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Anti-pattern (readiness)

A recurring organisational failure signature that predicts readiness weakness — examples include pilot paralysis, shadow AI, governance theatre, fragmented centre-of-excellence, and tooling-first procurement.

What this means in practice

Recognising the signature early is often more valuable than any individual dimension score.

Synonyms

readiness anti-pattern , transformation anti-pattern

See also

  • Change capacity — The organisation's currently available bandwidth to absorb transformational change, measured through active-initiative count, leader-attention budget, and employee-fatigue signals.
  • Sponsor strength — A composite indicator of executive sponsorship quality — visibility, budget authority, political capital, and sustained engagement — rather than formal title alone.
  • Readiness recommendation (go / wait / redesign) — The three-way output of a readiness engagement: proceed with the AI initiative; pause until named gaps close; or redesign scope and approach.

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