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Evidence Asset List and Claim Mapping, Chapter 3, JD Group Public Work
This appendix lists the evidence assets actually drawn on in Chapter 3, the JD Group public work. It should be read alongside Appendix A, which sets out the 24 claims advanced in Chapter 3.
Appendix B identifies the assets that support those claims and explains the evidential function each asset performs in the argument. It does not reproduce the full JD Group archive. It is limited to the assets cited or relied on in Chapter 3 through the thesis citation convention, ESA/JDG: Asset Identifier, Date.
The table uses five columns. The first two columns identify the asset. The third column explains the evidential function the asset performs in Chapter 3. The fourth column links the asset back to the relevant claim number or numbers in Appendix A. The fifth column identifies where the asset is used in the chapter.
The table is organised by evidential role. These role headings do not create a scoring system or hierarchy. They simply locate each asset within the Chapter 3 evidential spine, from baseline condition and design intent through measurement, movement, governance, codification, embedding and translation.
Where the distinction between a primary anchor and supporting source is material to a claim, that distinction is set out in the relevant chapter footnote. Appendix B identifies the assets drawn on in Chapter 3, the claims they support, and the evidential function they perform.
Baseline condition and starting-state evidence – establishes the system state before intervention
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD007 | External customer baseline survey, 2009. | Establishes customer outcome variability at baseline and completes the leadership, internal service and customer experience diagnostic triad. | Claim 1 | The Performance Challenge and the Case for Change |
JD005 | Internal service baseline survey, 2009. | Shows variability in internal service reliability across functions, supporting the claim that system conditions were fragmented at baseline. | Claim 1 | The Performance Challenge and the Case for Change |
JD006 | Leadership baseline survey, 2009. | Evidences leadership variability before intervention and establishes leadership as a measurable upstream condition. | Claims 1, 7 | The Performance Challenge and the Case for Change |
JD033 | Integrated baseline report, three surveys, 2009. Presents leadership, internal service and external customer baseline survey results as a unified system view. | Establishes the baseline condition and shows cross-divisional variability across leadership, internal service and customer outcomes at programme inception. | Claims 1, 4, 10 | The Performance Challenge and the Case for Change |
Design intent and transformation architecture – shows how leadership was positioned within the intervention design
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD042 | Executive Indaba launch presentation, 2009. Executive-level launch presentation of the integrated transformation architecture. | Shows that the architecture was formally introduced to executive leadership as an integrated performance system. | Claims 2, 3 | The Transformation Architecture |
JD003 | Original Art of Service proposal document, 2009. Initial design document for the intervention. | Evidences that the transformation was designed to restore organisational conditions from which performance could emerge. | Claim 2 | The Performance Challenge and the Case for Change |
JD002 | HR Case Study Chapter 2, LeaderShift, 2009. | Shows that leadership was positioned inside the transformation architecture as a central lever at design stage. | Claims 2, 3 | The Performance Challenge and the Case for Change |
Measurement architecture and SPC operationalisation – shows the Service-Profit Chain operating as a live system
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD010 | Revised SPC Model, expanded view, 2013. | Evidences that the organisation refined its causal model in response to observed system behaviour over time. | Claims 4, 22, 23 | The Diagnostic Suite |
JD008 | Strategic Dashboard Q3, 2009. | Demonstrates that the Service-Profit Chain operated as a live governance and measurement architecture, linking leading and lagging indicators across the system. | Claims 3, 4, 10, 22 | The Service-Profit Chain as Performance Logic; The Diagnostic Suite |
Initial movement and longitudinal evidence spine – tracks movement across variables and cycles
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD076 | First 100 Days Close-Out Report, May 2010. | Establishes the first enterprise-wide evidence spine after implementation, showing early movement across leadership, engagement, internal service and customer outcomes. | Claims 5, 8, 10 | The Evidence Spine |
JD035 | JD Group 2011 Survey Results / Organisational Diagnostics Trend Data, 2011. | Shows movement across leadership, engagement, internal service and customer metrics within a measurement cycle, including divisional variance. | Claims 6, 8, 10, 11, 13 | Variance Across Divisions; Patterns Across the Evidence Spine |
JD038 | Strategic performance deck, four-year SPC performance, 2013. | Shows longitudinal system movement, divisional divergence and the directional sequence across interdependent variables. | Claims 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 23, 24 | Patterns Across the Evidence Spine |
