Weeks
Diagnostic
A clear read of how the enterprise, unit or value flow works: where value is created, and where it leaks. It ends with a decision and the evidence behind it.
Approach
How I work.
Six things that are true of every engagement, whether it runs for six weeks or three years. Underneath all six sit trust, transparency and traceability.
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True partnership, built with your people
I work as a partner inside the enterprise, shaping every solution with the people who will live with it. That human element is what turns a strong idea into a change that is adopted, so it is where I put my attention.
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Hypothesis-led, root cause first
I start with a clear hypothesis about what really drives the result, test it quickly against how the enterprise works end to end, and go to the root cause. The fix lands where the result is made, and it lasts.
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Follow the value, and where it leaks
Value is created, and it leaks, at the handshakes between functions. Make each handshake explicit, give it an owner, a standard and a measure, and value moves freely through the enterprise.
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Design for the operating year
Every design is built for the operating year: budget cycles, changes in people, the hard quarter, and the executive who joins later. That shapes the work from day one.
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Trusted Operating Partners, accountable for what we promise
Every engagement is led by a trusted Operating Partner: people I have worked with personally over the past two decades, who share the same values and the same rigour. Each one is accountable for the outcome. You see the evidence, the assumptions and the economics throughout, and every move traces to enterprise value.
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Build it, and stay for the value
Most of my career has been on the build side: the platforms, frameworks and architectures that go into production and stay there. I measure the work by what is still running, and still creating value, three years on.
Engagements
Shapes that tend to work.
Months
Operating model and architecture
The target operating model, the decision architecture, and the sequenced path to it, designed and built with your people so they own it from the start.
Years
Operating Partner
A standing seat with a fund, a board or a founder. Diligence, value creation and candid counsel, sustained over the period the value takes.