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Structural ChangeReadiness

When the Ground Moves, Can Your People Move With It?

AI is changing the work. The bigger question is whether your organization can change with it. Every structural change lands the same way on every company. What decides the outcome is whether your people can adapt. This 18-question assessment shows how ready your organization is when the ground moves, and exactly where it's most likely to stall.

18Questions
5–7Minutes
5Readiness Areas
ImmediateResults
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Change Clarity
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Leadership Alignment
03
Workforce Adaptability
04
Anchor and Standards
05
Execution
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Each bar shows your score as a share of that area's maximum. Higher means more ready.

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In the book

The Playbook for When the Ground Moves
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The Standdown Framework · Expanded Edition
Jay C. Richards · U.S. Navy SWCC (Ret.)

The expanded edition includes the new bonus chapter, Leading Through Structural Change: Running a Standdown Forward. It shows you how to aim the nine steps at a change you can see coming, before it arrives.

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The Standdown Framework Certification

The Standdown Framework Certification is a licensed program your organization runs internally. Your facilitator delivers it, Jay's instruction is built into every session, and every leader who completes it is individually certified. It includes the Structural Change Application Lab, a bonus lab for graduates where your leaders run the framework forward against a real change your organization is facing.

Have your leadership team take it too. The most useful conversation is about where your scores don't match. Want the inside view as well? Take the Drift Diagnostic.