Transformation Launchpad®

Change isn’t easy; it never has!


Transformation Launchpad® is an easy-to-use methodology of principles, tools and practices, enabling a coherent, consistent, accountable, and repeatable way to discover, assess, design, execute and realise value from business transformation and organisational change initiatives.

  • What's In It

    The  Transformation  Launchpad is a one stop location to find frameworks, online assessment tools, and downloadable templates. 


     - Structured Change Management framework

     - Online assessment tools and calculators

     - Downloadable templates

     - Access to North Sakara's expert Transformation Change Practitioners

  • Who Should Use It

    The Transformation Launchpad is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or contributing to realising the expected benefits of a technology change.  For maximum effect, you should use the Transformation Launched in conjunction with solid project management —without these elements, change management is likely to fail.


    Typical users of the Transformation Adoption Launchpad will include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Practitioner Toolkit - CPT

Change Management Practitioners are today required to plan, implement and successfully manage the deployment and impact of change. The CPT is an easy to use toolkit packed with online tools, playbooks, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights and many more.

  • What's In It

    The Change Practitioner Toolkit (CCT) is an easy to use toolkit packed with online tools, playbooks, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights and many more. 


     - Technology Adoption Launchpad®

     - Go-No-Go Readiness Assessment Framework & Calculator (coming soon)

     - Transformation Launchpad®Master Workbook (80 plus slide deck)

     - 8-point guide to creating a comms plan

     - 7-point guide to managing resistance to change

     - 6-pont guide to developing a change champions community

     -  5-point guide to creating a training plan

     - Change team role profiles

     - Downloadable templates including, stakeholder register, change impact and risk assessment, resources planning workbook, change champions community development workbook)

  • Who Should Use It

    This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Change Management Practitioner.


    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Transformation Leader's Toolbox

We've created this Toolkit after 4,000+ hours of work by ex-EY Management Consultant who specialised in galvanising human ingenuity with technology to create positive transformation outcomes for people, businesses and society. This toolkit provides them with Frameworks, Best Practice Step by Step Guides, Online Assessment Calculators, Downloadable Templates and carefully selected thought leadership articles fit for Transformation Leaders. 

  • What's In It

    The  Transformation Leader's Toolbox is a one stop location to find frameworks, online assessment tools, and downloadable templates. 


     - Frameworks

    - Toolkits

    - Best-Practice Guides

    - Templates

    - Assessment Calculators

    - Real=Life Practical Examples

    - Thought Leadership Insights

    - Dedicated Virtual Consultant

  • Who Should Use It

    This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Transformation Leader.


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal.io®.

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Transformation Launchpad®

Change isn’t easy; it never has!


Transformation Launchpad® is an easy-to-use methodology of principles, tools and practices, enabling a coherent, consistent, accountable, and repeatable way to discover, assess, design, execute and realise value from business transformation and organisational change initiatives.

  • What's In It

    The  Transformation Launchpad® is a one stop location to find frameworks, online assessment tools, and downloadable templates. 


     - Structured Change Management framework

     - Online assessment tools and calculators

     - Downloadable templates

     - Access to North Sakara's expert Transformation Change Practitioners

  • Who Should Use It

    The Transformation Launchpad® is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or contributing to realising the expected benefits of a technology change.  For maximum effect, you should use the Transformation Launchpad® in conjunction with solid project management —without these elements, change management is likely to fail.


    Typical users of the Transformation Launchpad® will include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Transformation Launchpad®

Change isn’t easy; it never has!


The Transformation Launchpad® is an easy-to-use methodology of principles, tools and practices, enabling a coherent, consistent, accountable, and repeatable way to discover, assess, design, execute and realise value from business transformation and organisational change initiatives.

  • What's In It

    The  Transformation Launchpad is a one stop location to find frameworks, online assessment tools, and downloadable templates. 


     - Structured Change Management framework

     - Online assessment tools and calculators

     - Downloadable templates

     - Access to North Sakara's expert Transformation Change Practitioners

  • Who Should Use It

    The Transformation Launchpad is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or contributing to realising the expected benefits of a technology change.  For maximum effect, you should use the Transformation Launched in conjunction with solid project management —without these elements, change management is likely to fail.


