Interviews
Hear from leaders and the people doing the work.
Find what is preventing your business from delivering the value customers expect. Establish the evidence and decide what deserves to change.
Start With a Value Assessment
Patrick begins with one defined gap: what customers need, what you promise, and what they receive today. That includes the result and the experience around it.
The assessment tests possible explanations across people, processes, technology, decisions, and working conditions. It examines how they interact before assigning responsibility.
Hear from leaders and the people doing the work.
Compare the expected result with records and customer feedback.
Examine delays, rework, handoffs, decisions, and how tools are used.
He compares these sources, tests competing explanations, and ranks constraints by their effect on customer value and the strength of the evidence. Gaps and uncertainty remain visible.
The assessment delivers a supported diagnosis and a decision. Solution design and implementation are separate work.
The evidence supports moving forward.
Close key gaps before investing in a solution.
Revisit when the conditions support action.
The evidence does not support continuing.
A short Needs Analysis comes first. Patrick discusses the gap and whether an assessment fits, then agrees with the client on the question, evidence, access, timing, and scope before work starts.
Start With a Value Assessment