Operation

Finding the loss is only the beginning.

Finding where a commercial system is losing money takes weeks. Changing how a commercial team actually works takes longer, and it fails without someone accountable inside the room. Operation includes the full Diagnosis, then executes the roadmap it produces, inside your system, until the fix holds.

The gap

Most commercial fixes fail after the report.

The failure is rarely in the analysis. It is in what happens between a recommendation and a team changing how it works on a Tuesday.

The report has no owner

A roadmap handed to a team that is already at capacity gets read once, agreed with, and then absorbed into the backlog. Nothing in the system changes, and the loss keeps compounding quietly.

Everything gets fixed at once

Without a sequence tied to cost of inaction, effort spreads thinly across every finding. The expensive dysfunction gets the same attention as the cheap one, and neither is finished.

The people inside it were excluded

A change designed above the system and imposed on it gets worked around within a quarter. The people doing the work make a fix hold, surface resistance early, or quietly do neither.

What is included

The diagnostic, then the execution.

Operation is not a separate product sold next to the Diagnosis. It contains the Diagnosis in full, and the diagnostic fee is included in the Operation price rather than added to it.

Everything in the Diagnosis

  • Hidden-cost diagnostic across the six dysfunction families
  • Role-based interviews across the revenue organisation
  • A euro figure for what the dysfunction is costing annually
  • A prioritised intervention roadmap, sequenced by cost of inaction
  • An executive briefing that brings the findings, priorities, and next decisions to your leadership team

Then the part that changes something

  • Direct execution of the roadmap inside your operating system
  • A project group formed with the people who work inside the system
  • Fractional CRO style accountability for the outcome, not for the report
  • Milestone check-ins until the change holds without supervision
  • Measurement against the baseline set at diagnosis, so removed cost is confirmed rather than assumed
In practice

The interventions this usually involves.

Every engagement is shaped by what the diagnostic finds, so this is a description of the territory rather than a fixed package.

Territory and coverage design

Rebuilding how accounts are split and covered when the original design stopped fitting two growth stages ago.

Qualification architecture

Replacing a qualification framework that was built for a different segment, and the forecast defects that follow from it.

Handoff structure

Redrawing ownership across marketing, SDR, AE, and customer success so deals stop falling into the space between two functions.

Revenue operations flow

Fixing the data, the definitions, and the reporting layer so the number leadership decides on is the number the field is producing.

Pipeline and stage discipline

Rebuilding stage definitions and exit criteria so pipeline reflects reality instead of optimism.

Enablement that stays

Building capability into the work rather than delivering it once, so the change survives the people who were in the room for it.

How it runs

Diagnosis first, always.

A continuous timeline where measurement feeds the next diagnosis Four stages run left to right along a single continuous baseline: Diagnosis, Co-designed intervention, Execution, and Evaluation, each labelled beneath with what it produces. A thin dotted line arcs from Evaluation back to Diagnosis, showing that what gets measured at the end feeds the start of the next round rather than closing the loop. Diagnosis Co-designed intervention Execution Evaluation measured loss project group interventions live confirmed result measurement feeds the next diagnosis
A continuous timeline where measurement feeds the next diagnosis Four stages run top to bottom along a single continuous baseline: Diagnosis, Co-designed intervention, Execution, and Evaluation, each labelled with what it produces. A thin dotted line arcs from Evaluation back to Diagnosis, showing that what gets measured at the end feeds the start of the next round rather than closing the loop. Diagnosis measured loss Co-designed intervention project group Execution interventions live Evaluation confirmed result measurement feeds the next diagnosis
01

Diagnosis

The full diagnostic runs first, because a fix aimed at a guess is just a more expensive guess.

02

Co-designed intervention

Findings are reflected back to the people inside the system, and a project group designs the interventions rather than receiving them.

03

Execution

The agreed interventions are put into practice where the cost sits, sequenced by cost of inaction, with someone accountable for finishing rather than for proposing.

04

Evaluation

Results are measured against the diagnosis baseline, so removed cost is confirmed and what remains feeds the next cycle.

Duration and scope are agreed in the first call. Engagement length depends on what the diagnostic finds and how deep the intervention needs to go.

Honest fit

Operation is not for everyone.

This fits if

  • You already suspect the drag is structural at its core rather than an effort problem
  • You want the person who diagnosed the system to be the person who rebuilds it
  • You have leadership willing to change how the commercial team works, not just what it is told
  • You would rather have one accountable outsider than another vendor with a scope

This does not fit if

  • You need a tool implemented, which is a procurement decision rather than a system one
  • There is no appetite to change how roles, handoffs, or territories are structured
  • You cannot grant access to the pipeline or CRM data the result would need to be measured against
  • The person agreeing to the engagement is not the person with authority to make the change happen
FAQ

Before you commit.

Do I pay for the Diagnosis separately?
No. The diagnostic is included in the Operation price rather than added to it. The loss it proves is what the fix is priced against.
Can I start with the Diagnosis and decide later?
Yes, and most people do. The Diagnosis is a standalone engagement designed to be useful on its own. If you continue into Operation afterwards, you are not charged for it twice.
Who actually does the work?
The person who read your system is the person who rebuilds it. Nothing is handed to a delivery team that was not in the room when the problem was found.
What happens when the engagement ends?
The change is measured against the baseline set at diagnosis, and the intervention is designed to hold without supervision. Where continuity is what you actually need rather than a fix with an end date, Partnership is the more honest option.
Where to go next

Three ways to keep going.

Start with the number

The measurement on its own, standalone, and included here in full. Useful if you want to see the finding before committing to the fix.

Explore the Diagnosis →

If you need continuity instead

When the system will keep changing shape, a fix with an end date is the wrong shape of answer. Partnership keeps the same accountable person across every cycle.

Explore Partnership →

Read the method underneath

Where the socio-economic approach comes from, and how a diagnosis becomes a change that holds. It cites its sources, so it can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Read the methodology →

Get started

A roadmap nobody executes is just a more detailed description of the problem.

One call, 30 minutes. We will review what is working, what is stalling, and where the cost is actually sitting. You will leave with a concrete next step, whether that is Kihon Labs or not.

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