    Typical users of the Transformation Launchpad will include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Practitioner Toolkit - CPT

Change Management Practitioners are today required to plan, implement and successfully manage the deployment and impact of change. The CPT is an easy to use toolkit packed with online tools, playbooks, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights and many more.

  • What's In It

    The  Transformation Leader's Toolbox is a one stop location to find frameworks, online assessment tools, and downloadable templates. 


     - Frameworks

    - Toolkits

    - Best-Practice Guides

    - Templates

    - Assessment Calculators

    - Real=Life Practical Examples

    - Thought Leadership Insights

    - Dedicated Virtual Consultant

  • Who Should Use It

    This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Change Management Practitioner.


    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a change management practitioner, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Transformation Leaders Toolbox

We've created this Toolkit after 4,000+ hours of work by ex-EY Management Consultant who specialised in galvanising human ingenuity with technology to create positive transformation outcomes for people, businesses and society. This toolkit provides them with Frameworks, Best Practice Step by Step Guides, Online Assessment Calculators, Downloadable Templates and carefully selected thought leadership articles fit for Transformation Leaders. 


  • What's In It

    The  Transformation Leader's Toolbox is a one stop location to find frameworks, online assessment tools, and downloadable templates. 


     - Frameworks

    - Toolkits

    - Best-Practice Guides

    - Templates

    - Assessment Calculators

    - Real=Life Practical Examples

    - Thought Leadership Insights

    - Dedicated Virtual Consultant

  • Who Should Use It

    This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Transformation Leader.


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal.io®.

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Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook.

The Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook is a 100-page slide deck modelled around the four-phased Transformation Launchpad framework of Change Discovery, Change Design, Change Execution, and Change Value Realisation. In addition, the workbook is fully 'loaded' with templates and sample entries of each phase of the Transformation Launchpad framework.

  • What's In It

    The Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook is a 100-page slide deck modelled around the four-phased Transformation Launchpad framework of Change Discovery, Change Design, Change Execution, and Change Value Realisation. You will find the following the workbook.


     - Structured framework to change management

     -  50 plus samples and examples

     - 50 plus templates to fill in

     - Links to downloadable resources

     - Links to resources in the Transforamtion Launchpad


  • Who Should Use It

    The CPE Master Work is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors


    For maximum effect, you should use the CPE Master Workbook in conjunction the Transformation Launchpad® from North Sakara.

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook

The Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook is a 100-page slide deck modelled around the four-phased Transformation Launchpad framework of Change Discovery, Change Design, Change Execution, and Change Value Realisation. In addition, the workbook is fully 'loaded' with templates and sample entries of each phase of the Transformation Launchpad framework.

  • What's In It

    The Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook is a 100-page slide deck modelled around the four-phased Transformation Launchpad framework of Change Discovery, Change Design, Change Execution, and Change Value Realisation. You will find the following the workbook.


     - Structured framework to change management

     -  50 plus samples and examples

     - 50 plus templates to fill in

     - Links to downloadable resources

     - Links to resources in the Transformation Launchpad


  • Who Should Use It

    The CPE Master Work is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors


    For maximum effect, you should use the CPE Master Workbook in conjunction the Technology Adoption Launchpad® from North Sakara.

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Readiness Assessment Tool (CRaT)

Before implementing a transformational change initiative, you should assess its reception among key stakeholders and impacted groups and its likelihood of success. CRaT is an easy-to-use online tool developed based on six (6) readiness assessment pillars. Using the CRaT, you can evaluate potential challenges in initiating and implementing your change and proactively address them before you begin.

  • What's In It

    The Change Readiness Assessment Tool (CRaT), is an easy-to-use online resource for calculating your organisation's readiness to initiate and successfully implement a transformational change programme. 


    Built around six readiness assessment pillars described below:


    - Vision & Leadership

    - Outcomes

    - Commitment

    - Efficacy

    - Knowledge

    - Resource


    Under each assessment pillar, you will answer a minimum of 5 related questions. Once complete, a readiness score (%) is generated based on your submissions. Based on the readiness score, CRaT will produce a readiness rating of one of the following: Very high readiness, high readiness, moderate readiness, low readiness, or very low readiness.


