What's a passing score?
There isn't one. You are only as native as your weakest pillar, so the goal is not a high number, it is a rising floor.
There is no passing score, and chasing one is its own mistake. The scorecard is not a test you clear once. It is a floor you raise, and the only number that matters is your lowest pillar, because Permission, People, and Programs grow together or none of them grows.
That changes what “good” looks like. A company sitting at a steady Practiced on all three is in far better shape than one showing Native on Permission, Native on Programs, and Absent on People, even though the second one has two perfect scores. The first company has a high floor. The second has a wall with a hole in it. So do not celebrate your tallest pillar, and do not try to reach Native everywhere at once. Native on every pillar is not the target, and for most functions it is not even the right ambition this year.
The healthy pace is one level, on your lowest pillar, per quarter. Grade honestly, raise the floor, put a date on the calendar, and grade again. If you want the tool, it is the Permission, People, Programs Scorecard. If you are not sure which pillar to move first, that has its own answer.
Cheers,
-Titus
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