No shortage of change these days, but the question for most quickly becomes: Are We Ready? There is some great literature in the space, grounded by the foundational work of John Kotter and others, but most find when it is time for the hard work, most remain flat footed, unsure if they’re ready.
Can we measure our readiness?
In The DNA of Collaboration, Chapter 18, I introduce a simple measurement framework that helps us set relative goals at 100% for all the vectors we want to manage, and we plot a point on each vector. What results is a spider diagram. I’m working on a sample for upcoming discussions.
In today’s chat, let’s discuss the approach from a practical perspective, with the ultimate question: “Can we measure our preparation for change?”
- Q1. Can we measure subjective gaps (knowledge, buy-in, commitment) in quantitative ways?
- Q2. What are some key Change vectors we should try to measure?
- Q3. How do people respond to being measured?
- Q4. Are there ways to mitigate ‘people measurement’ resistance?
- Q5. From a strategy perspective, what light does that shed on “high stakes testing?”?
Hope you’ll join us, 11aET. You click use tweetchat w/ hashtag #cdna to participate. We’ll see you online!
Chris aka @sourcepov, author, The DNA of Collaboration
P.S. You may want to check out these Measurement models, described in the book:
FIG 11 – Collaboration Framework from The DNA of Collaboration
FIG 27 – Collaboration Framework (applied) from The DNA of Collaboration
The DNA of Collaboration 