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. 1These tools are prototype-grade. For production-grade or enterprise-scale deployment, contact me about licensing.
  2. 2Note each tool's epistemic status — some are rules of thumb, others are fully validated psychometrics. The rating is shown on every tool card.
  3. 3Across 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. 4Results 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 · 92 Tools · 16 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 · 7Leadership Delta · 7Behavioral Governance · 6

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

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Change Agility — The Flywheel

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

PILLAR 1 · MASTER THE CRAFT5 min

AI Knowledge Quick Quiz

12 questions. Quick gateway diagnostic — Know/Do/Build × 4 levels. Lightweight introduction before the full 7-dimension AI Mastery Self-Assessment.

Quick gateway diagnostic · Original — Gibbons 2026 · v0.5

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EMBRACE COMPLEXITY · CYNEFIN7 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 FLOURISHING4 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 · IKIGAI3 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 CRAFT10–12 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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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 MODELING10–15 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 · EKVALL8 min

Creative Climate Diagnostic (Ekvall)

20 questions, 10 dimensions.

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

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TRUST CALIBRATION · RIST12 min

RIST Trust Diagnostic

32 questions. Over/under-trust detection.

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

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LEADERSHIP DELTA · SELF5 min

Leadership Delta — Assess Yourself

Six brutally hard questions on leading AI — where the obvious answer is wrong.

Original framework © Paul Gibbons · Leadership Delta™ · Layer 1 self-report · v0.1

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LEADERSHIP DELTA · TEAM5 min

Leadership Delta — Assess Your Team

Six brutally hard questions on how your team leads AI — where the obvious answer is wrong.

Original framework © Paul Gibbons · Leadership Delta™ · Layer 1 self-report · v0.1

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LEADERSHIP DELTA · ORG5 min

Leadership Delta — Assess Your Organisation

Six brutally hard questions on how your organisation leads AI — where the obvious answer is wrong.

Original framework © Paul Gibbons · Leadership Delta™ · Layer 1 self-report · v0.1

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SYSTEMS ORCHESTRATION · CLDInteractive

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 ADOPTION12–15 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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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 INTELLIGENCE5–7 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 RIGHTS5 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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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