Blueprint Operating Score — The Blueprint NZ
Blueprint Operating Score

The annual benchmark
for NZ owner-operators.

Five dimensions. Twenty questions. One number that tells you where your business stands relative to NZ peers — and which dimension is your biggest constraint. Free. Takes under 10 minutes. Take it every year and track the movement.

58
NZ Average
52
Construction
61
Prof. Services
55
Trade Services
63
Technology

Blueprint engagement benchmark · NZ businesses $1m–$20m · 2024–2026

01
Answer 20 questions
Four options per question. Choose the one that most honestly describes your business right now, not how you would like it to be.
02
Get your score
A number out of 100 across five dimensions, benchmarked against NZ businesses in your revenue range.
03
Track it annually
Take it every year. The movement in your score over time tells you more than any single result.
Revenue Operations Team Systems AI Readiness Each out of 20  ·  Maximum 100
Dimension 01
Revenue
Out of 20
How predictable is your revenue month to month?
How confident are you that your pricing reflects the value you deliver?
What proportion of your revenue comes from existing customers?
Do you know your sales conversion rate and what drives it?
Dimension 02
Operations
Out of 20
What happens to output quality when you are away from the business for a week?
How well documented are your core business processes?
How consistent is your customer experience across different team members?
How often do the same operational problems come back?
Dimension 03
Team
Out of 20
How clearly does each person understand what they are accountable for?
How is staff retention in your business over the last 12 months?
Does your team perform well without being closely managed?
When someone leaves, how much knowledge leaves with them?
Dimension 04
Systems
Out of 20
How visible is your business performance data in real time?
How well does your CRM or pipeline tool reflect reality?
How structured is your leadership and team meeting rhythm?
How much of your administrative work is still manual and time-consuming?
Dimension 05
AI Readiness
Out of 20
To what extent is AI currently used in your business?
How confident is your team in identifying where AI could help your business?
Has AI saved your business meaningful time or improved output quality in the last 12 months?
How ready is your business to adopt new AI tools over the next 12 months?
Please answer all 20 questions to see your score.
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/100
Score by dimension
Your lowest dimension
The Operating Score tells you where your lowest dimension sits relative to NZ peers. The Growth Diagnostic tells you why it scores the way it does in your specific business — and gives you a written Priority Report with the one action that would move it most.
Operating Score — free
Your number and where it sits
Benchmarks your business against NZ peers. Tells you which dimension is the constraint. Take it annually and track the movement.
Growth Diagnostic — $500
Why it scores that way and what to do
James takes your score as the starting point, goes deep on your specific business, and delivers a written Priority Report with a single highest-leverage action.
Book the Growth Diagnostic — $500 →