How Lux works

From invitation to insight.

Lux is Foundation Nova Diem’s strengths-first assessment. It helps people understand strengths, patterns and potential in language suited to reflection, not judgement.

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What Lux is

Language for how you think, relate, respond and grow.

Lux is a strengths-first, descriptive psychological assessment. It gives people language for how they think, relate, respond and grow, and it gives the professionals who support them a shared, evidence-traced starting point for that conversation.

Example of Lux report language
“You may notice patterns others miss and bring clarity when situations feel uncertain.”
  • Strengths-first

    A personalised report, written for reflection and growth, so support can begin with what is strong.

  • Descriptive

    It describes strengths and patterns. It is not diagnostic, predictive or a basis for personnel selection.

  • Guided

    Lumen, the secure platform behind it, guides each person through Lux and keeps their responses safe.

Who Lux is for

A supported strengths-first experience.

Strengths-first insight for disadvantaged and neurodiverse communities, and for the people and professionals who support them.

Who it is for

Introduced by someone who supports you.

Lux is currently introduced through an organisation or professional supporting the participant. It is designed for reflection and better conversations, not for diagnosis, prediction or deciding whether someone should be selected for a role.

How access works

Invitation comes before assessment.

The inviting organisation agrees the purpose, support and reporting model with Foundation Nova Diem. Participants then receive information about Lux and choose whether to take part through an informed-consent process.

Clear limits

What Lux is not.

Lux remains a descriptive assessment. We are careful to claim only what current evidence actually supports, and to keep each limit beside the claim it limits.

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  • Not diagnostic

    Lux is not a diagnosis or a clinical decision, and it is not a substitute for independent professional judgement.

  • Not predictive

    Lux is descriptive. It describes strengths and patterns; it is not a predictive instrument.

  • Not for personnel selection

    It is not used to decide whether someone should be selected for a role.

  • Not clinically validated

    Lux is moving through an active, staged evidence-development programme. It has not yet produced completed Lux-specific validation results.

How a person takes part

Your Lux journey.

Designed for reflection, consent and useful dialogue, never for diagnosis or judgement.

  1. Invitation

    An organisation or professional supporting you sends an invitation to complete Lux, Foundation Nova Diem’s strengths-first assessment.

  2. Choice

    Before anything happens, you’re asked to give informed consent: what Lux involves, who sees your results, and that taking part is your choice.

  3. Reflection

    You work through Lux at your own pace. It asks about how you think, relate, respond and grow. Lumen, the secure platform behind it, guides you through it and keeps your responses safe.

  4. Insight

    You receive a plain-language report about your own strengths and patterns, written for reflection and conversation, not judgement.

  5. Conversation

    Support can begin from what is possible.

What you receive

Insight written for the person reading it.

Participants and authorised clinicians receive deliberately different documents. Access to professional reporting is governed by the agreed consent and reporting model, and it is never a diagnosis or a substitute for that clinician’s own professional judgement.

Illustrative report example

Participant view

Your strengths and patterns

Participants receive a carefully curated subset of their profile, written to support reflection and growth.

Structure only: no participant data or scores.

Illustrative report example

Authorised professional view

Professional context

Authorised clinicians receive deeper technical decision support to use alongside participant history, context and independent professional judgement.

Structure only: no clinical interpretation or scores.

For clinicians, educators and partners

From raw response to finished report.

Lumen is the secure platform that administers Lux. It connects a participant’s invitation with consent, assessment, governed scoring, and the right report for the right audience.

  1. Invitation
  2. Consent
  3. Assessment
  4. Governed scoring
  5. Report

This describes Lumen’s intended role. It is not a claim about any particular deployment, pilot, data location, retention period or live operating environment.

Narrative language in a participant report

Twenty layers drawn as a rising sun Twenty horizontal bands stack into a sun on the horizon. The lowest band stands for raw responses and item-level scoring; each band above turns them into more meaningful structure, up to the narrative language in a participant report. The bands light one by one, from the horizon up.

Raw responses and item-level scoring

360defined participant-level fields
20 / 20layers in a versioned scoring engine

These are computed fields, not 360 questions or 360 separately validated constructs. Participants receive a curated subset of their profile; authorised clinicians receive deeper decision support to use with history, context and their own judgement. Versioning and testing make the scoring pathway more inspectable; they do not by themselves establish psychological reliability or validity.

Practical questions

What to know before taking part.

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Can I sign up directly?

Not through this public website. Lux is currently accessed through a participating organisation or professional. Organisations can contact us to discuss a suitable pilot.

Is taking part voluntary?

Yes. The process begins with information about the proposed use and informed consent. Participation should be a genuine choice.

Who can see my results?

The agreed consent and reporting model sets out who receives each report. Participants receive a report written for them; deeper professional reporting is limited to authorised clinicians and is used alongside their own judgement.

Before taking part, you can ask the inviting organisation what reporting applies and who will receive it. You can also ask Foundation Nova Diem a reporting question.

How long does Lux take and what support is available?

Timing and support can depend on the programme and participant context. The inviting organisation should explain the expected commitment, access arrangements and available support before consent.

Is Lux a diagnosis or clinical decision?

No. Lux is descriptive, not diagnostic or predictive, and it is not a substitute for independent professional judgement.

Put strengths-first work into practice

Bring Lux to the people you support.

Explore a responsible Lux pilot with your organisation. See the partnership pathways, safeguards and first decisions involved in exploring fit.

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