Problem framing, a market and competitive read, a tested hypothesis, and a sized opportunity — in a short, board-readable memo. One to two weeks. Priced to the decision, not the hour.
A strategic diagnostic is the fast, low-commitment way to get a credible outside view on a decision — before you commit to anything larger. Five parts, delivered as one short, board-readable memo.
The real question, sharply bounded. Not the version of the problem that's easiest to answer — the one actually in front of you.
The outside view — forces, rivals, and where the profit pools sit. Grounded in the record, not assumption.
Answer-first candidate answers, MECE, then tested against the evidence — not a single guess dressed up as a conclusion.
The value at stake, quantified. A number you can defend in the room, not a range so wide it means nothing.
A short, board-readable memo — the answer at the top, the reasoning underneath. Something you can act on the day you get it.
If the diagnostic shows you don't need to go further, we'll say so. This engagement exists to answer that question too.
A diagnostic moves fast because an AI agent team does the legwork — research, synthesis, first-pass modeling — while the judgment stays senior. You see something real early, not at the end of a two-week silence.
We pin down the real question, the constraints, and what a good answer needs to do for you.
An AI agent team does the legwork — market, competitors, profit pools — fast, and sourced.
The hypothesis set gets built, tested, and narrowed. The opportunity gets sized in real numbers.
A written point of view, plus a live walkthrough — so you can push back on it in the room.
Most engagements start with a diagnostic — not because it's small, but because it answers the question that comes before every other question.
A fraction of the cost and time of a full engagement, and enough substance to change how you see the decision.
A credible interim view in days. The full diagnostic — memo, readout, and all — lands in one to two weeks.
The diagnostic answers whether a deeper Strategy Sprint is even worth doing — before you spend real budget finding out.
We're honest about fit. If you don't need more after the diagnostic, we'll tell you — that answer is worth as much as the memo itself.
The same approach behind PVT built ShowOps.AI — an AI-native operations platform for large-scale live-event broadcast infrastructure, with a Claude-powered agent layer, per-tenant learning, and human-in-the-loop review across 13 modules and roughly 474 API endpoints.
It's a separate company we founded, not a client engagement — but it's the clearest proof that this way of working ships serious, production-grade Claude systems that other shops staff with a full team.
Tell us what's at stake and what's getting in the way. We'll tell you honestly whether a diagnostic is the right first step, and what you'd walk away with.
Let's talk