Illustration of exploration and discovery representing the product design assessment journey

Hey Sofie from sofie!

Thanks for sharing your perspective. We’ve crunched the numbers, connected the dots, and the results are ready. Time to see how your team stacks up in the wild.

Score

72

Tier 3: Performing

You've built solid execution capability and you're close to turning it into a dependable organisational advantage. Priorities are mostly clear, teams can deliver, and decision-making is reasonably effective. Momentum is visible, and the organisation can make change happen—especially when the work is well-scoped and the ownership is clear. Where organisations in this tier typically get stuck is consistency under pressure. When things are calm, execution flows. When constraints tighten—time, resources, competing priorities—the old patterns can reappear: extra work gets added, decisions creep upward, and teams revert to familiar ways of working. Learning is happening, but it isn't always converted into reusable assets (principles, templates, decision rules, checklists) that make the next cycle easier. Adoption is also strong in some areas and weaker in others, often depending on whether people felt genuinely involved early enough to shape the solution. In this tier, the opportunity is to systemise the good. That doesn't mean adding process. It means locking in the few routines that protect priorities, speed decisions, surface risk early, and capture learning—so execution stays strong even when leaders change, the org grows, or the work becomes more cross-functional.

Sample actions to improve in the next 90 days

  1. Lock a lightweight operating cadence (monthly priorities → decision check → delivery review → learning capture) and keep it outcome-driven.
  2. Turn recent wins into a reusable playbook — extract decision rules, checklists, templates, and what we learned so teams can copy success.
  3. Design adoption into the next change — involve end users early (problem framing + prototype testing) and embed the new way into routines and onboarding.

Options to dive deeper with Canoe:

Execution reset sprint (2 weeks)
We'll zoom in on one critical initiative and pinpoint exactly where execution is leaking—priorities, decision latency, handoffs, and system friction.

You’ll get: a clear “stop / start / keep” focus, decision-rights map, and a 90-day execution plan your leadership team can run with.

Operating rhythm & accountability blueprint (3–4 weeks)
We'll help you install a lightweight execution system that makes progress repeatable: the few rituals, metrics, and behaviours that keep momentum without adding bureaucracy.

You’ll get: a simple operating cadence (weekly/monthly), role clarity and accountability, and a practical playbook that makes execution consistent across teams.

Book a short results review with Canoe
30 minutes. We walk through your score and share 1–2 tailored ideas. No strings attached.

Some free canvas resources to help you get started!

Align your project and move forward with purpose. Clarity drives action.
The GROW Canvas helps teams define success, understand their current reality, explore opportunities, and commit to meaningful next steps. An ideal canvas to build a backlog and implementing valuable change.
Unlock your team’s full potential!
Strong teams don’t just happen—they’re shaped by clarity, alignment, and shared understanding. The CORE Team Canvas helps teams articulate who they are, what they aim to achieve, and how they’ll work together to get there.
Understand and engage key stakeholders.
The persona canvas is designed to help product teams, understand and engage their key stakeholders. By visualising each stakeholder as a persona, teams build a shared understanding of who they’re working with and how best to involve them.
Make a plan
Great planning sets teams up for clarity, momentum, and impact. The Annual Planning Wheel makes it easy to map out the year ahead, breaking time into structured, intuitive chunks using week numbers widely used in Norway and Scandinavia.
Tina Grønnevik, Organisational Designer at Canoe

Ready to move from intent to impact?

Book a conversation with
Tina Grønnevik