Andrew Pigott
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Change Adoption Sprint
Understand what gets in the way. Help change take hold.
An 8-week programme focused on a defined change across an agreed group of teams or roles.
We explore what makes the new way difficult to use, help managers work through local questions and test practical adjustments in everyday work.
You leave with clearer evidence of progress, useful support for those involved and an agreed plan for what happens next.
Who it’s for
Change sponsors, programme leads and transformation teams who need focused support to help a planned or ongoing change take hold.
Duration
8 weeks, with an optional review 60 to 90 days after handover.
Typical triggers
Uptake is uneven, old workarounds remain essential, managers struggle to explain what changes locally, or reported activity gives little insight into whether everyday work is changing.
Format
Focused listening, two working workshops, manager preparation and two supported trial cycles, followed by a review and handover.
What you’ll get
A clearer picture of what is holding adoption back
Understand where difficulties involve trust, changing responsibilities, workload, practical design or competing expectations.
Better support for local conversations
Give managers clear explanations, useful prompts and a route for questions they cannot answer themselves.
Practical adjustments tested in everyday work
Try a small number of changes with the people affected, review what happens and identify what needs further support or a wider decision.
A more useful view of progress
Track whether new practices are being used and helping the work, with clear ownership of outstanding issues and next steps.
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Our approach
People can understand the rationale for a change and still hesitate to put it into practice. What people trust, what they feel they stand to lose and what the organisation continues to reward all shape adoption. The Change Adoption Sprint explores these dynamics, ensuring support tackles what is actually making the transition difficult.
We look at what gives people genuine reason to trust the change.
A clear strategic message carries little weight if earlier initiatives faded away or executive decisions point in a different direction. People look to peers they trust to judge whether a proposal is workable.
We explore where official messaging and daily actions diverge, helping sponsors understand what needs to be visibly demonstrated, clarified or adjusted before belief can grow.
How we work
1. Define the change and hear from those affected
We agree the focus, participating teams and what meaningful adoption would look like.
Interviews, a short pulse and selected documents help us understand current practice, concerns and workarounds.
We identify what teams can test during the sprint and which decisions need sponsor involvement.
3. Test, learn and adjust
Participating teams run two trial cycles in everyday work. Each has a clear owner, a manageable adjustment and a few useful signs of progress.
We support a review after each cycle, helping the team interpret the evidence and decide what to keep, change or raise with the sponsor.
2. Agree what needs adjusting
Through two working workshops, we make sense of the findings and choose practical adjustments to try.
We clarify what is changing, what remains stable and which questions still need answers.
Managers prepare to discuss the change locally and bring feedback into the work.
4. Review and hand over
We bring together what the trials have shown, where adoption remains difficult and what needs to happen next.
We hand over the practical materials and tracker, agree owners and review dates, and provide a concise summary for senior leaders.
An optional later review can assess progress 60 to 90 days after handover.
What’s included
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An initial scoping and kick-off conversation.
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6 - 10 confidential interviews.
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A five-minute pulse at the start and again before handover.
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A focused review of existing change plans, communications, relevant risks and available adoption evidence.
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Two 2-hour working workshops with selected managers, change leads and people affected.
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A concise manager conversation guide covering the change, local implications, common questions and how to raise unresolved issues.
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One 90-minute manager preparation session.
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Support for two client-led trial cycles, including one 45-minute review per cycle.
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A weekly 30-minute sponsor check-in during the eight weeks.
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A simple adoption tracker using agreed measures and available evidence.
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One 60-minute handover review and a consolidated pack covering findings, tested adjustments, outstanding decisions and next steps.
We agree the coverage before starting. Wider rollout support, technical changes, extensive training or communications production, and any later review are scoped separately.
Your Effort
An available sponsor
Attend the weekly check-ins and key decision sessions, and help resolve issues beyond the participating teams’ authority. Allow around one hour a week on average across scheduled sponsor activity.
A named change lead
Allow around 2 to 3 hours a week for coordination, gathering evidence and arranging local activity, alongside participation in the relevant workshops and reviews.
Time from participating managers and colleagues
Interviewees contribute 30 to 45 minutes. Selected colleagues attend the workshops, and participating managers join the 90-minute preparation session. We agree who needs to attend each activity at the outset.
Capacity to test adjustments
Your teams lead the trials and local conversations, with time to share feedback and act on agreed changes. We set the scale of each trial around the work and capacity available.
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