Build the architecture before you launch change.
Strategy only wins when systems are ready to deliver.
Most people think change readiness is about preparation. It's not. It’s about building the architecture — the map, the mechanism, and the method — that keeps your organisation adaptive for the long term.
Readiness-Centred Change™ - what it is and why it matters
Readiness-Centred Change™ (RCC) is a science‑based ecosystem that builds the readiness capabilities organisations need to succeed through change and sustain high performance.
Most organisations don’t fail because of change — they fail because the system didn’t build the readiness people needed. Systemic unreadiness shows up as resistance, slow adoption, and inconsistent performance.
Unreadiness is a system constraint, not a people problem. Until you strengthen the system, individuals will keep struggling in predictable ways. The Readiness-Centred Change™ architecture helps you achieve that.
- MAP — The Change Quadrant®:
Diagnose readiness across four critical domains. - MECHANISM — The Readiness Engine™:
Understand how systemic forces shape performance under pressure. - METHOD — Adaptive Intelligence Cycle™: Guide adaptive action in real time.
MAP — The Change Quadrant®
The Change Quadrant® — Your Map of Readiness Every organisation operates under pressure. The Change Quadrant® reveals the four conditions that determine whether your system can adapt, align, and perform.
Structural Readiness — Are your systems and workflows built to support change?
Strategic Readiness — Can your leaders interpret complexity and make aligned decisions?
Psychological Readiness — Do your people have the trust, bandwidth, and change fitness to engage?
Behavioural Readiness — Are adaptive actions happening in real time?
This quadrant gives you a clear, actionable map of where readiness is strong — and where it needs to be strengthened. It’s the starting point for every RCC intervention.
MECHANISM — The Readiness Engine™
The Readiness Engine™ — How Systems Behave Under Pressure The Readiness Engine™ is the central architecture of RCC. It explains how readiness is created, strengthened, or weakened across your organisation.
It integrates the four conditions of The Change Quadrant® with six systemic forces — Load, Friction, Flow, Integrity, Trust, and Rupture Risk — to reveal what’s really driving performance under pressure.
When readiness breaks down, it’s rarely about attitude. It’s about strain. The Readiness Engine™ helps leaders see beneath the surface, diagnose the forces at play, and intervene with precision.
It’s not just a model — it’s a mechanism for understanding how capability and openness rise or fall in real time.
METHOD — The Adaptive Intelligence Cycle™ (AIC)
Adaptive Intelligence Cycle — How Readiness Shows Up in Real Time The AIC is the behavioural engine of RCC. It describes how individuals and teams respond adaptively under pressure — not just once, but continuously.
It flows through five stages:
Sense — detect what’s happening
Interpret — make sense of the signals
Decide — choose what matters
Act — take purposeful steps
Learn — integrate feedback and adjust
This cycle runs constantly in high-performing systems. But when readiness is low, it breaks down — decisions stall, actions misfire, learning doesn’t stick.
That’s why we embed Activation Programs into each stage. These programs strengthen adaptive capacity, reduce strain, and build momentum where it matters most.
The AIC turns readiness from a concept into a capability.
Who This Is For
We work with:
Senior leaders in complex organisations
Healthcare teams and transformation leaders
Change practitioners and OD consultants
Organisations with 500–2,000 staff
If you need to build readiness before launching change, we can help.
Ready to build a readiness-centred organisation?
Let’s map your system, strengthen your architecture, and activate adaptive capability.
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