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Get Better Every Quarter

Hiring consultants for every problem is expensive and doesn't scale. The goal is building your internal capability to identify problems, experiment with solutions, and improve continuously, on your own.

Path to Agility® Definition

The ability of the organization to relentlessly pursue optimizations in all aspects of business functions.

84%
of organizations struggle to maintain improvement momentum
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Why This Matters

70%of transformation improvements fade within 2 years

Seven out of ten organizations that improve with outside help slide back to old habits once consultants leave. The gains weren't embedded into the culture. They were rented temporarily.

Source: McKinsey Research
84%of organizations struggle to maintain improvement momentum

Starting a transformation is easy. Sustaining it is hard. More than 8 in 10 organizations lose momentum because they don't build the internal skills to keep improving on their own.

Source: BCG Transformation Study
5xmore likely to stick: changes owned by teams vs. imposed by consultants

Changes that teams create and own are 5 times more likely to last than changes imposed from outside. Imposed solutions get abandoned the moment external attention shifts.

Source: Change management research

Most organizations don't know how to improve themselves. They hire consultants who identify problems and recommend solutions. Things get a little better. Then the consultants leave and everything slides back, or worse. The improvements weren't owned internally.

Continuous improvement requires habits, skills, and systems. Teams need to know how to identify problems, design experiments, measure results, and iterate. They need time and permission to improve. Most organizations have none of these.

Sound Familiar?

If you're experiencing these symptoms, you're not alone, and we can help.

Previous improvements have faded. You're back to old habits

Retrospectives happen but nothing actually changes afterward

You keep hiring consultants for the same problems

Improvements are imposed from above, not driven by teams

No one measures whether improvements actually worked

Teams are too busy fighting fires to invest in getting better

How We Fix It

We work ourselves out of a job by building your internal capability to drive continuous improvement.

01

Build Internal Coaches

We identify and develop internal change agents. Your people who can carry improvement forward. We train them in facilitation, problem-solving, and coaching so they can develop others.

You get: Trained internal champions who own improvement
02

Create Improvement Habits

We embed improvement into daily work. Regular reflection, rapid experimentation, measurable outcomes. Make getting better a habit, not a one-time initiative.

You get: Improvement practices built into team rhythms
03

Build Feedback Systems

We create mechanisms that make progress visible. When teams see improvements in data, they're motivated to keep improving. Success breeds success.

You get: Metrics that show improvement over time

What Changes

When improvement becomes self-sustaining:

Improvement continues without us

Teams get better on their own, quarter after quarter. The capability stays when we leave.

"The Path to Agility was crucial to our journey because it focused on outcomes, strengthened our capabilities, and became an integral part of our improvement mindset." - Jeanette Ward, Texas Mutual Insurance

Internal expertise grows

Trained internal coaches who can facilitate change and develop others. Your capability multiplies.

Gains compound

Steady improvement compounds into transformational change over time. Small wins add up to big results.

Independence replaces dependency

Stop relying on consultants. Build the capability to solve your own problems. That's the real goal.

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