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Change Navigator

Run a change as a series of small experiments with real gates, while tracking the slower forces of leadership, structure and culture.

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Who it is for

Change leads and coaches who would rather test a change than announce one.

How it works

  1. Create an initiative: the name, the reason, up to five outcomes and the boundaries you will not cross.
  2. Move each experiment through sensing, designed, running and reviewed; the gate stays shut until the hypothesis, the change, the signal and a timebox of one to eight weeks are written.
  3. Log field notes on leadership, structure and culture, take a safety pulse, and generate the narrative from what is actually recorded.

Questions

What stops an experiment advancing?
A missing hypothesis, change, success signal, designer or timebox. A single designer also has to be acknowledged, because a change designed by one person is a different kind of experiment.
What is the safety pulse?
A one-to-five reading with fixed labels, plus the signals and concerns behind it. Two low readings in a row raise a warning in the tool rather than waiting for you to notice.
Is the narrative written for me?
It is assembled from your experiments, outcomes and field notes over a date range you choose, and it copies out as Markdown for you to edit.

Part of the Enterprise membership: €11 a month, or €110 a year.

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