    After completing all readiness pillars, CRaT will generate an overall readiness score and rating.


    Finally, CRaT will produce an interim risk assessment and a set of recommendations.


    Simple online charts accompany CRaT to help make sense of your assessment results.

  • Who Should Use It

    CRaT is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or supporting the initiation of a transformational change programme. This could be:


    - End Users of Change

    - Transformation Sponsors

    - Transformation Directors

    - Change Management Consultants

    - Programme and Project Managers

    - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook.

The Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook is a 100-page slide deck modelled around the four-phased Transformation Launchpad framework of Change Discovery, Change Design, Change Execution, and Change Value Realisation. In addition, the workbook is fully 'loaded' with templates and sample entries of each phase of the Transformation Launchpad framework.

  • What's In It

    The Change Planning & Execution (CPE) Master Workbook is a 100-page slide deck modelled around the four-phased Transformation Launchpad framework of Change Discovery, Change Design, Change Execution, and Change Value Realisation. You will find the following the workbook.


     - Structured framework to change management

     -  50 plus samples and examples

     - 50 plus templates to fill in

     - Links to downloadable resources

     - Links to resources in the Transforamtion Launchpad


  • Who Should Use It

    The CPE Master Work is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors


    For maximum effect, you should use the CPE Master Workbook in conjunction the Transformation Launchpad® from North Sakara.

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Readiness Assessment Tool (CRaT)

Before implementing a transformational change initiative, you should assess its reception among key stakeholders and impacted groups and its likelihood of success. CRaT is an easy-to-use online tool developed based on six (6) readiness assessment pillars. Using the CRaT, you can evaluate potential challenges in initiating and implementing your change and proactively address them before you begin.

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  • What's In It

    The Change Readiness Assessment Tool (CRaT), is an easy-to-use online resource for calculating your organisation's readiness to initiate and successfully implement a transformational change programme. 


    Built around six readiness assessment pillars described below:


    - Vision & Leadership

    - Outcomes

    - Commitment

    - Efficacy

    - Knowledge

    - Resource


    Under each assessment pillar, you will answer a minimum of 5 related questions. Once complete, a readiness score (%) is generated based on your submissions. Based on the readiness score, CRaT will produce a readiness rating of one of the following: Very high readiness, high readiness, moderate readiness, low readiness, or very low readiness.


    After completing all readiness pillars, CRaT will generate an overall readiness score and rating.


    Finally, CRaT will produce an interim risk assessment and a set of recommendations.


    Simple online charts accompany CRaT to help make sense of your assessment results.

  • Who Should Use It

    CRaT is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or supporting the initiation of a transformational change programme. This could be:


    - End Users of Change

    - Transformation Sponsors

    - Transformation Directors

    - Change Management Consultants

    - Programme and Project Managers

    - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Impact Assessment (CIA) Calculator

Knowing what is changing, who is impacted, and assessing the risks that change exposes your organisation to is crucial to successful transformation. The Change Impact Assessment Calculator is created based on the Change Impact Assessment Model developed by North Sakara (creators of the changeportal).


In creating the Change Impact Assessment Model, our expert consultants focused on four areas for assessing change impact. Learn more below.

  • What's In It

    The Change Impact Assessment Calculator is created based on the Change Impact Assessment Model developed by North Sakara (creators of the changeportal). In creating the Change Impact Assessment Model, our expert consultants focused on four areas for assessing change impact. These are:


    • Reach: assessing the reach and size of the change is essential to understanding how big or small the impact of the change is.
    • Complexity: Assessing how complex the intended change is is crucial to understanding the scope and impact of the change.
    • Business Continuity: assessing the disruption to business services and downstream systems during the change is fundamental to understanding the change's impact fully.
    • Prior experience: assessing the organisation's previous experience implementing a change programme of this scale and complexity provides valuable insight.

