Innovation Readiness Assessment
An organization-wide diagnostic of how ideas move from proposal to implementation. Staff across every department assess process, people, projects and performance, and leadership receives a department-by-department view of where work stalls, with a prioritized 30- and 90-day action plan.
Results by department
Four areas, four stages
30- and 90-day action plan
An assessment is a practical first step when:
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Ideas are raised but not followed through.
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Leaders support innovation but disagree on priorities.
03
Pilots succeed but are not scaled.
04
Innovation depends on a small group of people.
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Departments work in isolation.
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Leadership asks for evidence of a return on innovation (ROI).
Innovation is measured through the conditions that move ideas to implementation, as reported by the people who do the work. The assessment covers four areas.
9 questions
The structures, tools and ways of working that move ideas into execution.
7 questions
Capabilities, skills and confidence across teams.
5 questions
How ideas flow, are prioritized and move into execution.
9 questions
How innovation connects to future focus, value and results.
A short overview of how the assessment runs: staff in every department take part, completion is tracked by department as responses come in, and leadership receives scores for process, people, projects and performance with a report of actions.
The four stages work as an innovation maturity model: each department and the organization as a whole are placed on one of them.
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Staff are unclear on the direction and on how to take part.
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Innovation happens in isolated projects that follow traditional processes.
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Tools and processes are in place, and decisions remain largely top-down.
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Staff are empowered to think creatively and improve continuously.
The free Innovation Readiness Snapshot gives one personтАЩs view of the same four areas in about five minutes, with a private summary of your results at the end. It is a useful first look before assessing the whole organization.
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Agree the scope (the whole organization, selected departments or one team) and the timing.
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By link or QR code: 30 questions with optional comments, 15 to 30 minutes each.
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Responses are combined into your report and online view.
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Shannon Phillips or Tristan Ham, our co-founders, take your leadership team through the findings and the 30- and 90-day actions.
Who took part, by department and role
Every question scored from highest to lowest
A heatmap for each of the four areas, filtered by department
Staff comments for each area
Immediate actions for the next 30 days
Required actions for the next 90 days
Comparison with earlier results when you repeat the assessment
An online view and a PDF report for leadership
Most organizations take one or more of these steps, depending on their results.
A working session that turns the results into agreed priorities for the next 30 to 90 days: what to start, stop and scale.
A two-day workshop that gives teams one shared method for moving ideas to implementation, leading to the Unbounded Thinking Innovation Process Certification.
Software to manage ideas, projects and repeat assessments in one place.
Run the assessment again after 6 to 12 months to compare results and confirm where readiness has improved.
Tell us about your organization and the departments you would like to include. We arrange a short planning call. There is no obligation.
After the planning call, we send a proposal with the scope, timing and price.
For an individual first look, take the free Innovation Readiness Snapshot: one person, about five minutes.
Measure the conditions that move ideas to implementation, not only the number of ideas. Our assessment asks staff in every department 30 questions on process, people, projects and performance, then reports each departmentтАЩs stage of innovation readiness and the actions that will make the most difference.
It measures how ready an organization is to turn ideas into results, in the way an innovation maturity assessment places an organization on a scale. Ours uses four stages, from Random Innovation, where staff are unclear how to take part, to Organizational Innovation, where improvement is part of everyday work.
Measure the conditions that let a team turn ideas into results: its processes and tools, the skills and confidence of its people, how ideas are prioritized and moved forward, and how innovation connects to results. The assessment reports a stage for each of these four areas and for each department, from the answers of the staff who do the work.
Common barriers include ideas that are raised but not followed through, leaders who support innovation but disagree on priorities, pilots that are not scaled, innovation that depends on a small group of people, and departments that work in isolation. The assessment shows where work stalls in each department and which actions to take first.
Staff at every level in the departments you choose. Each person answers 30 questions, with optional comments, in 15 to 30 minutes, by link or QR code.
Yes. Your organization sees combined results only, never names or individual answers, and results for any group appear only once at least five people have responded.
Your overall stage and the stage for each area, a heatmap of every question by department, staff comments, immediate actions for the next 30 days and required actions for the next 90 days, online and as a PDF for leadership.
The free Innovation Readiness Snapshot is one personтАЩs view: about five minutes and an individual summary. The assessment combines the views of staff across the organization and adds department comparisons, staff comments and a 30- and 90-day action plan.
Pricing depends on the number of participants and departments. We send a proposal after a short planning call.
Every 6 to 12 months. Each new report compares the results with the previous assessment, so you can see where readiness is improving and where gaps remain.
