Antifragility Advantage Diagnostic

Why it Matters

With so much uncertainty, change and adversity in the world, how we respond to these challenges is either a competitive advantage or a liability. Fragile leaders fray under this relentless pressure. They become resistant, disengaged, exhausted or cynical. Robust leaders stay strong. But some rare leaders respond to adversity by getting stronger. They get more engaged and more energised in the difficult moments and through the difficult times. Their energy lifts others up. This is what Antifragility looks like.

We've observed that antifragile people display two key qualities: Resilience (bounce back quickly) and Grit (keep going no matter what). For over 16 years, Shaun Kenny and Michelle Rushton (co-creators of the Influence Engine platform) have helped thousands of leaders understand their resilience and grit and they've collected thousands of data points through this diagnostic.

Resilience

The ability to bounce back from adversity quickly.

Resilience

Buoyant, engaged, positive, but playing small.

Antifragility

Bouncing back from adversity better than you were before.

Fragility

Become worse under pressure and adversity.

Grit

Ambitious, driven, persistent, but an emotional rollercoaster.

Grit

The ability to keep moving forward to long-term goals regardless of adversity.

What it measures

The Antifragility Advantage Diagnostic is a self-assessment. It covers elements that span simple behaviours to surprising, subtle behavioural responses to delving deep into people's psychology.

	Resilience	Grit
Behaviours Behavioural psychology	Rebound routines	Perseverance
Behaviours Behavioural psychology	Positive habits	Passion
Beliefs Cognitive psychology	Optimism	Growth mindset
Beliefs Cognitive psychology	Explanatory styles	Empowering beliefs

Antifragility · Self-Assessment

AI-Enhanced

Senior Leader · Q1 2026

How you respond to pressure (Resilience & Grit).

Resilience

81

Grit

68

A robust response today. The building blocks of an antifragile response are in place.

Grit Development edge

Four signals · you vs benchmark

Perseverance 74

Benchmark 79

Passion 64

Benchmark 71

Growth Mindset 47

Benchmark 75

Empowering Beliefs 80

Benchmark 76

AI Insight

"Growth mindset looks like your biggest opportunity in Grit. You indicate self-talk consistent with a fixed mindset, particularly when facing criticism. Counteracting this with some of the growth mindset trigger language could be a practical first tactic."

Showing Grit · 4 of 8 signals

What you get

Diagnostic report

For the individual leader

✓Report – a beautifully presented, clear, detailed and practical report accessed through the Influence Engine portal (or exported to PDF)
✓Future state – a clear vision of what an antifragile response looks like
✓Current state – a precise picture of how you habitually respond to pressure, setbacks and adversity
✓Gap – identification of the gap between your current response and a truly antifragile one
✓Insight – AI-powered insight informed by benchmarking data and personalised to your profile
✓Roadmap – specific development priorities for building your Resilience and Grit
✓Reinforcement – periodic behavioural nudges delivered to your inbox to reinforce and encourage specific, practical, continuous improvements

Dashboard

For the organisation

✓Clarity – a clear, beautifully presented dashboard depicting patterns across a cohort (individual identifiers removed)
✓Current state – see the spread of specific leadership behaviours and their impacts at a glance
✓Trends – track behavioural trends over time: the shifts in leadership behaviours and leadership impact
✓Insight – AI-powered insight informed by benchmarking data and personalised to this cohort
✓Roadmap – development priorities across the cohort, and the actions the organisation and executive can take

Operations Cohort

122 Division Leads

⚠ Low Resilience

Resilience59

Grit78

Key pattern: this cohort has grit and pushes through pressure, but resilience (recovery) lags — the lever for sustainable performance.

What you also get

Guidance from experts

Each personal profile is debriefed in a group workshop setting by Shaun Kenny or Michelle Rushton. This is usually part of a leadership development program, team offsite or at a leadership conference.

Shaun and Michelle are co-founders of the Influence Engine platform and the leadership consultancy People of Influence. For over sixteen years, they have worked closely with leaders and their teams, helping them build the resilience and grit to respond to adversity and perform under pressure.

This diagnostic pairs with the Antifragility Advantage program that Shaun and Michelle deliver in leadership development programs, at team offsites and at conferences, helping leaders turn adversity into advantage.

Shaun Kenny

Co-Founder, People of Influence & Influence Engine

Michelle Rushton

Co-Founder, People of Influence & Influence Engine

Who's it for

This diagnostic is powerful across the entire organisational hierarchy.

Executives Team Leaders People Leaders Individual Contributors

How it Works

Assessment Sources

Self-assessment