Leaders want the public works work-order ART to jump to the top assessment level next month. What should the RTE coach instead?
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Short Explanation
Nobody paves every street in town next month and calls it "level five." Competencies grow the same way: a few targeted improvements each PI, then another look at the measures. Demand overnight maturity and you get fake scores, not a better work-order train.
Full Explanation
Coach incremental growth targets on a few competencies, inspected each PI, rather than an instant maturity fantasy for the public works work-order ART. Measure and Grow is incremental: assess, fund a small set of gaps, improve, reassess. Mandating every team self-score at the top level before the next freeze produces fake scores. Pausing assessments until leaders see a level-five dashboard freezes learning. A one-week boot camp that replaces PI cadence until the ART is "declared mature" abandons the operating system that grows capability. Exam caveat: ambitious multi-PI roadmaps are fine; overnight top-level mandates are not. Operational check: pick two competency targets for the next PI, fund improvement stories, and reassess those dimensions at I&A so street and drainage work-order capability grows honestly for residents. In municipal and civic service contexts, record the rationale in the ART working agreements or improvement backlog so future PIs preserve the control, and re-validate after the next Inspect and Adapt against resident-facing outcomes rather than activity theater. Confirm owners, success measures, and a re-check date so the practice remains inspectable. In municipal and civic service contexts, record the rationale in the ART working agreements or improvement backlog so future PIs preserve the control, and re-validate after the next Inspect and Adapt against resident-facing outcomes rather than activity theater. Confirm owners, success measures, and a re-check date so the practice remains inspectable.