01Select a vantage point
A board or C-suite respondent may see strategy and accountability differently from a functional leader. Choose the track that matches the decisions you can speak to, and answer against what is operating today rather than what is planned.
02Examine five pillars
The questions cover strategy and vision, people and culture, data and technology, governance and risk, and execution capability. Together they show where the organisation is ready to act and where a promising use case would stall.
03Read patterns, not just scores
A single high score can hide a critical dependency. The report should be read for combinations: a strong business case with weak data access, for example, calls for different next work from a capable platform with no sponsor.
04Choose a follow-up
Use the result to define the next conversation. That may be an Ascent discovery, a leadership workshop, a governance review or focused work on a data or process constraint.