The Change Maturity Index

Know whether your organisation can carry the change before you ask it to.

A structured diagnostic across seven dimensions of change maturity, followed by a personal debrief. For £75 you get an honest reading of where change is likely to hold, where it's likely to break, and where to focus first.

Why it matters

Most change doesn't fail at launch. It fails in the gap between what leaders assume and what the organisation can actually carry.

Assumptions go untested

Plans are built on a picture of readiness that nobody has checked. By the time the gaps show, the budget is committed.

Capacity is overestimated

Change lands on top of business as usual. Without an honest view of what people can absorb, good initiatives stall.

Warning signs arrive late

The early signals are usually there in how people talk, what they don't say, and where information stops flowing.

What it measures

Seven dimensions of change maturity

Each dimension is scored and rated red, amber or green, so you can see at a glance where your organisation is strong and where it's exposed.

01

Leadership Alignment

Whether the people at the top are genuinely pulling in the same direction and not just nodding in the same meeting.

02

Organisational Capacity

How much change the organisation can realistically absorb alongside the day job.

03

Purposeful People

Whether people understand why the change matters and can see a place for themselves in it.

04

Change Capability

The skills, methods and judgement you have in-house to lead change well.

05

Funding for Assets

Whether the money, systems and resources genuinely match the ambition.

06

Willingness to Learn

How safely people can raise problems, admit mistakes and change course.

07

Communication Conduits

Whether information really flows up, down and across — not just out.

The framework draws on established work in change and organisational learning, shaping it to deliver real systemic impact.

How it works

Three steps, one clear picture

Complete the diagnostic

Answer a structured set of questions online, including space to say in your own words what's really going on.

Your answers are analysed

Scores are calculated across all seven dimensions, and your written answers are read in context, not just counted.

Debrief with Matt

Walk through your profile: what it means, where the real risks sit, and what to prioritise first.

Who it's for

For organisations where the cost of getting change wrong is high.

Sectors

  • Charities and not-for-profitsWhere every pound and every volunteer hour matters.
  • Public and regional service organisationsWhere change has to work for staff and the communities they serve.
  • Founder-led and owner-managed businessesWhere growth has outpaced the structures around it.

Moments

  • Before you commitTest readiness before a major programme gets signed off.
  • When change has stalledFind out why momentum has gone and what's really in the way.
  • When you're building capabilityGet a baseline for developing your own change judgement in-house.
Who you'll work with

Matt Goddard

Managing Director, Thirty-Six Twenty-Six

Matt leads Thirty-Six Twenty-Six, an independent change management advisory that works from the inside out: starting with people and building an organisation's own capability rather than its dependence on consultants.

His approach to decision-making is shaped by a desire to disrupt traditional change approaches that consistently fail. He is the author of WORK: A New Formula.

APMG Change Management Practitioner & Trainer AgilePM v3 Practitioner & Trainer ILM Level 7 Coaching & Mentoring

Questions

What does the £75 include?

The full seven-dimension diagnostic, your red-amber-green profile, and a personal debrief of your results with Matt.

Who should complete it?

Usually a senior leader, or the person accountable for a change that's coming up or already underway.

Is the debrief a sales pitch?

No. The debrief is about your results. If further support would genuinely help, we'll say so, and if it wouldn't, we'll say that too.

What happens to my answers?

Your responses are used to prepare your results and debrief, and are treated in confidence.

Find out where change will hold and where it won't.

Seven dimensions. One honest picture. A clear place to start.

Start the diagnostic — £75 →