System response, divergence and stabilisation – shows uneven movement and the need for active correction
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD036 | Pulse Check Results, March 2012. | Shows that system variation required interim monitoring and active intervention, supporting the deterioration and stability claims. | Claims 11, 12, 14 | The Diagnostic Suite |
JD061 | Hi-Fi Corp Service Code, 2010. | Provides contrast to JD065 by evidencing deeper conditions-creation architecture in a comparable operating environment. | Claims 6, 13, 15, 20 | Variance Across Divisions |
JD065 | Incredible Connection Service Code, 2010. | Supports the negative case by showing a distinct framework with lower levels of conditions-creation embedding, helping evidence uneven enactment across chains. | Claims 7, 13, 15, 20 | Variance Across Divisions |
Governance, validation and assurance – shows how delivery, measurement and interpretation were held to discipline
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD037 | JD Group Organisational Diagnostics Report / Survey Results V5.0, 2013. | Provides independently validated late-cycle evidence across leadership, engagement, internal service and customer outcomes. | Claims 4, 5, 8, 9, 22, 24 | 2013 Audited System Position; Governance and Assurance Architecture |
JD073 | Cascade QA Approach V1.1, 2010. | Evidences formal governance of delivery quality, participation, interpretation and measurement integrity across divisions. | Claims 14, 22 | The Diagnostic Suite; Governance and Assurance Architecture |
JD041 | Art of Service Journey, 2009 to 2012 retrospective. | Evidences the integrated architecture through which leadership, culture and performance were held together across the transformation period. | Claims 9, 22, 24 | Governance as Structural Stabilisation |
Codification and designed mechanisms – shows the Spirit and Accountability tension formalised into repeatable architecture
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD016 | JDG Master Service Code, 2009. Governing document setting out organisational purpose, core beliefs and expected behaviours. | Codifies the relationship between service ethos and performance discipline as a shared organisational framework. | Claims 16, 17, 24 | The Culture Code |
JD024 | PS2 Heart to Heart Guide V2.1, 2009 to 2010. | Shows how the Code was translated into repeatable interaction processes and facilitated engagement mechanisms. | Claims 17, 18, 19 | The Culture Code |
JD046 | Executive Consultation Framework Script V2.0, 2009 to 2010. | Evidences that leadership interaction was guided through defined consultation processes rather than individual facilitation style. | Claims 18, 19 | The Culture Code |
JD079 | Heart Talk 2 Rituals Framework V1.0, 2009 to 2010. | Shows how participation, reflection and accountability were embedded into repeatable system-level rituals. | Claims 18, 19, 24 | The Culture Code; Rituals as Mechanisms of Behavioural Embedding |
Operational embedding and behavioural reinforcement – shows transfer into learning, management practice and accountability over time
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD014 | PS2 Complete Learner Workbook, Q1, 2009 to 2010. | Evidences transfer of behavioural expectations into formal learning architecture across modules. | Claims 19, 21 | The Culture Code |
JD025 | Heart Talk 1 Leadership, Cluster 2, 2009 to 2010. | Shows the translation of structured interaction practices into team-level managerial application. | Claims 19, 21 | The Culture Code |
JD026 | Heart Talk 2, Rituals, Cluster 2, 2009 to 2010. | Evidences embedding of behavioural expectations within ongoing operational routines. | Claims 19, 21 | The Culture Code |
JD029 | Heart Talk 5, Creed / Core Ideology, Cluster 1, 2009 to 2010. | Shows the introduction of behavioural accountability into the engagement sequence. | Claims 18, 21 | Kotter’s Change Model |
JD030 | Heart Talk 6 Toolkit, 2009 to 2010. | Evidences movement from facilitated engagement into leadership decision-making and areas of control. | Claims 21, 22 | Kotter’s Change Model |
JD031 | Heart Talk 7, Cluster 1, 2009 to 2010. | Shows sustained reinforcement of behavioural expectations across the extended programme architecture. | Claims 19, 21 | Kotter’s Change Model |
Contextual translation across business units – shows portability across different operating environments
Asset ID | Asset title / description | Evidential function in Chapter 3 | Appendix A claim(s) supported | Chapter 3 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JD063 | Price ’n Pride Service Code, 2010. | Shows translation of organisational principles into a specific retail operating context. | Claim 20 | Rituals as Mechanisms of Behavioural Embedding |
JD067 | Russells Service Code, 2010. | Evidences translation of organisational expectations into leadership and operational practices across distributed teams. | Claim 20 | Rituals as Mechanisms of Behavioural Embedding |
JD068 | Insurance Company Service Code, 2010. | Shows that the architecture could be translated beyond the original retail context into a regulated environment. | Claim 20 | Rituals as Mechanisms of Behavioural Embedding |