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DIMENSION 4: EDUCATIONAL GROWTH

Educational Growth measures your access to learning opportunities, whether your work provides the right level of challenge, and clarity about your career path. Humans psychologically need challenge, mastery, and progress — when growth stagnates, even meaningful work becomes draining because our fundamental need to evolve goes unmet.

4A: Learning AccessThriving

You scored 9.7/10

What this measures

Whether your organisation provides actual learning and development programs you can access and use. When learning access is high, growth opportunities are available and supported — when it's low, you're expected to develop yourself entirely on your own time and money.

My organization provides strong learning and development opportunities

9/10Thriving

Excellent Learning Access

Your organisation provides strong development opportunities. Access isn't enough — actually using it matters — but availability signals organisational commitment to growth.

Keep This Going

Access unused is wasted. Schedule learning time proactively and treat development with the same priority as meetings. Watch for access erosion during busy periods when development gets deprioritised.

4B: Challenge-Skill BalanceFunctional

You scored 6.9/10

What this measures

Whether your work sits in the band between boredom and overwhelm, where difficulty matches capability closely enough to produce absorption.

My work provides the right level of difficulty, neither too easy nor too hard

7/10Functional

Mostly Matched

Difficulty is broadly right, with periods that tip into either coasting or strain. The pattern usually tracks workload rather than the work itself.

What You Can Do

Note which tasks produce absorption and which produce clock-watching. The ratio matters more than any single week.

4C: Career PathFunctional

You scored 7.7/10

This continues for all fifteen sub-dimensions

Every one gets this depth, generated from your own answers. The full report runs to roughly forty pages.

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DIMENSION 5: PURPOSE & SUSTAINABILITY

Purpose & Sustainability captures whether your work feels meaningful, aligns with your core values, and provides both financial security and sustainable impact. When purpose erodes, even high compensation cannot prevent burnout — meaning and financial security must coexist for sustainable wellbeing.

5A: Values AlignmentFunctional

You scored 5.7/10

What this measures

The congruence between your personal principles and your organisation's values, mission, and practices.

My personal values align with my organization's values

4/10At Risk

Significant Values Misalignment

You likely experience regular situations where organisational decisions contradict your principles, forcing you to either compromise your values or create internal conflict. Every day you work in contradiction to your principles creates a split between who you are and what you do that shows up as cynicism or detachment.

What You Can Do

Identify your top three non-negotiable values, then write one recent example where work forced you to compromise each. You can't address misalignment until you name it specifically.

5B: MeaningfulnessAt Risk

You scored 4.5/10

What this measures

Whether your work connects to something beyond the paycheck, or whether the link between effort and purpose has gone quiet.

My work has meaning beyond just getting a paycheck

4/10At Risk

Meaning Has Thinned

The work gets done and done well, but the reason behind it has receded. This rarely announces itself; it shows up as reduced discretionary effort long before it shows up as dissatisfaction.

What You Can Do

Trace one piece of your work to the person it eventually reaches. Meaning is usually still there, just further away than it used to be.

5C: Financial SustainabilityFunctional

You scored 7.1/10

This continues for all fifteen sub-dimensions

Every one gets this depth, generated from your own answers. The full report runs to roughly forty pages.

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Choose Your Depth

Three Plans, One Goal: Your Wellbeing

Complete the 41-statement assessment in 10 minutes. Choose the depth of insight you need.

Basic

Quick Clarity Snapshot

Your Experience Wheel™ visualization with scores across all 5 dimensions and science-based interventions to start improving immediately.

Most Chosen

Pro

Full Diagnostic + Action Plan

Deep-dive across all 15 sub-dimensions with detailed analysis of every score and science-backed interventions tailored to your specific results.

Team

Collective Transformation

Full Pro reports for every member plus an admin dashboard with team averages, strength and risk identification, and member-by-member tracking.

Go Deeper

Add-on Services

Expert-guided sessions available to any plan holder.

Results Call

30 min

Understand your wheel and where to start

1:1 Executive Coaching

60 min

Deep dive into your lowest-scoring dimension

Pre-Assessment

2 hours

Team leaders preparing for group rollout

Team Workshop

3 hours · 10–12 people

Collective results review + action plan

Corporate Training

8 hours · 20–25 people

Organization-wide wellbeing transformation

Human Algorithm™ Program

3 hours per module

A deep, interactive program with comprehensive modules applied to real work

Real Results

Join 1,000+ People Who Took Control of Their Experience

Here's what changed after completing the PLX 5D Assessment.

  • 85%reported sharper focus within the first week
  • 91%reduced their screen time and digital stress
  • 73%said they communicate more openly at work
  • 84%found a sustainable path to growth without burnout
  • 94%gained clarity on what they truly want from their career
  • 88%improved their physical work environment within two weeks

Evidence-Based Framework

Curious About The Science Behind It?

Discover the peer-reviewed research behind each dimension. Learn how to interpret your results and create real, lasting change.

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"What made a great difference for me as an owner was the PLX 5D Experience Wheel. It doesn't just measure how someone is doing. The '5' stands for five dimensions of a person's work experience, from physical energy to emotional state and beyond, and seeing all five side by side shows exactly where the strain sits, before it turns into burnout. And the report doesn't stop at the diagnosis; it offers actionable, kaizen-style solutions attached to each dimension. For me as a leader, that's invaluable. I can see patterns across the team without having to pry, and step in with the right kind of support instead of guessing. For the team, it's even more valuable: it gives each person a private, honest mirror and a next step, so they can catch themselves early and help themselves before I ever need to say a word."

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"I brought this Human Algorithm Program and Dr. Cado in not because we had a communication problem, but because I believe this business is built on small human moments. A coordinator sensing what a client isn't saying, a teammate noticing a colleague running low before it becomes a real issue. We host groups from the US, Germany, Japan, the Gulf, sometimes all in the same month, and that sensitivity matters even more. What builds trust with one group can read completely differently with another. Responsibility is a value I hold personally, and it means paying attention to my team's wellbeing, not just their performance. It's also made me more honest about why I do this job. Never really about flawless events, always about building something where people feel trusted and taken care of, wherever in the world they're coming from."

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • The PLX 5D Experience Wheel is a science-based assessment tool that measures your work experience across five interconnected dimensions: Physical Wellbeing, Digital Wellbeing, Emotional Connection, Educational Growth, and Purpose & Sustainability. It takes about 10 minutes and gives you a personalized report with targeted actions.

  • The assessment takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. You'll answer 41 carefully designed questions and receive your results immediately.

  • The framework is scientifically grounded in peer-reviewed research, including journals such as the Journal of Business Research, Harvard Business Review, Stanford Medicine, and the Journal of Patient Experience, among others. It is further enriched with applicable best practices from customer experience, behavioral science, neuroscience, and organizational management approaches such as Lean and Kaizen, as well as insights from the PLX PhD thesis.

  • PLX 5D is designed for professionals across all industries, including finance, IT, insurance, hospitality, healthcare, and beyond. It is relevant for anyone who works, regardless of role, seniority, or whether you are contributing individually or leading a team. Whether you are seeking personal clarity or aiming to improve team engagement, your working environment, or your financial growth, the assessment provides actionable insights tailored to your experience.

  • You receive a personalized report that maps your results across all five dimensions, highlights your strengths and gaps, and gives you clear, research-backed actions for improvement. The Basic plan provides a clear overview of your performance across the five core dimensions, with general insights and practical recommendations. The Pro plan provides a deeper, more detailed analysis that breaks down each dimension into sub-dimensions, with specific insights and tailored recommendations for every area, giving you precise direction for meaningful change.

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