Principles
Eight principles decide everything else
Indicators, thresholds and gates can be revised. These principles cannot be revised quietly: they define what Best Place to Grow™ is willing to measure, and what it refuses to do.
We publish what we know, what we do not know, and what we are still testing.
- 01
People, not employer promises
We measure what people actually experience and become - not what an employer says it provides.
- 02
Evidence, not declaration
Policies alone are not proof. Every claim must be supported by verified evidence.
- 03
Outcomes, not activity
Training hours and programme participation matter less than skills acquired, mobility achieved and employability gained.
- 04
Growth for everyone
A growth environment cannot be certified if opportunity is concentrated among a privileged minority.
- 05
Sustainable Growth
Professional development obtained by systematically consuming people's health or personal life is not growth.
- 06
Organizations are scored, never people
Best Place to Grow™ evaluates environments. It never assigns a global score to an individual.
- 07
Independent decisions
Commercial relationships cannot influence audit, scoring or certification decisions.
- 08
Radical transparency
Methodology, thresholds, refusals, suspensions and conflicts of interest must be visible.
What follows from them
A certification that cannot be refused is not a certification.
Principle 07 is why the commercial team cannot audit, score or vote. Principle 06 is why no individual ever receives a global human score. Principle 08 is why refusals, suspensions and conflicts of interest are published rather than managed.