Why nothing changed after the last review

Because the engagement ended at the recommendation, which is the easy half.

A typical week Mon Scope Tue Observe Wed Analyse Thu Recommend Fri Implement
How we work

Scope it small, stay for the change

The failure mode in consultancy is well known and still routine: a diagnosis is delivered, everyone agrees with it, and then the people who would have to implement it return to the jobs that were already full. The advice was not wrong; nobody had capacity for it.

Scoping narrowly helps more than it sounds. One defined problem with a fixed fee can actually be finished, whereas a broad engagement expands to fill whatever budget exists and finishes nothing in particular.

The other habit worth keeping is fixing process before buying systems. Software applied to a messy process produces a faster mess and a licence fee, and the business concludes that technology does not work for them. Remove the unnecessary steps first; sometimes the system turns out to be unnecessary too.

Our principles

Three beliefs behind the method

One problem at a time

Narrow enough to actually finish.

Stay for implementation

The recommendation is the easy half.

Operational only

Financial and legal questions go elsewhere.

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