This, then, is the task at hand. But it is not a task for academics, nor is it an academic task. Though the rigors of the scientific approach would yield more precise definitions, more precise mathematical models, and more defensible conclusions - the results would lie in books and reports with too much math and too little application. Their values will be added and appreciated later. For now, this is a task for business people who have problems to solve and opportunities to grab.
Self discovery is the quickest way to assimilate and appreciate new knowledge.
Working groups from industry that explored the early concepts of change proficiency sent people back to their companies with new visions of possibilities and new ideas on how to realize them. Many of them are making something happen in their companies as a result. Not because they heard a seminar. Not because they read a book. And not because they sat around a table and kicked around a few ideas.