CEMI-DEEP Change Readiness Survey Now Underway
The CEMI-DEEP project team has launched its first Readiness Survey. This baseline pulse survey is designed to gauge how well-prepared and supported staff feel as the university prepares to transition to the new Kindsight ascend system.
As the first of a planned series of quarterly touchpoints, this assessment will help the project’s implementation and change management teams tailor future resources. Specifically, the survey focuses on four key areas:
- Awareness & Preparedness: Understanding upcoming tools and process changes.
- Identified Barriers: Catching potential adoption risks or hurdles early so they can be actively addressed.
- Strategy Refinement: Shaping communications, training timelines, and change management activities to better meet staff needs.
- Support Enhancement: Providing targeted intervention where specific “readiness gaps” are identified.
Participation Details
- Time Commitment: The survey is designed to be brief and should take no more than five minutes to complete.
- Confidentiality: All responses are strictly confidential. While the survey asks for unit affiliation to ensure support resources are directed to the right teams, all individual data will be aggregated into high-level executive summaries only.
- Deadline: The survey will remain open until the end of business on Tuesday, June 9, 2026.
The survey is open to members of the External Affairs team at Weill Cornell Medicine, members of the Ithaca and Lab of Ornithology Alumni Affairs and Development teams, and selected other Cornell staff involved with the project. All eligible respondents have received an email containing the survey link.