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Frameworks, tests, and plain answers.
This is where we write down what the work has taught us, not summaries of other people's advice. Every piece here defines a term precisely, gives you a test you can run yourself, or compares options honestly enough that you could disagree with us in an informed way. Nothing here requires a call to use.
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Diagnose, Advise, Build, Execute
A way of working on difficult business problems, and why the four stages stay separate instead of blurring into one open-ended engagement.
Is it a process problem or a people problem?
A diagnostic method with three named tests that tell you which one you actually have, including the possibility that it is neither.
Consultant, advisor, or software shop: which one you actually need
A comparison of what each one does, what each one costs, and when the honest answer is more than one of them.
What corporates actually want in a proof of concept
The five questions a corporate sponsor has to answer internally before a pilot is approved, and how screening actually works on the buyer's side.
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