HICD Forward | Ways to begin
Start with the need, not a preselected product
HICD Forward can begin at different levels depending on the performance challenge, institutional readiness, available evidence, and decisions leaders need to make.
Practical entry points
Choose the smallest useful starting point
Follow the need. Identify the decision. Choose the smallest useful starting point.
Institutional performance diagnostic
Useful when: Causes are unclear.
Produces: Shared evidence and action priorities.
Focused readiness review
Useful when: Testing readiness for reform, technology, or AI.
Produces: Readiness findings and preparation priorities.
Leadership alignment workshop
Useful when: Leaders need shared direction.
Produces: Alignment and agreed next steps.
Facilitated HICD Forward application
Useful when: Applying the method to a live challenge.
Produces: A feasible action path and review rhythm.
Mobilize leaders and action
What happens next
A short conversation confirms the right entry point and the work required.
Understand the institutional challenge
Describe what the institution needs to understand or change.
Describe the decision
Identify what leaders need to understand, decide, or change.
Confirm the starting point and define the work
Review the evidence, readiness, and support required, then agree on scope, participants, outputs, and the next decision.
The right entry point depends on the decision the institution needs to make, not on the service HICD Forward wants to sell.
View the original pathway design
