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Burnout risk
Whether job demands are outrunning the person's resources.
In the 8MAP, the Risk dimension anticipates where there is risk of burnout, of disengagement, of leaving and of critical knowledge dependency, before it happens. It crosses signals from other dimensions with variables of its own, resting on the Job Demands-Resources model and the reference instruments for measuring burnout.
What it measures
Whether job demands are outrunning the person's resources.
Whether engagement is slipping away.
How likely the person is to leave.
How documented their knowledge is, and what would happen without them.
How to read the result
Lower is better
Read it the other way round: lower is better. It does not feed the Workforce Intelligence Score, so a healthy overall score can sit alongside high risk.
Why it matters
Intention to leave is one of the best predictors of actual turnover, along with satisfaction and engagement. Catching those signals early gives you time to act, instead of finding out when the resignation letter lands.
Critical dependency risk: a question about the continuity of your operation, not just about one person's experience.
Because risk lives in the interaction between demands and resources, not in any single variable. That is why the 8MAP crosses variables instead of adding them up.
Frequently asked questions
By looking at the signals that come before it: intention to leave, low satisfaction, low engagement and burnout. The 8MAP crosses them to anticipate risk.
It is when a process only works because of what one person knows, and that knowledge is not written down.
No. It is a prompt to talk and act in time, not a certain prediction.
We walk you through the 8MAP with a sample team and answer your Talent team's questions.