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Methodology Brief

Audit. Build. Run.

A three-phase consulting practice for founders and small teams. One diagnostic. One written operating system. One disciplined cadence — engineered against the specific bottlenecks holding strong work back.

Engagement length
12 to 52 weeks
Deliverables
Written audit, plan, weekly review
Response window
24 hours, every week
Contents
  1. 01Audit
  2. 02Build
  3. 03Run
01
Phase One

Audit

Two to four weeks

A written diagnostic of where strong work is leaking — workflows, tooling, handoffs, measurement, and the honest gap between intention and execution.

Deliverables
  • 01Operating-history reconstruction across the last 12 months
  • 02Process-debt and capacity-load mapping
  • 03Workflow + adherence audit against actual operating data
  • 04Written diagnostic memo with the three most expensive bottlenecks
Nothing gets prescribed yet. The audit ends with a meeting and a memo — not a plan.
02
Phase Two

Build

Four to eight weeks

One written operating system — the workflows, the ownership map, the weekly cadence — scoped against the bottlenecks the audit surfaced. No templates, no generic playbook.

Deliverables
  • 01Documented workflows tailored to the bottlenecks the audit surfaced
  • 02Ownership and handoff protocol with explicit thresholds
  • 03Weekly review template installed and rehearsed with the client
  • 04Measurement stack: the four numbers we watch every Friday
Build is where the practice earns its keep. Most of what we cut is more important than what we add.
03
Phase Three

Run

Ongoing, month-to-month

The disciplined cadence that turns one good plan into compounding results. A 24-hour response window, a weekly review, a quarterly operating review.

Deliverables
  • 01Weekly written review of the four-number stack — every Friday
  • 02Monthly recalibration of load, throughput, and cost markers
  • 03Quarterly operating review — process reset, audit refresh, KPI review
  • 0424-hour response window for any blocker, every week
The work is boring on purpose. The compounding is not.
One throughline

We do not sell motivation, charts, or fresh starts. We perform a full operator’s audit, write the system down, and run cadence against it until it holds itself.

Next step

Run the scoper, or book a call.

The scoper recommends a phase and the band it falls in. Pricing is scoped on a free call and quoted at a fixed price — no stickers.

Get Scoped — Start the AI