Transformation readiness diagnostic

Know your readiness before you commit.

Most transformation programmes fail not from bad strategy, but from unmeasured structural gaps. TIDE surfaces them in an AI-facilitated workshop that adapts to how your organisation actually answers, before the budget locks.

One failure risk caught early can save months of delay and, on a large programme, millions in rework.

Methodology

A structured view of whether your organisation can actually deliver.

TIDE doesn't predict success. It names the structural gaps that, left unaddressed, will cost you the programme.

  • Evidence, not opinion

    Every finding cites the answer it came from. No vibes, no generic advice.

  • Risks in order

    Highest-rated risks first. Each risk says why it matters and what addresses it.

  • One common view

    One report your leadership team can challenge and decide from, before commitments and budgets are set.

How it works

A simple three-step process.

An AI facilitator, designed by Paul, takes your leadership team through the questions an experienced programme reviewer would ask.

  1. Set the scene

    Tell us about the programme: what it is, what it's for and what it depends on. Every question that follows is about your programme, not programmes in general.

  2. Bring your programme leadership team into the room

    The facilitator works through where programmes tend to come unstuck, to build an honest picture of where yours stands.

  3. Get a read you can act on

    The risks that showed up, how serious each one is, the evidence behind it and what to do about it, in time to act before the money is committed.

When to use it

Where it fits in your programme

Use it at one point or all three. Programmes run into the same common issues. Spot and manage them early and they're cheap to deal with. Leave them late and they're costly at best, disastrous at worst.

  1. Vision
  2. Portfolio
  3. Programme
  4. Realisation
  1. Shaping and discovery

    Know what matters before it's written into the business case.

    An early measure of what's important, while the options are still open.

  2. Investment decision

    Invest on evidence as well as on the business case.

    Use it as an investment gate to verify readiness. See what has to be true before the money moves.

  3. Early programme

    Catch problems while they're still cheap to fix.

    A check in the first months of delivery, before early issues harden into the plan.

Choose your depth

Choose your depth of insight.

All three run on the same diagnostic engine. The difference is coverage, report depth and how much support you want.

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free sample

Signal Diagnostic

Free~15 minutes · no account · report by email

A free readiness report in 15 minutes. One person, delivered by email. Useful in its own right, and the quickest way to see what the Full Diagnostic does.

  • Your readiness profile
  • Every risk it raised, rated by severity
  • The highest-priority recommendations and actions
  • An executive report for your review
Start the free Signal
full diagnostic

Full Diagnostic

Ask us~2 hours, facilitated

A facilitated session with your leadership team, going beyond the programme itself to what could hit it from outside. You get a readiness profile, every risk with the evidence behind it, and what to do about them, before it's too late.

  • Every area scored, with evidence
  • A risk register of named failure patterns
  • Prioritised recommendations and next actions
  • An executive report for the senior team
Ask about the Full
full + 2-hour session

Full + follow‑up session

Ask us~2 hr + 2 hr

Everything in the Full Diagnostic, plus a two-hour follow-up session with a (human) consultant to discuss the findings and shape the response.

  • Everything in the Full Diagnostic
  • A two-hour follow-up session
  • Findings walkthrough with your senior team
  • Help sequencing your response
Ask about the follow‑up session
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Contact

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Tell me what's prompting the question, and I'll come back to you.

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