See how the business actually runs.
Scoped, rigorous, decisive. We come in as outsiders and deliver a board-grade picture of how the business actually runs today – what is already working, where it is fragile, and what to change first.
The honest picture of how it all works today.
Assess maps the whole business as it actually runs right now – the model, the work, the people, the data, the technology, the risk. Every claim is anchored in evidence. This current-state picture is also the foundation Design builds the AI-native target on.
The current state, mapped
Eleven dimensions, scored against evidence – not opinion. One frame for the whole business.
Strengths to build on
What already works
The parts running well – the foundations worth keeping and building on.
Fragilities to fix
What needs to change first
Where the business is exposed – ranked, with the highest-consequence fixes named.
No finding without an action. No softening of bad news. And no problem-hunting for its own sake – we surface the strengths to build on as clearly as the fragilities to fix.
One diagnosis, three questions it answers.
Clients arrive with different questions. Assess answers all three from the same honest current-state picture – the emphasis shifts with what you need to decide.
- The business question How does this business actually run, where is it fragile, and what should change first? The board-grade read for an acquirer, a new executive, or an owner.
- The AI question Where can AI make the work materially more efficient? Function by function, what is ready to be rebuilt with AI – and what blocks it. Often the question behind a first engagement.
- The technical question Is the code and the technical estate sound? A review of the architecture and codebase for a deal, a new CTO, or a board that needs the truth under the hood.
What you receive
- 01 Current-state operating model The flagship. Eleven dimensions in current-state voice, scored and evidence-anchored.
- 02 Opportunity portfolio A ranked impact × tractability table – the Design backlog.
- 03 AI-readiness scorecard Per-function readiness, with the binding constraint named.
- 04 Risk register Severity-classified, evidence-anchored, tied to an action.
With a board-grade executive brief, a source index, and machine-readable findings – every claim anchored to its source.
Two shapes. Scoped before we start.
Your real question and the decision date set the shape. The deliverable set stays constant; what changes is how much of the business we cover.
Rapid
A few dimensions, deep
A single sharp question on a deadline – is this codebase a deal-breaker, where will growth break operations. Narrow, fast, decision-focused. Often the first engagement, and the natural lead-in to Design.
Standard
The full canvas
A whole-business picture for a board, an acquirer, or a new executive. All eleven dimensions and both cross-cuts – the complete current-state operating model.
Start with the diagnosis.
Tell us the question that needs answering. We pin the scope, the decision it serves, and the dates – then deliver a picture you can act on immediately.