Surface the risks. Build the safeguards.
In a nutshell
What it is
A fixed-scope sprint that systematically surfaces every way your initiative could fail, quantifies the risk, and builds safeguards into the execution plan.
What you get
Failure mode map, risk priority matrix, early warning indicators, safeguard playbooks, and a monitoring dashboard that keeps risk visible.
Who it's for
Leadership teams about to commit significant capital to a strategy nobody has stress-tested from the other direction.
4 weeks · From £24,000
Could be on your desk by the 26 May
The upside deck is polished.
The downside does not exist.This sprint maps every failure mode, quantifies the risk, and builds the safeguards before you commit. One senior consultant. Direct access. No handoff.
How we get there
01
Scoping callThe initiative, the stakes, the assumptions. We map the decision landscape before designing the sessions: what is being committed, what has been assumed, and where the pressure points sit.
02
Stakeholder mappingDeliberate selection of who participates. Builders, operators, decision-makers, sceptics. We design session groups to maximise candour and minimise hierarchy effects.
03
Assume failureThe initiative failed. Completely. Now explain why. Structured sessions where each participant looks back at the failure and describes what happened. The format gives permission to surface what optimism usually silences.
04
Cluster and quantifyDeduplicate across groups. Cluster related failure modes. Score each for probability and impact. The priority matrix separates what needs mitigation from what needs monitoring.
05
Early warning designFor every critical failure mode: what to watch, who watches it, and what threshold triggers action. Leading indicators that appear before the failure itself.
06
Deliver safeguards and monitoringThe failure mode map, the priority matrix, the indicators, the playbooks, and the monitoring framework. Monitoring activated from day one. Full handoff.
Clear deliverables
Who leads this sprint
Senior consultants. Direct access.
These are the consultants who can lead this sprint. Explore their profiles and connect directly with the one who fits your situation.
Ray Tarantino
Marketing Strategy & Operations · 20+ years
The things that actually move a business tend to be the things nobody is tracking.
Location
UK, Italy
Silvia Scherini
Strategic Marketing & Brand Operations · 20+ years
Closes the gap between the deck and the outcome.
Location
Italy
Lapo Brogi
Brand Intelligence & Marketing Strategy · 25+ years
Builds the marketing culture that makes the team work.
Location
Thailand
Ready to stress-test before you commit?
30-minute scoping call. No obligation. No pitch.
Every engagement starts with a scoping call. Same price. Shaped to your situation.