  • Who Should Use It

    The Change Impact Assessment Calculator is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or supporting the initiation of a transformational change programme. This could be:


    - Transformation Sponsors

    - Transformation Directors

    - Change Management Consultants

    - Programme and Project Managers

    - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Impact Assessment (CIA) Calculator

Knowing what is changing, who is impacted, and assessing the risks that change exposes your organisation to is crucial to successful transformation. The Change Impact Assessment Calculator is created based on the Change Impact Assessment Model developed by North Sakara (creators of the changeportal). In creating the Change Impact Assessment Model, our expert consultants focused on four areas for assessing change impact. Learn more below.

  • What's In It

    The Change Impact Assessment Calculator is created based on the Change Impact Assessment Model developed by North Sakara (creators of the changeportal). In creating the Change Impact Assessment Model, our expert consultants focused on four areas for assessing change impact. These are:


    • Reach: assessing the reach and size of the change is essential to understanding how big or small the impact of the change is.
    • Complexity: Assessing how complex the intended change is is crucial to understanding the scope and impact of the change.
    • Business Continuity: assessing the disruption to business services and downstream systems during the change is fundamental to understanding the change's impact fully.
    • Prior experience: assessing the organisation's previous experience implementing a change programme of this scale and complexity provides valuable insight.

  • Who Should Use It

    The Change Impact Assessment Calculator is designed for use by anyone tasked with leading or supporting the initiation of a transformational change programme. This could be:


    - Transformation Sponsors

    - Transformation Directors

    - Change Management Consultants

    - Programme and Project Managers

    - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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High-Performance Change Assessment Calculator

While change is taking place, your organisation should not only realise the benefits of the change. However, it should also improve business performance, develop the culture and capability, and ensure that the organisation is in an excellent position to undertake future change. 


The high-performance change assessment calculator is developed based on the High-Performance Change Model from North Sakara, which focuses on four (4) high-performance pillars. Learn more below.

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  • What's In It

    While change is taking place, your organisation should not only realise the benefits of the change. However, it should also improve business performance, develop the culture and capability, and ensure that the organisation is in an excellent position to undertake future change. The high-performance change assessment calculator is developed based on the High-Performance Change Model from North Sakara, which focuses on four (4) high-performance pillars.

    • Benefits Realisation
    • Business Performance
    • Culture & Capability
    • Future Change

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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High-Performance Change Assessment Calculator

While change is taking place, your organisation should not only realise the benefits of the change. However, it should also improve business performance, develop the culture and capability, and ensure that the organisation is in an excellent position to undertake future change. 


The high-performance change assessment calculator is developed based on the High-Performance Change Model from North Sakara, which focuses on four (4) high-performance pillars. Learn more below.

  • What's In It

    While change is taking place, your organisation should not only realise the benefits of the change. However, it should also improve business performance, develop the culture and capability, and ensure that the organisation is in an excellent position to undertake future change. The high-performance change assessment calculator is developed based on the High-Performance Change Model from North Sakara, which focuses on four (4) high-performance pillars.

    • Benefits Realisation
    • Business Performance
    • Culture & Capability
    • Future Change

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Champions Community Setup Guide.

Change Champions drive engagement in business and user adoption of change. In a technology rollout, change champions focus on driving adoption and proficiency of usage of the new technology. Change champions help reduce the pressure on the adoption and change team throughout the technology rollout.


  • What's In It

    The Change Champions Community Setup Guide is a 25-page slide deck modelled around the six-step process to setting up a community of Change Champions. You will find the following the workbook.


     - Structured framework to setting up a Change Champions community.

     -  Samples and examples

     - Templates to fill in

     - Links to downloadable resources

     - Links to resources in the Technology Adoption Launchpad


  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the setup of Change Champions community.


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Champions Community

Setup Guide

Change Champions drive engagement in business and user adoption of change. In a technology rollout, change champions focus on driving adoption and proficiency of usage of the new technology. Change champions help reduce the pressure on the adoption and change team throughout the technology rollout.


  • What's In It

    The Change Champions Community Setup Guide is a 25-page slide deck modelled around the six-step process to setting up a community of Change Champions. You will find the following the workbook.


     - Structured framework to setting up a Change Champions community.

     -  Samples and examples

     - Templates to fill in

     - Links to downloadable resources

     - Links to resources in the Technology Adoption Launchpad


  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the setup of Change Champions community.


