How do you start a change initiative?

You start a change initiative by first bringing the change into focus: what it is about, who carries it, who it touches, and what you measure success by. A wizard that leads you through that in a few minutes gives you a shared starting picture instead of a blank page.

What does a starting picture give you?

A starting picture brings the core of your change together in one place: the change itself, who it touches, your success criteria and a first listening mission. You can share it with your change team, so everyone sets out from the same picture.

Starting a change initiative

A change initiative rarely begins with a clear plan. It begins with a blank page and the question of where to start. The Cohentis wizard leads you as change manager through the core in a few minutes, so that from a first briefing or conversation you have a starting picture right away.

What the wizard asks you

The wizard is meant for you as change manager, to capture a first picture quickly. You fill it in yourself, based on what you already know from a first briefing or conversation with your sponsor. No workshop, no long process: in a few minutes you capture the core, so you have something to start from and sharpen together later.

The wizard runs through a handful of questions. What is the change about, in one sentence? Who carries it, who does it touch? How do you measure success, and by when? And which assumption do you want to test along the way? Your answers do not need to be finished. They form a first picture, which you enrich later with your steering committee.

From a blank page to a starting picture

The advantage of the wizard is speed without emptiness. Instead of starting with a blank document, after a few minutes you have a filled-in starting picture: the change sharpened, who it touches, your first criteria and a listening mission. You then share that picture with your steering committee, as a starting point for the real work on the shared why.

The wizard in the app: a handful of questions you fill in within minutes. — The wizard leads you step by step through the core of your change.

Immediately trackable, not a loose document

Many changes start with a kickoff document that then disappears into a drawer. What you fill in the wizard does not disappear: it is in the app right away as trackable work. Your milestone lands on the planning, your listening mission becomes a planned conversation, and everything together appears on your dashboard. That way the starting picture is not a snapshot, but the first step of your follow-up.

The wizard in the Cohentis companion app

The wizard in the example project: from a blank page to a shared starting picture.

The wizard leads you step by step through the core of your change. What you fill in is there straight away: your milestone on the planning with the date you chose, your first listening mission as a planned conversation under follow-up, and everything together on your dashboard. So you do not start with a blank page, but with a starting picture you can share with your change team right away and that is part of your follow-up from day one.

Make your first starting picture

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