---
id: "action-diagnose-thwarted-impact"
type: "action-item"
source_timestamps: ["§ The Pitfalls of Purpose"]
tags: ["hr", "employee-feedback"]
related: ["concept-thwarted-impact", "claim-purpose-downside"]
action: "Incorporate a five-question diagnostic to identify if employees feel constrained from making an impact."
outcome: "Identifies broken ideological promises before they ruin the employment relationship."
sources: ["tail1"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail1"
originDay: 1
articleStem: "hbr-tail-106-decision-frameworks-fail"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/06/gg-why-decision-making-frameworks-fail"
sourceTitle: "Why Decision-Making Frameworks Fail"
---
# Use a 5-Question Diagnostic for Thwarted Impact

**Action.** To address the risk of [[concept-thwarted-impact]] — where employees feel constrained by management decisions that contradict the company's purpose — leaders should incorporate a specific **five-question diagnostic** into their organizational feedback loops.

**Outcome.** Identifies **broken ideological promises** *before* they ruin the employment relationship.

Direct countermeasure to the research downside documented in [[claim-purpose-downside]] and the contrarian insight [[contrarian-purpose-backfires]].

*Note: the source references the existence of a five-question diagnostic but the specific questions are not enumerated in the extracted material.*