Tools and models for thriving organisations

Through our work with clients and ongoing research into thriving organisations, we have developed a range of tools and models.

These tools support our work, and we have made them available to download and use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial licence.

Communities of Practice tools and models

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Community of practice maturity model

Identify the maturity stage for your community of practice against the Tacit model.

Download the model

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Community of practice canvas

Get your community started using the canvas to guide you through the right questions.

Download the canvas

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Community of practice review tool

Assess how effective your community of practice is with this five-question survey.

Use the tool

Communities of Practice Organisational Maturity Model

Assess whether your organisation has the right conditions in place for communities of practice to thrive.

Download the model



Effective Organisational Models and Tools

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The Team Onion

Miro and mural boards to support using the Team Onion model, to help keep teams small, break down silos and create shared responsibility across team boundaries.

Download the tools from the Team Onion website.

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Team Taxonomies for digital, data and tech organisations

A taxonomy of teams for DDaT organisations that helps them to have better conversations and better interactions.

Learn more on Emily’s blog.

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Capability Profile Mapping

A powerful approach for organisations, individuals, and teams to create a shared understanding of their current capabilities, gaps, and direction against organisational needs.

Learn more on Emily’s blog.



Leadership approaches and models

5 Questions to measure outcomes

A workshop that promotes outcomes over outputs and helps a team focus on the change they want to see, align on what success looks like and identify ways to measure it — starting with 5 questions.

Learn more on Emily’s blog.

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4Ds roles and responsibility workshop

Articulating roles and responsibilities, especially in the 4Ds format, can clarify decision-making, help set expectations within and outside of the team, and foster better collaboration.

Learn more on Emily’s blog.

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Decision making with Hats, Haircuts and Tattoos

A framework for decisions, while also allowing for the differences and nuances of the situation and the experience of the people making them.

Learn more on Emily’s blog.



View more workshop models, tools and downloadable whiteboards on Emily’s page on the Miroverse or on Emily’s blog.

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