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Discovery Workshop Prep Workbook

Conduct a series of pre-workshop consultations with your executive sponsor and team members to identify potential key stakeholders and business objectives and challenges. Use this change discovery workshop workbook template as a guide to to validate findings from your pre-workshop consultations and brainstorm with workshop participants to assess current business challenges and expected business benefits. Finally, create a Change Management Strategy. 


  • What's In It

    Three pre-populated worksheet templates on:


     - Pre-workshop Q&A

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 1

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 2

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Impact & Risk Assessment Workbook.

Knowing what is changing, who is impacted, and assessing the risks that change exposes your organisation to is a crucial to achieving successful transformation change. This calculator will accept a mix of input parameters to calculate the degree of risk that your organisational could potentially be exposed to. It will also provide recommendations on what steps you should take to reduce your organisation's risk exposure.

  • What's In It

    This excel-based workbook is model around a 3-step process:


    - Change Discovery & Impact Assessment

    - Organisational Readiness Assessment

    - Readiness Dashboard

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the setup of Change Champions community.


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Risk Assessment Workbook

Knowing what is changing, who is impacted, and assessing the risks that change exposes your organisation to is a crucial to achieving successful transformation change. This calculator will accept a mix of input parameters to calculate the degree of risk that your organisational could potentially be exposed to. It will also provide recommendations on what steps you should take to reduce your organisation's risk exposure.

  • What's In It

    This excel-based workbook is model around a 3-step process:


    - Change  Impact Assessment

    - Change Readiness Assessment

    - Readiness Dashboard

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the setup of Change Champions community.


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Resources Planning Workbook

Conduct a series of pre-workshop consultations with your executive sponsor and team members to identify potential key stakeholders and business objectives and challenges. Use this change discovery workshop workbook template as a guide to to validate findings from your pre-workshop consultations and brainstorm with workshop participants to assess current business challenges and expected business benefits. Finally, create a Change Management Strategy. 


  • What's In It

    Three pre-populated worksheet templates on:


     - Pre-workshop Q&A

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 1

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 2

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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5-point guide to creating a training plan.

When managing change, it is crucial to appreciate that the success or failure of your change initiative hinges on the successful adoption of the change. More often than not, to achieve adoption, people impacted by the change may require new knowledge and the right skills to successfully transition from the old to new ways of working. A training plan that defines how users will be trained is therefore required.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the creation of a training plan for a transformation change initiative. 


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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5-point guide and framework to creating a training plan

When managing change, it is crucial to appreciate that the success or failure of your change initiative hinges on the successful adoption of the change. More often than not, to achieve adoption, people impacted by the change may require new knowledge and the right skills to successfully transition from the old to new ways of working. A training plan that defines how users will be trained is therefore required.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the creation of a training plan for a transformation change initiative. 


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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6-point guide and framework to setting up a Change Champions community

Change Champions drive engagement in business and user adoption of change. In a technology rollout, change champions focus on driving adoption and proficiency of usage of the new technology. Champions help reduce the pressure on the adoption and change team. This guide will help you through process of building a change champions community.

  • What's In It

    Creating a Change Champions community requires clear thinking and a methodological approach to ensure buy-in at all levels of the organisation. 


    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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7-point guide and framework to managing resistance to change.

Today, organisations are undergoing unpreceded change – from the impacts of COVID-19 to the recent cost of living crisis. For organisations to adapt to these changes and realise value, people need to adopt new ways of working, including subtle and significant organisational changes. Intentionally managing resistance to change is crucial to success. But what we know for sure is that resistance to change is a normal behaviour. This guide looks at some of the techniques you can deploy to manage change resistance.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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7-point guide and framework to managing resistance to change

Today, organisations are undergoing unpreceded change – from the impacts of COVID-19 to the recent cost of living crisis. For organisations to adapt to these changes and realise value, people need to adopt new ways of working, including subtle and significant organisational changes. Intentionally managing resistance to change is crucial to success. But what we know for sure is that resistance to change is a normal behaviour. This guide looks at some of the techniques you can deploy to manage change resistance.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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8-point guide and framework to creating a communications plan

Communications is a crucial process embedded into every stage of an organisation's major transformation's life cycle. From start up, through implementation, until and even after closure of a transformation programme, communications plays a key role in its success. This step by step guide starts from identifying impact audience to defining key messages to creating the appropriate content to accompany the key messages, and ends at the drafting and launching of the communications plan.

