The Primal Intelligence Assessment
PQ™ Assessment
Measure what
AI cannot
replace.
A 20-minute psychometric assessment measuring your Primal Intelligence across five dimensions — the uniquely human capacities that AI cannot replicate or build for you.
20min
Total time
5
Dimensions measured
1
Metric no one else has
PQ
Your Score
Five scored dimensions — Experiential Depth, Intuitive Accuracy, Cognitive Independence, Embodied Knowledge, Adaptive Judgment
AI-Gap Score™ — the world's first measure of your cognitive dependency on AI
Timed unassisted task — your performance without AI, scored in real time
Instant report + PDF — your PQ profile, archetype, and 90-day development path
Setup
Before we begin
Tell us about
yourself.
This context shapes how your PQ score is interpreted and benchmarked.
This adjusts how your AI-Gap Score is interpreted. Professionals in regulated industries are scored differently.
Your data is not shared. Results are yours alone.
Question 1 of 20
Final Task
Before You Begin
Why the full 8 minutes
actually matters.
The Science
Pennebaker (1997) found that timed, uninterrupted expressive writing produces measurably more authentic and cognitively complex output than open-ended tasks — because time pressure prevents over-editing and forces access to genuine knowledge rather than rehearsed responses.
The 8 minutes are not arbitrary. Structured writing under moderate time pressure is the most reliable method available for measuring unassisted analytical output. This is what makes the AI-Gap Score™ and your Core Skills score scientifically defensible — not estimated.
Pennebaker (1997) — PubMed meta-analysis ↗ Original study (J Clin Psychol, 1997) ↗
This Is Your Cognitive Independence Task
This task measures your unassisted cognitive performance — the most critical input to your PQ score and AI-Gap calculation. It also generates your Core Skills score across five dimensions.
Do not use any AI tool, search engine, reference material, or notes. The integrity of your score depends entirely on this being genuinely unassisted.
Minimum requirements for a valid score
2
Minutes minimum
50
Words minimum
8
Minutes for full score
Unassisted Task
8:00
Cognitive Independence Task
No AI. No search. Just you.
This task measures your unassisted cognitive performance — the most critical dimension of your PQ score. Do not use any AI tool, search engine, or reference material.

Your task — 8 minutes

Without using any external tools, write a structured analysis of the biggest strategic risk facing your industry in the next 3 years. Cover: (1) what the risk is, (2) why it matters now, (3) one non-obvious response strategy that most leaders are missing.

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How would you rate the quality of what you wrote, unassisted?
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Calculating your
PQ™ profile…
Analysing responses across five dimensions
Scoring Experiential Depth
Scoring Intuitive Accuracy
Scoring Cognitive Independence
Scoring Embodied Knowledge
Scoring Adaptive Judgment
Calculating AI-Gap Score™
Generating your PQ profile
Scoring your Core Skills profile
Your PQ™ Report
Alex Meier — Technology Leadership
Your PQ
Profile.
What AI cannot replace, measured.
ED
Experiential Depth
IA
Intuitive Accuracy
CI
Cognitive Independence
EK
Embodied Knowledge
AJ
Adaptive Judgment
PQ Index
What is PQ™?
The Primal Intelligence Quotient measures your professional capabilities that AI cannot replicate — across five dimensions scored 0–100. It is not a measure of intelligence. It measures how much of your professional value comes from uniquely human capacities rather than AI-accessible information. The higher your score, the more resilient your professional value is to AI displacement.
Your Intelligence Shape
No two PQ profiles
are the same.
Your dimensional map reveals the unique shape of your accumulated human intelligence.
AI-Gap Score™
Calculating…
Core Skills Score™
Measured from your unassisted writing.
Sourced from WEF Future of Jobs — Core Skills in 2030 & McKinsey Global Institute. Full dimension breakdown unlocked in full report.
Your Archetype
Your archetype
Your free preview shows your PQ score, AI-Gap rating, Core Skills score, and archetype name. Unlock your full report for the complete analysis, career implications, personalised practices, and 90-day roadmap.
Every year you worked, you built something. Every decision with real consequences, every room you had to read fast — that is capital. The question is whether it is still compounding, or quietly eroding. Your PQ of tells you which.
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Full archetype description & career implications
Core Skills breakdown (5 dimensions)
Dimension-by-dimension insights with development guidance
3 personalised daily practices targeting your weakest dimensions
90-day development roadmap & growth target
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