Delivering strategic value
Your biggest source of value loss is also your best source of competitive advantage; the choices made by your human capital. Whether these choices are made by your teams, the teams you interface with, or your partners.
We know this, understand it deeply and focus our efforts on removing the friction to deliver sustainable value.
We specialise in helping innovative units retain their innovativeness and work successfully within mature organisations. We provide solutions for innovative ideas or strategies becoming action.
Strategy into action
We create an impact throughout your strategic process.
Strategy: We diagnose your environment to inform your strategic choices and reduce friction. Your insights are actionable and lead to value-generating outcomes.
Design: Simple shifts in your design can reduce the friction of your execution. Investing at this stage makes it easier for you to deliver the value.
Execute: Your execution plan delivers your strategic choices with the least friction and maximum sustainability. You gain a legacy of confidence, adaptability, and capability.
How we work
We know you like predictability and are looking for a fast outcome. We are here for you.
Our three offerings - Smart, Smarter and Smartest give you the maximum impact in the shortest time. Each is based on a discovery phase, analytics that form hypotheses and leave you with an actionable plan. More time gives more rigour and detail in the plan.
If you are looking for our M&A integration and separation capability, contact us.
Smart
In 5 days, we assess your transformation, gain insight, form hypotheses and make a high-level recommendation with the next steps.
Pre-work: Scope the assessment, arrange the diary time needed to move quickly
Day 1: Hello, introductions, interviews, and start the discovery and assessment process
Day 2: Initial results and findings, hypothesis to be tested
Day 3: Testing of Hypothesis
Day 4: Consolidate findings and recommendation
Day 5: Recommendations presented, with suggested next steps
Deliverables: Assessment, hypothesis, recommended approach, and next steps.
Smarter
With an extra 5 days we thoroughly test our hypothesis, adjust the recommendation accordingly and give you a high-level plan of action.
Pre-work: scope the assessment, arrange the diary time needed to move quickly
Day 1-3: Hello introductions, interviews and start the assessment process
Day 4-5: Test the hypothesis, rework as needed
Day 6-8: Consolidate findings, develop the plan
Day 9-10: Finalise and present the recommendation, with next steps and a high-level plan
Deliverables: Detailed assessment, hypothesis with testing results, recommended approach with next steps, high level plan.
Smartest
With our 4-week assignment, we will give you everything in the ‘Smarter’ plus a detailed plan, resourcing schedule, and the briefing documents for them.
As for Smarter plus
Day 10-15: Detailed plan, actions, and activities defined and agreed
Day 15-20: Resources identified, communications and capability building strategies in place
Deliverables: Detailed assessment, hypothesis with testing results, recommended approach with next steps, detailed plans including resources.
Custom
If you need something different, we tailor to your needs.
We bring the best of our tools, techniques and approach to your specific challenges or opportunities.
We quickly give you actionable insights and results.
Insights
We believe in working smarter, not harder. Our approach to delivering your strategic value takes this into account. We regularly publish white papers and articles which give insights into how we work.
