A self-check in 10 questions
The Space Between
Something lands: a comment in a meeting, an email, a look. A moment later you respond. This self-check looks at what happens in you in between.
How do we bring emotional intelligence into action?
By practising three steps, again and again, in real moments. Together they are the PIN Method, and they are what the eight-week programme Emotional Intelligence in Action is built on.
Perceive
You notice what is happening in you while it happens: the tight shoulders, the shift in mood, the first flicker of a reaction.
Investigate
You understand what sits underneath: what the feeling points to, and which story you are adding to the facts.
Navigate
You choose a response and act on it, towards yourself and towards the people around you.
Questions and answers
What is The Space Between?
The Space Between is a free self-check in 10 questions. It looks at three steps that happen between the moment something affects you and the moment you respond: perceiving what happens in you, investigating what sits underneath, and navigating your response. You rate nine statements, describe one real situation in your own words, and receive a personal written reflection by email.
Is The Space Between a scientific test?
The Space Between is a self-reflection. The questions come from the method Zen & Go teaches in its programme Emotional Intelligence in Action and have not been scientifically validated. The result describes how you see yourself right now and gives you one exercise to practise.
What happens with my answers?
Your answers are used to write your reflection with the help of AI and to email it to you. Nobody outside Zen & Go sees them, your employer included, and they are deleted after 365 days. Further emails about your result are a separate choice with their own tick box and a confirmation link.
Can a whole team work with the three steps?
Each person takes the self-check for themselves and keeps their own result. Teams and leadership groups practise the three steps together in the eight-week programme Emotional Intelligence in Action and in shorter workshops by Zen & Go. A 30-minute conversation is the place to start.