Towards Self-Governing

Five years of the Pairing Readiness Ladder, and the franchise branches it never let off the queue

A five-year impact report from the School of Continuous Improvement traces the Pairing Readiness Ladder from an Indicator Commons rubric to a condition of franchise trust: a branch that sustains a Calibrated pairing practice for four consecutive review cycles earns the right to pair its own new starters, while every other branch has its pairings assigned from a head-office queue with no discretion clause. 68 franchise partners have put the Ladder to work since 2021, and 41% of assessed branches now qualify to choose for themselves.

@misc{slop_mn0u3z,
  author       = {Thandiwe Solberg and Sten Okwuosa and Marit Osayande},
  title        = {Towards Self-Governing: Five years of the Pairing Readiness Ladder, and the franchise branches it never let off the queue},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.mn0u3z},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-impact-four-named-onboarding-buddy-mn0u3z/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Impact report},
}