Enterprise Change Capability
3 months to a working change capability. 19 years and counting.
IMA Worldwide stands up your enterprise Center of Excellence, transfers the Accelerating Implementation Methodology, and leaves. Our oldest client CoE has sustained AIM for 19 years without us in the building. Our newest opened 3 months ago.
Enterprise change capability is a permanent, in-house ability to plan, run, and sustain change, housed in a Center of Excellence your own people operate. IMA Worldwide stands one up in about 3 months, matures it through year one, and transfers ownership: our oldest client CoE has run without us for 19+ years.
The Journey
From first initiative to internal change capability, in four stages.
Month 3
CoE Stand-Up
Your governance model, sponsor cadence, and first cohort of practitioners are in place. First initiative uses the AIM tools live.
Month 6
First Wins
Diagnostics running across the portfolio. Reinforcement structures in place. Practitioners handling their own initiatives with support.
Month 12
Mature Capability
The CoE runs on its own. Internal certification and licensing established. IMA Worldwide advisory only. Portfolio-level metrics tracking sustained adoption.
Year 2 onward
Sustained
Your CoE is your CoE. IMA Worldwide is not in the building. Some clients have sustained AIM this way for 19 years and counting.
What Gets Transferred
A Center of Excellence, not a consultant retainer.
The Methodology
The Accelerating Implementation Methodology, adapted to your industry and initiative portfolio. Includes the six non-delegable leadership tasks and the Express, Model, Reinforce leadership impact framework.
The Diagnostic Suite
35+ scored diagnostic instruments including the Implementation History Assessment, Individual Readiness Assessment, Targeted Reinforcement Index, and Implementation Risk Forecast. Deployed on the Comparative Agility platform.
Trained Practitioners
Your internal change agents are certified in the AIM methodology and licensed to deliver it. They own the discipline once IMA Worldwide transfers it. No annual practitioner headcount tied to us.
Governance and Reinforcement
Sponsor cadence, portfolio prioritization, reinforcement calendars, and executive reporting structures embedded into your existing operating rhythm. Not another layer, an existing one made deliberate.
Client CoEs, running today
How long do client CoEs keep running?
Every CoE on the ladder was stood up by IMA Worldwide and is now run by the client. That is what "capability transfer" looks like at scale.
Why AIM Makes CoEs Stick
Most methodologies leave when the consultants leave. AIM is built to stay.
Change management frameworks that live in consultant slide decks tend to die when the invoice does. The Accelerating Implementation Methodology is built the opposite way. It is a structured discipline your practitioners can run, backed by scored diagnostics that produce the same reading whether IMA Worldwide is in the room or not.
At the core: six non-delegable leadership tasks, an Express, Model, Reinforce ratio that puts reinforcement at three times the weight of communication, and a target-readiness framework that treats resistance as data rather than an obstacle to overcome.
Learn the methodology →How We Work
Four ways to bring AIM into your organization.
Flagship
Enterprise Change Capability
Stand up a Center of Excellence in 3 months. Mature it through year 1. Your practitioners run it from year 2 on. This is the engagement most enterprise clients start with.
Explore the engagement →Individual training
AIM Certification
Six virtual sessions or a four to five day intensive. For practitioners, HR leaders, and change agents.
See cohorts →Enterprise
AI Adoption Services
AIM applied to enterprise AI transformation. Close the gap between deploying AI and adopting it.
Explore AI adoption →Enterprise
M&A Integration
Post-merger integration change management. Culture, leadership alignment, and employee resistance across the integration.
Explore M&A →Recent Thinking
From the IMA Worldwide blog.
AI Change Management
When the Bartender Talks About Claude
A candid look at how ordinary people are adopting AI tools outside the corporate rollout, and what that tells us about readiness.
Change Readiness
Change Saturation: It's Not the Change, It's All of Them at Once
When change comes in waves with no room to breathe, the real issue isn't resistance to change: it's the constant disruption.
Resistance to Change
Rethinking Resistance to Change
Resistance isn't about attitude, it's a signal. Here is how to read it and use it to accelerate adoption.
Ready to stand up a change capability that outlasts us?
30 minutes with an IMA Worldwide implementation expert. We will map your current initiative portfolio, name the sponsorship gaps you already sense, and outline what your first 90 days would look like.
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