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The ZBT Discovery

The transformation just landed on you.

Board wants results. The plan is vague. The clock is running. And somehow it's on your desk to make real.

Before you staff a plan you're not sure is right — or hand it to a marketplace consultant — start with a Zero-Based Transformation Discovery. In weeks, you'll know what's actually breaking, what to fix first, and how to prove it worked.

The moment you're in

You don't have a strategy problem. You have a scoping problem.

The mandate is real and the pressure is personal. But the plan was built on workshops, assumptions, and last year's org chart — and you're the one who has to make it deliver. Rushing to staff it is how good operators inherit someone else's bad scope.

Chief Operating Officer
“I own the outcome — but I didn't scope the plan.”

The ambition landed from above. The execution risk landed on you.

~10¢of every dollar is lost to poor project performance — the model, not the intent.PMI · Pulse of the Profession
Transformation Lead
“If I staff the wrong plan, that's on me.”

Bodies are easy to hire. A plan aimed at the wrong constraint is expensive to unwind.

1 in 4projects overrun their budget — the fatal misfits surface late, after you've staffed it.Panorama · 2026 ERP Report
Chief Financial Officer
“We digitized everything — and still can't execute.”

New systems went in. The work still routes around them.

51%of firms saw no gain in performance or profit from their digital investment.KPMG · US Technology Survey
Services & Delivery Leader
“Utilization looks fine — until it doesn't.”

The number holds on the dashboard while the model quietly slips beneath it.

66.4%billable utilization — the lowest in 19 years of the benchmark.SPI Research · 2026 benchmark
PMO Director
“Everything's a priority — so nothing fully lands.”

The portfolio keeps growing. The organization's capacity to absorb change doesn't.

59%name “too many changes at once” as their top barrier to effective change.PEX Report 2025/26
Executive Sponsor
“My name is on this — I need to know it will land.”

You sponsored it upstairs. If it slips, that's your credibility on the line, not just a budget line.

1 in 3initiatives deliver on time, on budget, and on intended value — the rest drift.Standish Group · CHAOS Report
Head of Technology
“We bought the platform. The old cost structure stayed.”

The system is new. The model it runs on the same one you had before.

$17.42to process one invoice — best-in-class do it for $6.84. Same task, two operating models.Celonis · State of Business Execution
Chief Strategy Officer
“We're moving faster — but are we actually changing?”

Acceleration isn't capability. Speed on the wrong model just arrives at the wrong place sooner.

9%have built the capability to reinvent continuously — even as 83% accelerate.Accenture · Total Enterprise Reinvention
Head of Transformation Office
“We launched before we scoped.”

The kickoff happened. The map of what actually had to change never did.

64%of transformation efforts begin without a clear roadmap.PEX Network · Digital Transformation

Validators cited for reference to their publishers: PMI, Pulse of the Profession; Panorama Consulting Group, 2026 ERP Report; KPMG, US Technology Survey; SPI Research, 2026 Professional Services Maturity Benchmark; PEX Network (PEX Report 2025/26 and Digital Transformation research); Standish Group, CHAOS Report; Celonis, State of Business Execution; Accenture, Total Enterprise Reinvention. Figures remain the property of their sources; citation does not imply endorsement.

What it is

A Zero-Based read of how the work actually runs.

Not a maturity survey or a best-practice deck. A structured read of your operating model in its actual state — so the transformation is scoped from evidence, not assumption.

01 · Discover

Surface the actual state

We read how demand really enters, moves, and proves out — and hear the Voice of the System: the pains, gains, and requirements no dashboard shows.

02 · Diagnose

Find where value leaks

We locate exactly where strategy stops converting — the stage that's breaking throughput — and rank it by what it's costing you.

03 · Reset

Scope the real play

The findings become the transformation roadmap itself — sequenced, defensible, and aimed at the constraint that actually matters.

Three ways to work with us

Start with the read — and take it as far as it's yours to own.

