ADAPTIVE ADOPTION™ — DIAGNOSTIC SUITE

Free Tools for AI Change Leaders,
Thinkers, and Builders

Research-grounded diagnostic instruments for understanding your organization's AI adoption readiness. Take an assessment, see your results, and explore the frameworks behind them. All free. All open.

  1. 1 These tools are prototype-grade. For production-grade or enterprise-scale deployment, contact me about licensing.
  2. 2 Note each tool's epistemic status — some are rules of thumb, others are fully validated psychometrics. The rating is shown on every tool card.
  3. 3 Across the 20 pillars of Adaptive Adoption there will be fifty or so tools. If you'd like to contribute a tool, contact me about repository access.
  4. 4 Results are anonymous — no email gating — and aggregated in a database for research.
Adaptive Adoption Framework — three layers: Leadership Delta, Behavioral Governance, Change Agility

ADAPTIVE ADOPTION™ TOOLKIT

20 Pillars · 88 Tools · 13 Live · Building in the Open

ADAPTIVE ADOPTION™ · FLAGSHIP INSTRUMENT

Adaptive Adoption
Behavioral Index™

The comprehensive organisational diagnostic. Twenty pillars across three domains, scored against six maturity levels — from Unexamined to Adapting. Grounded in enacted behaviour, not stated intention. Takes 15–20 minutes.

Change Agility · 7 Leadership Delta · 7 Behavioral Governance · 6

Original framework © Paul Gibbons · Adaptive Adoption™ · Layer 1 self-report · v0.1

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SECTION 1

Change Agility — The Flywheel

Seven pillars of adaptive capacity for individuals, teams, and organizations navigating AI adoption.

PILLAR 1 · MASTER THE CRAFT 5 min

AI Mastery Self-Assessment

12 questions. Know/Do/Build × 4 levels.

Research-grounded, heuristic · Original framework (Gibbons 2026) · v0.5

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EMBRACE COMPLEXITY · CYNEFIN 7 min

Cynefin Domain Diagnostic

7 questions, live quadrant reading, turbulence dial.

Established framework · Snowden & Boone (2007) · Items original · v0.4

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PEOPLE FIRST · HUMAN FLOURISHING 4 min

Human Flourishing at Work (PERMA)

15 statements across PERMA dimensions.

Established framework · Seligman PERMA (2011) · Items © Gibbons · Educational use

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PEOPLE FIRST · IKIGAI 3 min

Ikigai Diagnostic

12 statements. Love/Good At/World Needs/Paid For.

Japanese ikigai tradition · Items © Paul Gibbons (Spirituality of Work and Leadership) · Reflective use

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CHANGE AGILITY · MASTER THE CRAFT 10–12 min

AI Mastery Self-Assessment

A 21-question behavioral self-assessment across 7 dimensions — Civics, Metacognition, Ethics, Concepts, Skills, Creativity, and Orchestration. Produces a scored mastery profile with radar chart and downloadable development brief. Browser-only, no data stored.

Structured self-assessment · AI Mastery Framework · Original — Gibbons 2026 · v0.1

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SECTION 2

Leadership Delta — The Torque

The torque applied by leaders — behaviours, beliefs, modelling, and systemic capacity — that determines whether AI adoption actually turns.

LEADERSHIP DELTA · ACTIVE MODELING 10–15 min

Personal Context Passport

Portable, auditable AI context artifact. A guided interview produces downloadable Markdown, JSON, and an agent brief. Browser-only, no data stored in v0.

Structured self-authored artifact · Not psychometric · v0.1

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CREATIVE CULTIVATION · EKVALL 8 min

Creative Climate Diagnostic (Ekvall)

20 questions, 10 dimensions.

Research-grounded · Ekvall (1996) · Instrument validation pending · v0.3

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TRUST CALIBRATION · RIST 12 min

RIST Trust Diagnostic

32 questions. Over/under-trust detection.

Research-grounded · Original operationalization · Construct validation planned · v0.3

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SYSTEMS ORCHESTRATION · CLD Interactive

Causal Loop Diagram Builder

Map feedback loops. R and B loops auto-detected.

Systems thinking tool · Meadows (2008) · Educational / exploratory

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LEADERSHIP DELTA · ADAPTIVE ADOPTION 12–15 min

Leadership Delta Scoresheet

Score one or up to 4 leadership teams across 7 Leadership Delta dimensions — 3 indicators each, 1-5 scale, total 105. Produces radar chart overlay, dimension bar chart, heat map, and downloadable reports per team plus cross-team comparison. Browser-only, no data stored.

Consultant-grade diagnostic · AI Leadership Delta™ · Original — Gibbons 2026 · v0.1

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SECTION 3

Behavioral Governance — The Architecture

Diagnostics for the structures that both constrain and enable AI deployment — decision rights, agent authority, risk intelligence, and governance as a learning system.

BEHAVIORAL GOVERNANCE · GOVERNANCE INTELLIGENCE 5–7 min

AI Governance Gap Finder

Six-dimension diagnostic measuring the gap between governance policy and governance practice. Traffic-light scoring across Decision Rights, Agent Authority, Risk Intelligence, Governance Intelligence, 1st-Derivative Talent, and Strategic Coherence. Outputs a board briefing, full report, and JSON.

Structured self-assessment artifact · Three-Layer Protocol · v0.1

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BEHAVIORAL GOVERNANCE · DECISION RIGHTS 5 min

Decision Rights Quick-Map

Eight-question diagnostic mapping AI decision authority. Outputs Decision Velocity score, Shadow AI Risk rating, and Accountability Clarity. Browser-only, no data stored.

Structured self-assessment artifact · Decision Rights dimension · v0.1

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WHAT YOU GET

See where you stand

Results are instant and visual — animated bars, dimension breakdowns, and plain-language interpretation.

AI Mastery · Level Breakdown

Creative Climate · Dimension Scores

RIST Trust · Calibration View

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