You don't need more activity. You need to know what's actually broken.

Most businesses at this stage aren't short on effort. They're short on clarity about which problem is costing them the most - and what a fix actually looks like. That's what this is for.

Delivered in 48 hours

Bottleneck Diagnostic

£300

Something is slowing you down. You probably have a theory. This finds out whether your theory is right - and if it isn't, what is.

You get a clear written read on where the real drag is, what's causing it, what to fix first, and what to leave alone for now. If a sprint is the right next move, we'll tell you which one and why. If it isn't, we'll tell you that too.

What you receive

  • A written diagnosis, usually 4-8 pages, in plain language.
  • A workflow map showing where things break down and why.
  • A priority order - what to fix first and what to ignore.
  • Risk flags and honest notes on confidence level.
  • A sprint recommendation, or an explicit deferral if the problem isn't ready for one.
  • A readout call to walk through the findings together.

What this isn't

  • A vague assessment that leads nowhere.
  • A sales pitch for the next thing.
  • A guaranteed sprint recommendation - if the problem doesn't warrant one, we say so.

5 working days

Intervention Sprint

£3,900

Once the diagnostic confirms the bottleneck, the sprint fixes it. One problem. Five days. Scope agreed in writing before anything begins.

Most businesses don't have an effort problem. They have a design problem - a handoff nobody owns, a process nobody agreed on, a gap that everyone works around but nobody closed. The sprint closes it.

What every sprint includes

  • Scope locked in writing before kickoff - no additions mid-week.
  • A named decision owner confirmed before work begins.
  • Built around the tools your team already uses - no new systems without reason.
  • Clean handoff documentation at close.
  • A post-sprint fix window if something installed incorrectly.

Sprint types

  • Revenue Activation Sprint

    For when leads are coming in but something breaks between interest and real sales movement. The handoff is unclear. Follow-up is inconsistent. Nobody knows what stage things are actually at. This fixes the routing, ownership, and visibility layer so revenue doesn't keep leaking before it's ever counted.

  • Customer Onboarding Control Sprint

    For when deals close but the path from signed to started is messy enough to damage the relationship before it is properly begun. This installs a clean handoff, a clear intake process, and a consistent onboarding start - so the experience matches the sale.

  • Profit Control Sprint

    For when the work is getting done but the commercial picture stays murky. Invoices aren't ready. Approvals are slow. Nobody has a clean view of what's billable, what's blocked, and why. This fixes the gap between delivered work and visible, collectable revenue.

What a sprint isn't

  • Diagnosis - that happens first, separately.
  • Open-ended consulting.
  • A reason to keep paying once the work is done.

Month-to-month. Stop whenever.

Workflow Guardrail

£1,200/month

A fixed workflow degrades when no one is watching it. People find shortcuts. Edge cases appear that were not planned for. Small decisions quietly undo what was installed.

The Guardrail isn't ongoing work. It's a steady hand on what already exists - a monthly check on what's holding and what's starting to slip, and the ability to fix small things before they become the original problem again.

What this covers

  • A monthly review of what's stable and what's beginning to drift.
  • Triage and small fixes when something degrades.
  • A second opinion when a new decision risks undoing the work.
  • Two touchpoints a month - one async review, one call if it is needed.
  • A short written summary of status and any flags worth acting on.

What this isn't

  • A way to commission new sprint work - that is scoped separately.
  • Broad advice across unrelated problems.
  • A long commitment before it's proved its value.
  • The diagnostic comes first because it prevents paying to fix the wrong thing.
  • We have seen businesses spend on execution before the real problem is confirmed, then end up in the same place six months later with less budget and more frustration.
  • If the diagnostic shows the problem isn't ready for a sprint, we say so.
  • If the sprint should target something different from what you expected, we say that too.

The point is an honest next step, not a path to more billing.

The diagnostic keeps the next spend tied to a confirmed constraint instead of a guess, a feeling, or the loudest internal theory.

  • The diagnostic is £300, fixed. No additions.
  • Sprint scope and price are confirmed in writing before any work begins.
  • Support is month-to-month. It earns its place or you stop.

The clearest next move is finding out what's actually broken.

Most engagements start with a founder or operator who's been staring at the same problem for months and isn't sure whether they've been solving the right thing. The diagnostic answers that - in 48 hours, in plain language, with a clear recommendation.