The Change Readiness Map™

Not taking the step is information about access, not about character.

WHO IT IS FOR

• You know exactly what the first step is, and the week goes by without it

• You have been back at the start of this before, and you read that as failing

• Somebody suggested you do not want it enough, and part of you agreed

• You coach, lead, teach or parent, and more encouragement is making it worse

• You work neuroinclusively and need something that names access rather than motivation

WHAT IT IS

A four-ring wheel of six states of change. Thirty nervous system signals, five per state, in the words people actually use about themselves. And sixty prompts, two per signal: the smallest regulation available from that state, and the one percent step that state can carry.

Every change model asks how ready you are. None of them ask whether acting is currently available. This one does.

WHAT IT COMES WITH

• The Map — six states, thirty signals, sixty prompts. Runs in the browser, works on a phone

• The Check-in — twenty-four statements, 1 to 10, eight minutes, draws your spider chart

• The Manual — The Change Readiness Handbook, 31 pages, twelve chapters, thirteen cited sources

• The Workbook — Your Readiness Path, 21 pages A4, from the gate to one step with a time on it

• The Questionnaire — 4 pages A4, the same twenty-four statements on paper

• The Spider Charts — 3 pages A4, one large blank, four for the repeat rounds, one on reading the shape

• The print pack — print PDF scaling A1 to A4, high-resolution PNG

• An access card with your code and a permanent page with every file on it

HOW IT WORKS

1. Read the Manual and look at the wheel. Score nothing yet. ~20 min

2. Find your state from the signal ring, not from the names. ~10 min

3. Run the Check-in and plot your chart. ~10 min

4. Take the loudest state, run its regulation, write one step with a time on it. ~20 min

One state at a time. Six in one evening is how five get thought about and none get worked.

WHAT YOU END UP WITH

• One chart, and one state that is loudest

• Your signal, in words you recognize

• A regulation you take before the step

• One step, with a time on it

• A date to look again

What you will not get is a readiness score, a stage you have been assigned, or a diagnosis. That is deliberate, and it is the point.

USING IT WITH SOMEONE ELSE

Read the five signals of a state aloud and let the person recognise themselves, rather than telling them which state they are in.

Four rules hold everywhere:

• The chart belongs to the person who filled it in

• Never collect charts across a team — look at the conditions instead

• Do not tell somebody which state they are in. A state you assign to another person is an opinion with a colour attached

• Stay in scope. Trauma, crisis or a health question is a referral, not a coaching topic

WHAT IT IS NOT

• Not a test, not a diagnosis, not a readiness score

• Not a course — no videos, no lessons, nothing expires

• No norms, no cut-offs, no validation study. A high number is not a finding about you

• Not a substitute for assessment or care from a qualified professional

Physical causes produce the same picture — thyroid function, iron, sleep apnoea, medication, pain and hormonal change all show up as an inability to start. A blood test rules out more than a chart can.

HOW IT RUNS

In your browser, on a phone, laptop or desktop. Nothing to install, nothing uploaded, nothing stored. No login and no subscription — you get a code and a permanent page you can come back to whenever the picture changes.

LICENCE

• Private use — free. Your own change, your own thinking

• Practitioner — free. One named practitioner, unlimited clients

• Studio & Team — €139. Up to five named practitioners in one organisation

• Commercial — from €499. Publishing, platforms, organisation-wide use

Professional licences include the offline copy of the tool, all printables, the handbook, the print and licence guide and a licence certificate.

Built by Alexandra Robuste, author of Gentle Leading & Neurodivergence (Routledge). The reasoning behind the map is set out in "Change Models and Neurodivergence: The Change Readiness Map."