Services
Engagements, run as applied research.
When ad-hoc catch-up stops working, you need a system, not a patch — and evidence it holds. Each engagement is scoped as applied research: we build, we measure, we hand you the keys.
Why structure
Most mid-market businesses don't have an operations problem. They have a structure problem masquerading as an operations problem.
We don't sell hours. We sell the distance between the business you have and the business it's capable of becoming.
The work isn't theory — it's run inside your operation and measured there. You get a partner who builds and measures, not a slide deck.
How we engage
Five Horizons Framework™
- H1Diagnostic2–4 weeks
A diagnostic isn't a sales tool. It's a mirror — unfiltered, rigorous, and designed to reveal what is.
- H2Architecture4–8 weeks
We build operational architecture. Clear lines. Accountabilities. Systems to scale — no bloat, no noise.
- H3Integration8–16 weeks
We stitch tech, people, and process into a revenue system. Implementation, not enthusiasm.
- H4AdvisorySix-month minimum
An on-call senior partner, not a hotline. Straight answers, hard truths.
- H5Growth PartnershipAnnual
A thinking partner for your next horizon.
Before the H1 diagnostic, you can take our AI readiness self-assessment — ten questions, scored in your browser — for an honest first sense of where you'd stand.
What we build
Operational architecture
Designs that work.
Revenue systems
Built to scale.
Technology enablement
Practical impact.
Leadership development
Real capacity.
Fixed fees, scoped after H1
Floors published with light ranges. The exact figure lives inside the diagnostic.
- H1Performance Diagnosticfrom $15,000
- H2Transformation Architecturefrom $22,500
- H3Integration Engineeringfrom $45,000
- H4Strategic Advisoryfrom $3,000 / mo
- H5Growth Partnershipoutcome-linked
We share an exact figure inside the diagnostic. We don't quote on a call. And when an engagement includes software or services we resell, we tell you where we earn a margin — disclosure, not abstinence, is how we keep the advice honest.
Questions
Common questions
- What happens in a performance diagnostic?
- The diagnostic runs two to four weeks. Twelve scorecards across five dimensions produce a Performance Index baseline and an Operational Architecture Index level, and it surfaces the top three structural issues. It ends with a documented score and an approved issue tree — not a recommendation shipped before anything was measured.
- Do most engagements continue past the diagnostic?
- No, and that is by design. Most engagements stop at the diagnostic with a clear recommendation set the client executes themselves. About a third progress to architecture and integration work; a smaller share move into advisory or partnership. We do not push clients up the framework — the client decides where the engagement ends.
- What do you actually deliver — a strategy deck?
- We deliver operational systems, not decks. If you can hand back the deck and your operation still works, the deck was the wrong deliverable. Decks come from the systems, not in place of them.
- How do you handle software or services you resell?
- We disclose where we earn a margin — on this page and inside any engagement that includes resold software. Disclosure, not abstinence, is how we keep the advice honest.
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