Alignment — Dimension 3 of 8

Drift Detection

Problems and misalignments surface without someone having to notice and report them, while they are still correctable rather than after failure.

Drift Detection and organizational autonomy.

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What getting this right requires.

A score of 10 on Drift Detection means this dimension is fully resolved and no longer a constraint on the phases that follow. Here is what that requires in practice.

What each score level means.

The Autonomy Diagnostic scores Drift Detection on a 0 to 10 scale. Each point on the scale reflects a specific observable state in your organization.

1

Problems and misalignments are discovered only after they have caused damage with no proactive detection.

2

Problems and misalignments surface only when someone notices and decides the issue is worth raising.

3

Problems and misalignments surface through escalation, after they are already visible to someone else.

4

Problems and misalignments surface through regular check-ins, only as frequently as those meetings occur.

5

Problems and misalignments are still primarily detected through human observation and reporting.

6

Problems and misalignments surface through automated reports on a schedule but someone must still act on them.

7

Problems and misalignments surface through dashboards and alerts in certain areas without requiring someone to ask.

8

Problems and misalignments surface before they escalate in most domains and leaders act on early signals.

9

Problems and misalignments surface in real time without anyone having to report them.

10

Problems and misalignments surface automatically without anyone having to notice or report them while still correctable.

Drift Detection — common questions.

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Where does your organization stand on Drift Detection?

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