Drift Explainer — Interactive

Adoption spiked then fell and you need to explain why, and what would actually hold it

Pick the shape your adoption curve made and the signs you recognise. The drift explainer names which of the four causes you have, why it produces that curve, and the structural fix.

The early spike is not adoption

It is novelty plus surveillance — everyone knows they are being watched in week one. The real number is what you see at week 12 when nobody is looking.

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Understand

ADKAR Drift Explainer Who First?

Diagnose

Diagnosis Canvas Change Readiness Force Field Resistance Decoder

Plan

Change on a Page

Advise

Exec Failure Modes Sponsor Briefing

Gives you which of the four causes of drift you have, and the structural fix. Read the guidance →

The curve

The change

What shape did adoption make?

Did you report an early adoption number as success?

Were the drift check dates set before go-live?

Which of these do you recognise?

Each sign maps to one of the four causes of drift. They compound, so tick everything that fits.

Adoption falls the week the programme team stands down

“It is fine normally, but not when we are busy”

Early recognition stopped, and the behaviour stopped with it

A new priority landed and displaced it

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Last updated: 11 August 2026

Drift Explainer — Interactive

The curve

Which of these do you recognise?

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