Critical upward feedback
CANARY
Make critical feedback visible.
CANARY is a Self and Others Impression Assessment. It evaluates how likely people are to “tell the emperor they’ve got no clothes” — based on five constructs that shape whether critical upward feedback is shared, heard, and used.
Critical upward feedback is the dissenting, important, or negative feedback that challenges the dynamics and direction of power by being delivered upwards to leaders. How you respond makes all the difference and acts as a predictor of whether you will hear vital information.
- Constructs
- 5
- Statements
- 21
- Scale
- 1–7
- Min. raters
- 3+
Start your own assessment
Add your name and email to get two private links: one to rate yourself, and one to share with as many colleagues as you like.
Confidentiality
- Others-impression results are only shown once at least 3 colleagues have responded. Below that threshold no colleague scores are released.
- Colleague responses are reported only as an aggregate. No individual rating is ever shown to the person being assessed or to anyone else.
- Results are for development purposes and are not used for performance or pay decisions.
- Responses are stored securely and are visible only to the programme administrator.
Data security and collection
- Responses are stored securely on Lovable Cloud infrastructure, with encrypted storage and access rules that keep every response private.
- Your data is only used for the purposes of this assessment.
- Only Canary has access. Individual colleague ratings are never shown to the person being assessed or to anyone else — only aggregate results are shared.
- To have results removed, email pia.steinerbrown@gmail.com.
- Data is kept for 3 years unless removal is requested earlier.
The response scale
Each statement is rated by sliding from Rarely to Consistently. Answer for behaviour observed over the past six months.
What is measured
Three to five statements per construct in each perspective — 21 self items and 21 colleague items.
Invitation
Actively drawing others into dialogue, decisions and shared work.
Permission
Creating conditions where people feel safe to speak candidly.
Curiosity
Seeking to understand perspectives before forming conclusions.
Response
Acting on what is heard in visible, timely and proportionate ways.
Judgement
Listening without judgement and treating every voice fairly, without bias.