Most engagements begin with the Discovery. From there, we stand up the change alongside your teams — or advise the leaders who carry it.

Start here

ZBT Discovery & Reset

The scoped read that resets the plan — diagnostic, evidence, and a defensible roadmap in weeks, not quarters.

  • Actual-state read across the operating model
  • Ranked pains, gains & requirements
  • The transformation roadmap, scoped from evidence
  • A baseline you can prove against
Start a conversation
When it's yours to own

Transformation Implementation

We don't hand you a roadmap and leave. Where you need it, we stand up the change alongside your teams — and prove it held.

  • Everything in the Discovery & Reset
  • Redesign of the breaking stage
  • Change stood up with your people, not from a deck
  • Proof the outcome held — defensible to the board
Discuss the full engagement →
Between engagements

Advisory

Senior counsel for leaders carrying a transformation — in the boardroom, shaping the program, and steadying the teams who deliver it.

  • Board & advisory-board counsel
  • Program shaping & assurance
  • Delivery leadership coaching
  • Executive sponsor support
Talk through an advisory fit →
The footprint

Rapid, senior-led, and scoped to one value stream at a time.

A time-boxed diagnostic engagement — run against a single value stream (a region, product, function, cost center, or lifecycle such as CPQ, OTC, R2H, or PSA) and scaled in parallel when speed matters.

Cadence
Weeks, not quarters

A rapid, front-loaded read — time-boxed by design, and light on your leaders' calendars.

Delivery
Senior-led

Principals do the work — no analyst army, and no learning on your time.

Scale
Parallel teams

Layered teams run multiple value streams concurrently — pace without cutting corners.

Scope
Modular

Scoped one value stream at a time, and sequenced across the enterprise as you scale.

The evidence-based front end to everything that follows — modular by design, so effort concentrates where it matters and scales on your terms.

Why start here

A staffing firm fills the seat. A ZBT scopes the play.

A marketplace can place a capable operator at your desk within days. But a placed consultant executes the plan they are handed — they will not tell you it is aimed at the wrong constraint. A ZBT resolves that question first, so the resources you deploy are building the right thing.

The staffing route
The ETEGY read
Deploys against the plan you already hold
Tests whether the plan is scoped correctly at all
Begins executing on assumptions
Begins from your operating model's actual state
Bills time against a fixed scope
Returns ranked evidence and a defensible roadmap
Leaves you to prove it worked
Leaves you a baseline built to prove it

Engage ETEGY to scope the work. Deploy execution resources once the right plan is proven.

Questions leaders ask

Before you start.

How long does it take?
A single value stream runs in weeks, not quarters — a rapid, time-boxed read your leaders feel as a focused engagement, not a standing commitment.
How is it scoped and sized?
Engagements are modular — scoped one value stream at a time and sequenced across the enterprise as you scale. Investment is scoped to the work and sized in our first conversation, not off a rate card.
Do you implement, or just diagnose?
Both. Most engagements begin with the Discovery & Reset. Where the change is yours to own, we stay and stand up the transformation alongside your teams — and prove it held.
We already have a transformation plan. Why start here?
That's exactly when a ZBT pays for itself. It tests whether the plan is scoped against your actual state — before you spend against it. If the plan holds, you've confirmed it cheaply. If it doesn't, you've avoided an expensive detour.
How is this different from a staffing firm?
A placed consultant executes the plan they are handed. A ZBT establishes whether that is the right plan at all — returning ranked evidence and a defensible roadmap. Scope the work with us first; deploy execution resources once the plan is proven.
What do we walk away with?
A map of how work really moves, the pains and requirements ranked by cost, a transformation roadmap scoped from evidence, and a defensible baseline to transform against — and prove you moved.

Don't staff the plan. Scope it first.

A first conversation is exactly that — bring one number or one mandate you'd want to get right. We'll show you what a ZBT would surface.