Transformation Consulting

Turning ambition into measurable change

Across technology, operating model and people — led by senior practitioners who stay for execution, not just the deck.

Recent Programme Results
60%
Faster order processing Order-to-cash transformation

45%
Fewer error-related credits Workflow automation & retraining

<5m
Payback on full programme Six-month delivery cycle

Most transformations fail — predictably

~70%
of transformation programmes fall short of their objectives

Unclear ownership

Accountability is diffused across committees; nobody owns the outcome.

Change fatigue

Initiatives stack up faster than teams can absorb them — scepticism sets in before the real work begins.

Strategy–delivery gap

Boardroom ambition never translates into changed front-line behaviour. A polished deck leaves. The hard part stays.

"The strategy is rarely the problem. The organisation's capacity to absorb change is — along with delivery that maps to real outcomes."

Built to fix what consulting gets wrong

Founded by senior partners after 20 years leading complex change — on a simple frustration: traditional consulting delivers the deck and leaves the hard part to the client.

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Outcomes over outputs

Success defined in measurable business terms before work begins — and reported against throughout.

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Co-delivery

Your people deliver the change with us, so capability stays when we leave. Not a hand-off. A hand-over.

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Senior-led

Senior practitioners do the work. Never sold by a partner, serviced by a graduate.

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Honest commercials

Fixed-price phases, transparent day rates, exit points at every stage. No lock-in.

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Better economics

Partner-level attention at 30–50% below large-firm rates.

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Radical transparency

Benefits baselined and reported fortnightly. If the business case stops holding, we say stop — including to ourselves.

Three practices, one joined-up team

Technology, operating model and people — in one team with no leaky seams between them.

Practice 01

Digital & Technology

  • Digital strategy and roadmaps
  • Legacy modernisation
  • Automation and responsible AI adoption
  • Data strategy
  • Vendor selection
Practice 02

Business & Operating Model

  • Operating model design
  • Process re-engineering
  • Cost transformation
  • Post-merger integration
  • Governance and decision rights
Practice 03

People, Culture & Change

  • Change strategy and communications
  • Leadership alignment
  • Organisation design
  • Capability academies
  • Culture diagnostics
Every programme includes change management as standard — it determines whether the other two practices deliver any value at all.

A five-phase framework with exit points

Decision gates between every phase. Go, adjust or stop. You are never locked in.

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Discover

Assess, quantify, prioritise
2–4 weeks

Define the problem in business terms. Baseline where you are today.

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Design

Target state & business case
4–8 weeks

Build the future-state blueprint and costed business case you own outright.

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Mobilise

Governance & quick wins
2–4 weeks

Stand up delivery governance. Capture early wins to fund the programme.

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Deliver

90-day execution cycles
3–12 months

Structured delivery sprints. Go/adjust/stop decision at each 90-day cycle.

Embed

Handover & benefits
4–8 weeks

Transfer capability. Sign off benefits. Leave nothing behind but confidence.

Quick wins targeted inside the first 90 days
Exit point between every phase
Everything produced is yours to keep

Four ways to work together

Routes can be combined or switched as needs evolve. Many clients start with a Sprint, deliver with a programme, then keep a fractional leader through embedding.

Project-based

Fixed price per phase · clear milestones · exit points between phases

Full-programme delivery priced per phase from the Discovery business case. Clear milestones, transparent costs, and a named senior owner throughout.

Best for: defined programmes with a clear scope and timeline

Retained Advisory

2–6 days per month · senior counsel

Senior counsel for teams running change themselves. A thinking partner who challenges decisions, spots drift early, and keeps the business case honest.

Best for: leadership teams who have delivery capacity but want experienced oversight

Time & Materials

Flexible capacity · 2 weeks' notice

Flexible capacity where scope is genuinely uncertain. Dial up or down with two weeks' notice — no long-term commitment required.

Best for: programmes where the brief is still forming
Capacity and leadership, on your terms

Not every situation needs a full programme. We can plug directly into your team — from extra delivery hands to leadership that stays until the new operating model is truly running.

Day-rate Consultants

Experienced transformation consultants embedded in your teams — analysts, programme managers, change leads.

Best for: filling delivery gaps fast, flexing capacity up and down.

Fractional Leadership

A part-time Transformation Director, COO or CTO — typically 1–3 days a week. Executive-grade leadership without the full-time cost.

Best for: organisations needing senior direction but not a permanent hire.

Leadership Retainer

Continued senior leadership through and beyond an operating model change — chairing governance, coaching leaders, keeping benefits on track.

Best for: sustaining momentum after go-live, when change usually unravels.

Example: order-to-cash transformation

A £40m-turnover distribution business losing margin to manual order processing and stock errors.

Over six months we redesigned the order-to-cash process, implemented workflow automation and retrained the operations team — with their people on the delivery team throughout. The result was a step-change in throughput, accuracy and cash conversion, with full programme payback inside five months.

60%
Reduction in order processing time
45%
Fewer error-related credit notes
<5 mos
Payback on full programme cost

We measure what matters — from day one

Benefits baselined before we start. Reported against throughout. No surprises.

Financial

  • Cost reduction
  • Revenue uplift
  • Margin improvement
  • Working capital released

Operational

  • Cycle time
  • Error & rework rates
  • Throughput
  • System adoption

People

  • Engagement scores
  • Critical-role attrition
  • Capability uplift
  • Change readiness

Programme Health

  • Milestone tracking
  • Budget vs plan
  • Risk burn-down
  • Benefits vs forecast
Our commitment: if at any phase gate the programme is off course to deliver its business case, we will recommend pausing or stopping — including our own involvement.

From first call to embedded change

Every milestone ends in a decision you control — proceed, adjust, or stop.

1

Introductory call — no charge

1–2 hours. We listen; you judge the chemistry. No obligation, no pitch deck.

2

Scope the Discovery Sprint

Agree focus, access and success measures. Fixed price, typically 2–4 weeks.

3

Run the Sprint

You keep everything we produce — roadmap, business case, prioritised initiatives. Yours outright.

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Decide

Proceed with us, deliver it yourselves, or stop. No lock-in at any stage.

Start with a conversation

No pitch. No obligation. Just an honest hour to see if we're the right fit.