SIMPLE bridges the gap between what CookUnity needs and how each person actually grows.
But months later, not much has changed. Not because people don't want to grow. They know what to improve — they just don't know how. And the how is everything. That's what SIMPLE does.
SIMPLE crosses CookUnity's north star, each person's performance review, and their unique human profile to generate growth strategies specific to how they think, decide, and perform best — so the review doesn't end up forgotten in a to-do list no one looks at again.
The direction, values, and leadership principles that define what great looks like.
The gaps and opportunities identified by their manager.
How each person thinks, decides, and performs best.
Every employee gets a personalized growth path — built from their performance review and designed for how they actually work. And as they implement it, SIMPLE tracks their progress over time so growth doesn't stop at the review.
Every manager understands the uniqueness of each team member — and discovers how their own leadership style can bring out the best in each person.
SIMPLE maps how people connect across teams — identifying the configurations where individual strengths amplify each other and communication flows naturally.
A CU team member needed to improve her proactivity. A generic strategy would have pushed her to initiate more, propose more, speak up more.
SIMPLE identified something different. Her strength isn't generating ideas from scratch — it's listening. So instead of forcing an unfamiliar behavior, SIMPLE recommended she bring key team members together, surface where they were stuck, and propose solutions from there.
She organized a weekly meeting. Instead of hunting for problems, she created a space where they came to her. Real blockers surfaced. Projects started moving. Same goal. A completely different path. One that actually fit who she is.
When every person grows in a way that fits who they are, teams stop working around each other's weaknesses and start building on each other's strengths. Leaders become multipliers. Small teams do big things.
That's not a trade-off. That's the point.