The Resilience Standard · Enterprise Transition Resilience · Rung 1Pulse

Enterprise Transition Resilience Pulse

Twelve questions, about five minutes. An indicative reading of whether the company can carry the transition its leadership is planning, before the point of no return.

4–5 minutesTwelve questionsSix domainsIndicative band onlyNo counterparty names or deal terms needed

The gate rule. No overall band may exceed the band of its lowest gated domain. Here the gated domains are Capital & Runway and Leadership Bandwidth. A transition ends when the money does not outlast the move, or when no one has the time to lead it.

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6 domains · 12 questions0 of 12 answered

1 Depleted2 Fragile3 Adequate4 Robust5 Optimised

Thesis

Is the move defined well enough to be tested, staged and stopped?

1.1Is the move written down: what changes, the dated trigger, and a measure of success with a number and a date?

1 = Not written down · 5 = One page, specific, tabled with the decision-makers

1.4Are the conditions under which the move pauses or stops written down and agreed?

1 = Never discussed · 5 = Written, agreed, and reviewed at each stage

Capability

Does the company have what the move requires, or a decided route to it?

2.1Does the company have the capabilities the move requires, or a decided route to each?

1 = Major gaps, no route decided · 5 = Every capability in place or on a dated route

2.3Does every critical capability have a trained backup?

1 = None do · 5 = All do

Stakeholders

Are the parties who can slow, fund or stop the move mapped, engaged and aligned?

3.1Do the parties who could stop the move support it today?

1 = At least one is opposed · 5 = All support it and have been engaged

3.5Is there a written sequence of who hears about the move, what they hear, when, and from whom?

1 = None · 5 = Written, sequenced and owned

Continuity

Will the core business keep paying while the move is made?

4.1Over the last four quarters, how have the core business’s revenue and margin moved?

1 = Falling sharply · 5 = Growing, with margin holding

4.3Can the core business run on the days the executive team is working on the transition?

1 = Only with executives in the room · 5 = Deputies run every critical role

Capital & Runway

Gated

Does the money outlast the move, including a bad case?

5.1Does liquidity outlast the transition horizon, after the move’s own costs?

1 = Runs out before the move completes · 5 = Covers twice the horizon

5.5If the move cost half as much again and finished six months late, could it be funded?

1 = No · 5 = Yes, without new capital

Leadership Bandwidth

Gated

Is there the leadership capacity to make the move at all?

6.1Is a single transition lead named, with time cleared for the move?

1 = No named lead · 5 = Named, with most of their time on the move

6.3How much else of significance is competing for leadership attention?

1 = Four or more major initiatives · 5 = Nothing else major

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