  • What's In It

    The Change Practitioner Toolkit (CCT) is an easy to use toolkit packed with online tools, playbooks, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights and many more. 


     - Technology Adoption Launchpad®

     - Go-No-Go Readiness Assessment Framework & Calculator (coming soon)

     - Transformation Launchpad®Master Workbook (80 plus slide deck)

     - 8-point guide to creating a comms plan

     - 7-point guide to managing resistance to change

     - 6-pont guide to developing a change champions community

     -  5-point guide to creating a training plan

     - Change team role profiles

     - Downloadable templates including, stakeholder register, change impact and risk assessment, resources planning workbook, change champions community development workbook)

  • Who Should Use It

    This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Change Management Practitioner.


    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Executive Sponsor.

Executive sponsors help the transformation team identify and prioritise top business needs. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Executive Sponsor

Executive sponsors help the transformation team identify and prioritise top business needs. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Success Owner

Success Owners ensure business goals are realised by helping people use and get value from the change, in this case, a new technology deployment. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Change Manager.

Change Managers lead the change team to focus on the people side of change. They focus on designing and implementing a structured change management approach for change initiatives. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Change Manager

Change Managers lead the change team to focus on the people side of change. They focus on designing and implementing a structured change management approach for change initiatives. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Communications Manager

Communication managers oversee all internal and external communications before, during and after a transformation change. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Training Manager.

Training Managers or Learning and Development Managers manage and oversee the learning needs of end users during a transformation change programme. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Training Manager

Training Managers or Learning and Development Managers manage and oversee the learning needs of end users during a transformation change programme. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Early Adopters

Identifying and appointing early adopters helps the organisation manage the inevitable ambiguity and uncertainty associated with implementing change. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Champions Community Setup Guide

Change Champions drive engagement in business and user adoption of change. In a technology rollout, change champions focus on driving adoption and proficiency of usage of the new technology. Change champions help reduce the pressure on the adoption and change team throughout the technology rollout.

  • What's In It

    The Change Champions Community Setup Guide is a 25-page slide deck modelled around the six-step process to setting up a community of Change Champions. You will find the following the workbook.


     - Structured framework to setting up a Change Champions community.

     -  Samples and examples

     - Templates to fill in

     - Links to downloadable resources

     - Links to resources in the Technology Adoption Launchpad


  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the setup of Change Champions community.


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Discovery Workshop Prep Workbook

Conduct a series of pre-workshop consultations with your executive sponsor and team members to identify potential key stakeholders and business objectives and challenges. Use this change discovery workshop workbook template as a guide to to validate findings from your pre-workshop consultations and brainstorm with workshop participants to assess current business challenges and expected business benefits. Finally, create a Change Management Strategy. 


  • What's In It

    Three pre-populated worksheet templates on:


     - Pre-workshop Q&A

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 1

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 2

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Change Risk Assessment Workbook

Knowing what is changing, who is impacted, and assessing the risks that change exposes your organisation to is a crucial to achieving successful transformation change. This calculator will accept a mix of input parameters to calculate the degree of risk that your organisational could potentially be exposed to. It will also provide recommendations on what steps you should take to reduce your organisation's risk exposure.

  • What's In It

    This excel-based workbook is model around a 3-step process:


    - Change Discovery & Impact Assessment

    - Organisational Readiness Assessment

    - Readiness Dashboard

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the setup of Change Champions community.


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Resources Planning Workbook

Conduct a series of pre-workshop consultations with your executive sponsor and team members to identify potential key stakeholders and business objectives and challenges. Use this change discovery workshop workbook template as a guide to to validate findings from your pre-workshop consultations and brainstorm with workshop participants to assess current business challenges and expected business benefits. Finally, create a Change Management Strategy. 


