Change Readiness Sprint

    De-risk Transformation Before It Starts

    A rapid assessment of organizational and operational readiness that reveals whether your people and business are equipped to absorb change — or where adoption and execution are likely to break down.

    $900B lost annually to failed change initiatives (McKinsey)

    Why 70% of Transformations Fail

    Operations Aren't Ready

    Processes, systems, and structures haven't been designed to support the change — so execution stalls the moment it leaves the boardroom.

    People Aren't Ready

    Leaders can't model it. Managers can't explain it. Employees don't have the awareness, desire, or capability to do anything differently.

    No Early Warning System

    Most organizations discover readiness gaps after launch — when resistance and missed targets make the cost visible and the window to act has closed.

    What We Assess

    Organizational Change

    Are your people ready, willing, and able to change?

    Operational Readiness

    Are your structures, systems, and processes ready to support it?

    How We Do This

    1
    Diagnostic

    Stakeholder Scoping & Context

    Rapid leadership interviews to understand the initiative, timeline, and where the team already senses risk. Aligns the assessment to what matters most.

    2
    Diagnostic

    Awareness & Desire Assessment

    Cross-level survey and manager interviews to measure whether people understand the change, believe in it, and see it modeled by leaders. Surfaces the gap between stated commitment and felt reality.

    3
    Diagnostic

    Knowledge, Capability & Operations Review

    Assesses whether people know what to do differently and whether the operational infrastructure — processes, systems, governance, capacity — exists to support them doing it.

    4
    Action

    Risk Scoring & Intersection Mapping

    Each dimension scored Red / Amber / Green. High-risk intersections — where organizational and operational gaps overlap — are flagged as the highest-probability failure points.

    5
    Action

    Leadership Readout & Pre-Launch Planning

    90-minute session with the leadership team to align on findings, prioritize interventions, and build a Pre-Launch Action Plan that addresses critical gaps before go-live — with clear owners and timelines.

    What You Walk Away With

    1

    Change Readiness Scorecard

    Organizational and operational dimensions rated Red / Amber / Green.

    2

    Risk Intersection Map

    Visual showing where people and operational gaps overlap — the highest-probability failure points.

    3

    Pre-Launch Action Plan

    Prioritized interventions with owners and sequencing — addressing critical gaps before the change goes live.

    4

    Go / Conditional / Pause Recommendation

    A direct, evidence-based answer: are you ready to launch, or does the risk profile warrant a structured delay?

    Warning Signs This Sprint Was Built For

    Launch date set before readiness was assessed

    Leadership alignment assumed, never tested

    Managers heard about the change in the all-hands

    No change plan exists — only a project plan

    Prior change initiative still unresolved or resented

    "People will figure it out" is the adoption strategy

    Built For

    CEOs & COOs leading transformationCHROs managing workforce impactPMOs launching major initiativesLeadership teams pre-M&A or restructureOrganizations post-strategy refresh

    What's Included

    4–6 leadership stakeholder interviews
    6–10 manager & employee interviews
    Process & governance document review
    Pre-Launch Action Plan with owners
    Cross-level readiness survey
    Organizational & operational gap analysis
    Risk Intersection Map
    90-min executive readout session

    Book a 30-Minute Scoping Call

    We'll map your initiative against both readiness tracks and tell you exactly where the risk is — before it becomes a problem.