Enterprise readiness

One readiness engine.Six executive lenses.

Compass does not publish a marketplace of scores. There is one instrument — the Compass Enterprise Readiness Assessment™ — read through the lens the executive arrives with. Different problems. One architecture.

The lenses

The question changes. The instrument does not.

  1. Transformation readiness

    A large change is committed and adoption is the risk.

    Whether the organization can absorb the change it has agreed to.

  2. Leadership alignment

    Capable leaders, slightly different directions.

    Whether the leadership team is aligned on the few things that matter.

  3. ERP & digital readiness

    A system is going in and the process underneath it is unclear.

    Whether the management system is ready for the enabling system.

  4. AI readiness

    Pressure to adopt, without the data or the decision discipline.

    Whether decisions, data and standards can carry automation.

  5. Exit & transferability

    The owner wants optionality within three to five years.

    Whether the business produces results without the founder.

  6. Leadership development

    Capability has to grow ahead of the plan.

    Whether leaders can run the system the strategy requires.

What is read

Ten architected elements.

Every lens reads the same ten elements of the operating architecture. That is what makes one score comparable to the next, and what turns a diagnostic into a baseline you can govern against.

  1. Economic truth
  2. Decision rights
  3. Operating cadence
  4. Standards & process
  5. Leadership capability
  6. Talent system
  7. Culture & trust
  8. Governance
  9. Customer & value stream
  10. Renewal (ARC™)

How it is governed

Clients participate. Compass governs the interpretation.

  1. You participate

    The executive team rates the same ten architected elements against the same definitions.

  2. Compass interprets

    Only a Compass Administrator generates, reviews and releases the read — never a self-service report.

  3. The record holds

    The assessment becomes the first stage of one permanent transformation record, not a one-off score.

Not sure where to start?

Three questions, and we point you to the right instrument.

Under a minute. From this page, most leaders begin with The organization.