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Methodology

The 6D methodology: how we make
a transformation real.

We don't improvise. Every transformation we support follows the same arc—from an honest diagnosis to a capability that stays in your company. Six phases that start with D, guided by four disciplines working on the same problem at the same time.

The method

Six phases, one arc.

From understanding the starting point to running the change every day. We don't hand one phase to one team and the next to another: we stay with the whole arc, until it works.

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    An honest picture of where you are: maturity by area, real levers and what's actually holding you back. Everything starts here—and it's exactly what the test measures.

  2. 02

    Define

    Turning intuition into clear decisions: where to compete, what to change and what to protect. Strategy chooses.

  3. 03

    Design

    Shaping the solution: architecture, processes and experience. What makes change desirable and adoptable, not imposed.

  4. 04

    Develop

    From the slide to something that works: product, processes and technology. Engineering makes it real and reliable.

  5. 05

    Deploy

    Putting it to work day to day, with the team on board. Adoption, not announcement.

  6. 06

    Direct

    Operating, measuring and improving continuously. It's not a project that ends: it's a capability that stays.

The first D

It all starts with diagnosing.

The diagnosis isn't a black box. It's exactly what the test does—seven dimensions of maturity—and what you'll see in your report. The method, the test and the report speak the same language: that's why the picture you get is already the first step of the work.

Leadership
Mission and purpose: do they guide day-to-day decisions?
Product
How you manage and improve what you sell.
Marketing
From word of mouth to predictable demand.
Sales
From intuition to a process that scales.
Structure
Talent, operations and infrastructure: does it all depend on you?
Cash Flow
Finance: from checking the bank balance to deciding with judgement.
Continuity
Succession and governance, in family businesses: securing the essence.
See the diagnostic 7 dimensions · personalised report · in English
How we work

Four disciplines, on the same problem.

Strategy, systems thinking, engineering and design don't take turns: they look at the same problem at once. One sets the course, another understands how it all fits together, another works out how to make it possible and another makes it connect. None of them is enough on its own.

Strategy

The course. Which goals to pursue and where to compete: the few decisions that really matter.

Systems thinking

The structure. How everything fits together in your organisation and why it responds the way it does.

Engineering

Feasibility. How all the pieces fit and what it takes for the change to be possible in your real context.

Design

Connection. Giving it shape and communicating it so that it's understood, connects and is adopted without friction.

Your first D

Start with the diagnosis.

In a few minutes you have an honest picture of your company: maturity level, biggest levers and where I would start. We'll travel the rest of the arc together.