Is your Organisation Actually
Ready for transformation?
A readiness diagnostic built on a decade of peer-reviewed research at the University of Aberdeen Business School.
Most organisations decide they are ready for transformation. The people doing the work often disagree.
70-80% of transformation initiatives fail because no one checked whether the organisation was ready. CABAS is the scan before you invest.
OVER 15 YEARS RESEARCH
Science-backed. Developed from a decade of academic research.
%
Of Transformations Fail
The cause isn’t strategy or technology. It’s the gap between what leadership believes and what’s actually happening – the optimism bias no one measures until the money’s already spent.
Pathologies We Diagnose
We name the dysfunction patterns that derail transformation before they cost you £100K+.
Levels Compared
Leadership thinks one thing. Middle managers experience another. Frontline staff see the truth. CABAS triangulates all three to show you where you’re actually ready.
How it works
01
Setup
Three to seven team members complete a 30-minute online assessment.
02
Analysis
The platform compares what each level reports and surfaces the gaps a single-source survey cannot show.
03
Report
Scores, prioritised actions, and a roadmap, delivered within a few days. Grounded in published research.
04
Decision
You know where to fix, and where to wait, before the next major commitment is signed.
Total time investment: 3 to 7 team members at 30 minutes each. Report within a few days.
Most readiness tools measure the wrong thing
The gap that derails transformation is the one between what leadership believes is happening and what the people doing the work actually describe.
Most readiness assessments grade you against a scorecard. They tell you what stage your organisation has reached on paper. That is a useful starting point. It does not tell you whether the organisation can absorb the next change you are about to invest in.
For ten years we have been studying that distinction. The pattern is consistent across sectors and countries. The constraint is rarely the technology. It is the gap between what leadership and frontline staff each describe, and it is invisible from the inside.
We measure that gap, and what creates it. The output is a working diagnostic, peer-reviewed and published, and it sits in front of investment, not after.
Published research, not pattern matching
Built on peer-reviewed research, published in high-ranked journals, such as Industrial Marketing Management and the Journal of Business Research among others..
University of Aberdeen
Part of the Innovate UK ICURe programme, testing whether this research can become a useful commercial service.
It asks the whole organisation, not just the top
Leadership, middle management, and frontline complete the assessment. The diagnostic compares what each level reports, so the gaps a single-source survey cannot show are visible from day one.
Report within days
Scores, prioritised actions, and a roadmap, delivered within a few days of the assessment closing. No three-month wait. No 100-page report nobody reads.
Scotland Transformation Readiness Index 2026
In partnership with research and industry organisations across Scotland, we are the first national picture of how organisations are positioned to manage the changes ahead: AI, Net Zero, and digital and AI pressure. The survey is anonymous and takes ten minutes. Findings publish 5 August 2026. Sector benchmarks reported once 30 or more organisations respond in a sector.
Scotland TRI 2026
Scotland Transformation Readiness Index 2026
Take part in the TRI
Traditional Industries
Manufacturing, Construction & Logistics
Take Survey
Want a deeper look?
Join our Pilot or Get in touch with our team
Beyond the survey, we’re running a free pilot programme with a small number of companies. This involves a more detailed assessment, questionnaires across multiple people in your organisation, followed by analysis and a clear report with findings and recommendations.
Pilot participants help us refine the approach and get a free confidential assessment in return.
