Field notes · Implementation Soundtrack

Every programme runs the same curve.

Every Workday programme runs the same emotional curve, whatever the org and whatever the timeline. The dip is normal. The climb is real. Find where you are this week, and here is what it sounds like.

The implementation change curveA U-shaped line that falls from Kickoff through the Grind to a low point at the Wall, then climbs back up through the Climb to finish high at Go-Live. Five selectable nodes sit along the line.OptimismRhythmDefianceMomentumTriumph
Uninformed optimism

Kickoff

This is the easiest the programme will ever feel, so enjoy it. The energy is real and it matters. Use it to set the standard for how the team works, because you will lean on that goodwill later. Play something that sounds like a team that thinks it can do anything, because right now it can.

The optimism playlist
Add to the soundtrack

Got a track that belongs here?

Suggest a song and tell me where on the curve it fits. If it lands, I'll add it.

Suggestions come straight to me. Nothing is shared outside 360 HCM.