  • What's In It

    Three pre-populated worksheet templates on:


     - Pre-workshop Q&A

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 1

     - Workshop Agenda - Day 2

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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5-point guide to creating a training plan

When managing change, it is crucial to appreciate that the success or failure of your change initiative hinges on the successful adoption of the change. More often than not, to achieve adoption, people impacted by the change may require new knowledge and the right skills to successfully transition from the old to new ways of working. A training plan that defines how users will be trained is therefore required.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with designing or supervising the creation of a training plan for a transformation change initiative. 


    This may include any of the following people:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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6-point guide and framework to setting up a Change Champions community

Change Champions drive engagement in business and user adoption of change. In a technology rollout, change champions focus on driving adoption and proficiency of usage of the new technology. Champions help reduce the pressure on the adoption and change team. This guide will help you through process of building a change champions community.

  • What's In It

    Creating a Change Champions community requires clear thinking and a methodological approach to ensure buy-in at all levels of the organisation. 


    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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7-point guide and framework to managing resistance to change

Today, organisations are undergoing unpreceded change – from the impacts of COVID-19 to the recent cost of living crisis. For organisations to adapt to these changes and realise value, people need to adopt new ways of working, including subtle and significant organisational changes. Intentionally managing resistance to change is crucial to success. But what we know for sure is that resistance to change is a normal behaviour. This guide looks at some of the techniques you can deploy to manage change resistance.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A step-by-step framework

     - List of specific activities to be completed

     - List of deliverables

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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8-point guide and framework to creating a communications plan

Communications is a crucial process embedded into every stage of an organisation's major transformation's life cycle. From start up, through implementation, until and even after closure of a transformation programme, communications plays a key role in its success. This step by step guide starts from identifying impact audience to defining key messages to creating the appropriate content to accompany the key messages, and ends at the drafting and launching of the communications plan.

  • What's In It

    The Change Practitioner Toolkit (CCT) is an easy to use toolkit packed with online tools, playbooks, assessments, templates, presentations, tutorials, research insights and many more. 


     - Technology Adoption Launchpad®

     - Go-No-Go Readiness Assessment Framework & Calculator (coming soon)

     - Transformation Launchpad®Master Workbook (80 plus slide deck)

     - 8-point guide to creating a comms plan

     - 7-point guide to managing resistance to change

     - 6-pont guide to developing a change champions community

     -  5-point guide to creating a training plan

     - Change team role profiles

     - Downloadable templates including, stakeholder register, change impact and risk assessment, resources planning workbook, change champions community development workbook)

  • Who Should Use It

    This toolkit provides change practitioners with online and downloadable tools, frameworks, and thought-leadership articles that supports the role of a Change Management Practitioner.


    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Executive Sponsor

Executive sponsors help the transformation team identify and prioritise top business needs. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Success Owner

Success Owners ensure business goals are realised by helping people use and get value from the change, in this case, a new technology deployment. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Change Manager

Change Managers lead the change team to focus on the people side of change. They focus on designing and implementing a structured change management approach for change initiatives. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Communications Manager

Communication managers oversee all internal and external communications before, during and after a transformation change. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Training Manager

Training Managers or Learning and Development Managers manage and oversee the learning needs of end users during a transformation change programme. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal D. Sakara Hamidu


    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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Role profile brief - Early Adopters

Identifying and appointing early adopters helps the organisation manage the inevitable ambiguity and uncertainty associated with implementing change. This online brief provides crucial insight into where in the organisation they would typically come from, what qualifications they would typically hold, their primary responsibilities, and their immediate priorities during transformation change.

  • What's In It

    In this guide, you will find:


     - A brief description of the role

     - Where within the organisation to look for a suitable person for this role

     - Suggested main responsibilities of this role

     - Links to related online tools and frameworks

     - Downloadable resources, including applicable MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel templates

  • Who Should Use It

    Anyone tasked with leading or supporting the discovery, design, execution and value realisation of a transformation change, and this may include:


     - Transformation Sponsors

     - Transformation Directors

     - Change Management Consultants

     - Programme and Project Managers

     - Line Managers and Supervisors

  • About the Creator

    Jamal is an ex-EY (formerly Ernst & Young) Management Consultant. He also previously worked as an Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank's Chief Data Office. He is currently the Founder and Managing Principal Consultant at North Sakara - creators of the changeportal®.

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