How ready are you
for change?
Understand your starting point. Identify what preparation is needed. Set yourself up for success.
About this assessment
This tool helps you understand how ready you and your organisation are to use an upcoming project as a catalyst for wider transformation.
Who should complete this?
Anyone leading or influencing a significant project: managers, heads of department, directors, CEOs, or trustees. For the most accurate picture, ask 2–3 colleagues to complete it independently and compare.
What you'll learn
Where you're strong and where gaps could derail your project. What preparation work is needed before you start. How to build the case for resources and support. Whether your ambitions are realistic given your starting point.
The 5 steps
Scoring scale
Making the case for transformation
Before you can use a project as a transformation catalyst, you need clarity about the problem you're solving and why it matters. This section assesses whether you can make a compelling case.
Breaking down silos
Transformation happens when projects bring people together across organisational hierarchies and departments. This section assesses collaboration, working groups, and cross-functional relationships.
Put your users at the centre
Transformation grounded in real user needs succeeds. This section assesses your understanding of users and the preparation work that builds that understanding.
Defining the skills and capabilities that you need
Transformation requires specific skills and sufficient capacity. This section assesses whether you have what you need — internally, or through external partners.
Proactively creating senior buy-in
Our research found that active senior sponsorship — not just approval — is the single biggest predictor of transformation success. This section assesses leadership engagement and governance.
How ready are you for change?
Overall score
Complete the assessment to see your personalised results and recommendations.
Score by section
Your five priority actions
Based on your assessment, what are the most important things to do before or during your project?
Preparation checklist
Which of these activities do you need to complete before or during your project? Tick each as you go.
Remember
No organisation scores 100%. The goal isn't perfection — it's understanding your starting point and planning accordingly. Every gap you identify now is a problem you won't discover mid-project when it's expensive to fix.
The fact that you're completing this assessment shows you're approaching this project thoughtfully. That already puts you ahead of many transformation efforts.
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