Update Check_to find out where to start, in seven minutes
Thirteen questions give your company a check-up in seven minutes, free. The result comes by email, written for your case: what’s probably going on, what’s already working, three things to do now and where it makes sense to start. If you want to go further, you can go through it in an hour with Davide.
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Almost everything still goes through you_
That's the price of having built something that works because you're there. It got you this far, and now it's starting to cost you time.
what’s probably going on
Day-to-day decisions go through your hands.
How the work gets done lives in your head and in a few others, not on paper.
Below you there's a team that can do the work but rarely decides: nobody has ever asked them to.
When you take a few days off, something stops or calls you back.
A month without you, and the company slows down or stops.
what’s already working
The company runs and it's stable: the product isn't the problem.
People have stayed, and in a small company that's not a given.
what to do now
Write down how the three processes that currently go through you actually get done.
Pick two people to own one each, with a clear way to decide without asking you.
Give it ninety days and set a date to look at what's changed.
The numbers hold on the surface; underneath, people leave or don't use what gets bought. Usually it's the distance between what's said in the boardroom and what's lived on the floor, not an HR problem.
what’s probably going on
More people leave than should, and nobody is quite sure why.
The training that gets bought doesn't show up in the work the week after.
You sit between the owners and the team, and both ask you for things you can't fix alone.
what’s already working
There's a structure to work with: it's a system problem, not a survival one.
You can see the problem, which is already more than usual.
what to do now
Find the two places where the distance between management and the floor is felt most.
Buy the next training with a single question in mind: what will people be able to do a few weeks later? A path of two or three linked courses, rather than one-off days.
Give the company a moment when leadership and team actually talk, and repeat it every year.
The company is doing well, but you get mixed up with others_
Product and numbers hold, but the market struggles to see the difference. The risk isn't today: it's two years from now, when you start competing on price.
what’s probably going on
Competitors match your offer on the usual channels: the difference is there, but it doesn't get through.
Something is missing that would make your proposition hard to replace in the coming years.
The longer it goes on, the more you get bought the way one buys something interchangeable.
what’s already working
A mature company with product and margins that hold: the base is there.
You're investing before you're forced to, and that's not a given.
The difference from your competitors is already there: it needs to be made visible.
what to do now
Find the thing you do better than anyone and that currently stays inside: a skill, a process, a network.
Put AI into the processes where the difference shows, not into communication.
Turn it into a public event that comes back every year, with your name on it.
Your answers show none of the three bottlenecks the check looks for: decisions that all go through you, people leaving, clients mixing you up with others. From here you can choose where to grow.
what’s probably going on
The management team is still being built.
Much of how the work gets done isn't written down yet: that's the most fragile part.
When you take a few days off, something stops or calls you back.
A month without you and the company would stand still: it wouldn't fall, but it wouldn't move forward.
You don't know exactly how many people leave each year.
None of your answers points to a place where the work gets stuck.
what’s already working
Day-to-day decisions are made by your managers.
People stay: few have left in the last year.
Clients can tell your company apart from its competitors.
A month without you, and the company would keep growing.
what to do now
Choose where to grow over the next twelve months: a market, a service or a team.
Write down the two or three things your company does better than anyone else.
Take the thirteen questions again in six months: if an answer changes, you'll see it in time.
From your answers, right now you need something that shows quickly, and the paths we build take months. Better to start with something you can do yourself, today.
what’s probably going on
You're after something visible within a few months, or margin comes first right now: both legitimate, at certain stages.
The paths we build change how people work, and that shows after a few months, not a few weeks.
Starting now would mean buying one thing while wanting another.
what’s already working
You answered as things are, and that avoids starting on the wrong foot.
what to do now
Read the guide below: it ends with one thing to do next week, no help needed.
Put a date in the diary six months from now and take the thirteen questions again: if the answers change, so does the result.
If you'd like to talk anyway, write to us: the door is open.
An hour with Davide on your answers: you get a draft before the call, you correct it together on the call, and the twelve-month plan arrives within 48 hours.
The plan is yours to keep, even if you don’t go on with us.
an hour with Davide and a twelve-month plan within 48 hours
Does one of these sound familiar?
Something has jammed, but you can’t say where.
The questions look at how decisions get made at your company, what’s written down and what only a few people carry in their heads. The result tells you which part to start with.
You want to know where to start before talking to anyone.
You do it when it suits you, in seven minutes. With the result in hand, you decide whether to talk about it, and who with.
This year you have to choose where to put time and budget.
Training, organisation, events or AI: the result points to the lab it makes sense to start from, and what to do now, even without us.
works bestwhen the answers come from someone who knows the company from the inside: the owner, a director or the head of HR.
How it works_
Three steps, and the third only if you need it.
Thirteen questions
Four about you and your company, six about what happens there, three about how you decide. One click per answer.
The result, straight away and by email
It appears on the page and lands in your inbox too, so you can find it again.
If you want, an hour with Davide
With the full check you work through your answers together, and within 48 hours you get the twelve-month plan.
You know where to start_
Even if you stop after the thirteen questions, you have a written result for your company.
The result, written for your case
What’s going on, what’s already working, three things to do now and the lab to start from.
What’s inside, with an example
what’s probably going on, in three lines
what’s already working, to build on
three things to do now, even without us
the lab it makes sense to start from, or a guide if it’s early days
Say your answers show that almost everything still goes through you. The result says so plainly, recognises what holds up (the company runs, people have stayed) and suggests three things: write down how the three processes that go through you actually get done, hand two of them to two people, one each, and give it ninety days before looking at what’s changed.
The twelve-month plan, with the full check
Which labs, in what order, what to do first. Before the call you get a draft based on your answers; on the call you correct it together.
What’s inside, with an example
the part to start with in the first three months
the labs you need, and in what order
the numbers to watch to know whether it’s working
Say the result points to the Strategy Lab. The plan shows the part to start with in the first three months, when a course makes sense and for whom, and the numbers to check at six months to see whether it’s working.
The price, plain and simple_
Update Check Flash
Free
The thirteen questions, and the result by email, written for your case.
An hour with Davide on your answers: you get a draft before the call, you correct it together on the call, and the twelve-month plan arrives within 48 hours. You book it after the thirteen questions, because the hour starts from your answers. You pick the day: we’ll reply within 48 working hours to fix it.
The plan is yours to keep, even if you don’t go on with us.
Questions about the Update Check_
How long does it take?
Seven minutes for the thirteen questions. The result appears on the page straight away and comes by email too.
Why do you ask for my name, email and phone number?
Your name and email are there so we can send you the result. Emails often get lost in spam and filters, though, so we write first, and if our email doesn’t reach you, we call. No sales calls, no newsletter; the details are in the privacy policy.
What if I don’t want to go any further?
The result is yours to keep, with the three things to do now. The plan from the full check is yours too, even if you don’t go on with us.
Can I take it again?
Yes. If your answers change in a few months, so does the result, and it tells you again where to start.