Work out what to build, and whether you’re ready to build it.
Free online tools from Redgum and the book Building Capability. One account keeps everything, so each tool adds to a fuller picture of where new capability would pay off in your business.
How it works
- Name your company or project. Thinking about more than one business, division or idea? Add each one. They keep their own answers, and you can switch between them.
- Work through the tools in any order. Most take five to ten minutes. Your account suggests the next most useful step.
- Watch the picture build. Which process to build first, whether your people will adopt it, what the problem costs today, and what’s holding the business back.
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Two places to start
Which system should you build first? For businesses with more problems to fix than budget to fix them. Name your top five problem areas, score each one, and see which to build first.
Is your idea actually a product? For experts with know-how worth packaging. Find out whether your idea could become a product people pay for, and what to fix first.
The full kit
Choose what to build
- Which system should you build first? Score each problem area on pain, reach, clarity, readiness and backing.
- Entry Point Prioritiser. Weigh your top candidates on value, strategy and what you can achieve, then choose one.
- Proof of Value Designer. Put a dollar figure on the problem and define the result your first phase must prove.
- Build, Buy or Borrow. Custom, off-the-shelf or hybrid, decided by where your competitive advantage lives.
Get ready to build
- People Readiness Audit. Find the adoption risks before go-live. A system nobody uses is a cost, not a capability.
- Leadership Posture Check. An honest self-assessment of the leadership behaviours that decide the outcome.
- Hidden IP Audit. Surface the know-how in people’s heads and spreadsheets, and how exposed it is.
Play the long game
- Long Game Capability Audit. How transferable your business is today, and what the next five years could look like.
- Plateau Risk Assessment. For builds already underway: catch the signs that momentum is fading, or that you’re building too fast.
For experts
- Is your idea actually a product? Ten questions on the problem, the market, your know-how, your resources and your drive.
Worked through with Redgum
Four of the book’s tools are where the picture turns into a plan. They work best as a working session together. Everything in your account comes with you, so we start from your answers, not a blank page.
The examples below are for a fictional business, Smith Earthworks.
Business Landscape Map
See how your business actually works, not how the org chart says it does. You walk away with one picture your leadership team agrees on, every step where time and money leak out, and your single points of failure named. About the Business Landscape Map.
Three Horizons Mapper
Find the opportunities you’re not looking for yet. You walk away with a longer, better list, sorted into doing things better, doing them differently, and things that don’t exist yet. About the Three Horizons Mapper.
Big Picture Planner
Decide what you’re really building towards, then make sure the first step points at it. You walk away with the ambition in your words, and the story to take to your partners, board or bank. About the Big Picture Planner.
Capability Roadmap Builder
Turn everything in your account into a plan you can fund one phase at a time. You walk away with a 12 to 36 month roadmap, with a proof of value and budget range for every phase. About the Capability Roadmap Builder.
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