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Why decision-makers reach out

Situations

Every situation starts with two questions:
Do you know what it's about?
And do you know how?
The answers determine where we start.

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How to get thereopenclear

What it's about: unclear · How to get there: open

Creating impact

Things aren't working anymore, and no one really knows why.

The symptoms are visible. What's missing is a diagnosis and clarity about the cause.

What it's about: clear · How to get there: open

Realignment

Conditions have changed. Your company has to follow.

Market, technology, regulation, competition, or resources force you to act. The way forward is open.

What it's about and how to get there: partly clear

AI in the company

Having to act without knowing the limits. Boundaries blur, everything affects everything else, and uncertainty is high.

What it's about: clear · How to get there: clear

Guidance through change & transformation

The plan is set. Now it has to hold.

You don't need a diagnosis. You need someone who spots the weak points early.

What it's about: unclear · How to get there: clear

Solution in search of a problem

Tools get bought before it's clear what for. Not a situation, but a warning sign.

A good fit: the Decision Audit. It clarifies what really needs to be decided before you buy anything more.

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The situations in detail

I don’t know what it’s about

Creating impact

Things aren’t working anymore, and no one really knows why. What you can see is what doesn’t work: customers leave, projects don’t get finished, decisions stall. What’s missing is a diagnosis and clarity about the causes.

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I know what it’s about, but not how

Realignment

Conditions have changed. Your company has to follow. There are clear criteria you have to act on: market, technology, regulation, competition, resources. What’s open is how.

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I know some of it, and everything is connected

AI in the company

Having to act without knowing the limits. You partly know what it’s about and what would need to be done, and partly also how. But the boundaries blur, and every factor affects the others. That creates a high level of uncertainty.

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Guidance through change & transformation

When it’s clear what it’s about and how.

Patrick Schmid at the meeting table

Some companies know what should change and how. They don’t need a diagnosis. They need guidance so that the change holds.

Why me: I spot weak points very quickly. From more than two decades of leadership in transformations, and from all four service areas, I know where change is unprotected: in the way decisions are made, in structure and processes, in products and services, and in leadership.

Guidance is available in every service line: Decision guidance, Transformation guidance, Resonance guidance, Leadership guidance.

One situation, four perspectives

Any situation can involve decisions, organization, products & services, or leadership. I examine all four and start where it does the most for your situation. The path is always the same: clarify, design, implement.

Approach

The path in three stages

  1. Initial conversationBefore stage 1: the initial conversation. Clarity on whether to continue, and with what.
  2. Stage 1ClarifyFindings: what holds up, what blocks, what options there are
  3. Stage 2Design or decideSolutions, developed and tested with your people in short cycles
  4. Stage 3ImplementFindings and solutions become practice and structure, as a project or ongoing
Patrick Schmid in conversation

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