Does any of this sound familiar?
Something's off. Maybe you can't quite name it yet, but you can definitely feel it.
The budget keeps creeping up. The timeline keeps sliding. The actual work stalls.
The timeline was aggressive from the start...but it's only getting worse.
Milestones are slipping. Dependencies weren't accounted for. There's no buffer anywhere. When concerns are raised, the response is always "we need to hit this date", as if saying it again will make it possible.
Your best resources were "committed"...but are never actually available.
They're supposed to be giving 50% of their time to the project, but operations keeps pulling them back. No one's backfilling their regular work. They're doing two jobs and burning out fast. There's a constant refrain of "we'll just work harder for a few months."
People are positive in meetings, but critical in the breakroom.
They agree when asked, then you hear through the grapevine that they think it's a terrible idea. Progress stalls for reasons that are hard to pin down. Work happens to the letter of what was asked... but not the spirit.
Your project leader has full accountability but zero actual authority.
They can't make decisions. They can't protect resources. They can't resolve conflicts. When things go wrong, they'll be blamed though... and they know it. They're overwhelmed.
These are just a few of the common patterns. Most struggling projects have several that compound issues.
The key to fixing things is to understand which patterns are at play in YOUR organization.
...and then understanding the specific actions that will correct them.
30 Minutes • Confidential • AI-powered
Start With Your Free Pulse Check
Experience the platform. Get preliminary intelligence on the patterns at play. Understand what deeper assessment would reveal.
Here's How It Works:
30-Minute Confidential AI Consultation We'll ask about your project: what type, what stage, what symptoms you're seeing, what concerns you have. Completely confidential. No judgment.
Pattern Analysis & Mini-Report Within 24 hours, you'll receive a downloadable report identifying the meta-patterns that warrant deeper exploration based on your unique situation, plus guidance on which stakeholders should participate in full assessment.
See If Full Assessment Makes Sense Based on the meta-patterns identified, you'll understand what deeper assessment would reveal. Your mini-report includes details on the comprehensive process. No pressure. Just information.
What You'll Learn:
Which organizational dynamics typically drive the symptoms you're experiencing
What areas need deeper exploration
Who in your organization should participate in interviews
Whether full assessment would help
What This Isn't:
This isn't a full diagnosis. That requires the full 10-interview assessment. This is directional intelligence to help you decide if a deeper assessment is warranted for your situtation.
Ready to Turn This Around?
Get the intelligence you need: what's causing the problems, what needs to change, and exactly what to do next.
What You Get:
10 confidential interviews with impacted people across your organization
Comprehensive analysis of what's actually happening (not what people are willing to say to their boss)
25-30 page action roadmap specific to YOUR project
Immediate, 30-day, and 90-day corrective actions
Delivered within 24 hours of final interview
Investment: $2997
This isn't a diagnosis. That requires the full 10-interview assessment. This is directional intelligence to help you decide if deeper assessment is warranted.
Built on 25 Years of saving failing projects
I joke that I need a couch in my office.
By the time most companies call me, I'm as much therapist as consultant. The person who championed the change is worried about their reputation. The program manager feels impossible pressure. The teams are frustrated, skeptical, often anxious. And everyone's still expected to keep operations running.
I've spent 25 years walking into these situations. Listening. Untangling the dynamics. Helping teams find a path forward.
Here's what I learned: every failure had hidden clues. Unspoken expectations. Toxic optimism. Silent sabotage. Power dynamics. Weaponized compliance. But I also learned more than how to spot these. I learned what to do about them.
Walk into a Fortune 500 with an initiative going sideways? Sure, it's stressful for the team, but the company barely notices. Clients still get served. The stock remains oblivious.
Walk into a $30M company with a major project that's struggling? That's very different. There aren't people readily available to pick up the slack. Every dollar and every day hits harder. Delayed growth, reputation damage, key employees leaving... the consequences compound quickly.
Having launched, grown, and sold a successful mid-sized business myself, I know what it's like making decisions where the stakes are real and the margin for error is razor thin.
So I built something different. An AI trained on 25 years of failure patterns. It interviews people across your organization confidentially, creating space where people can be completely honest about what they really see and feel. It spots the real threats to these projects... because more often than not, it's the human dynamics, not the technology, that determine whether they succeed or fail.
Prevention is better than rescue. But when rescue is needed, knowing exactly what to fix changes everything.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take?
The free Pulse Check is 30 minutes. You'll receive your mini-report within 24 hours.
If you proceed with the full assessment, interviews are scheduled at participant convenience. Getting all 10 completed typically takes 1-2 weeks, depending on schedules. Your comprehensive action roadmap is delivered within 24 hours of the final interview.
How confidential is this really?
Completely. The AI interviews are one-on-one. No one else hears the conversations.
For frontline participation, we help you identify which areas of the business need representation, then you provide a pool of candidates from those areas. We randomly select who gets interviewed to ensure anonymity. You'll see their perspectives represented in the report but never know which specific individuals participated.
Management interviews are attributed by role, not by specific statements. The report focuses on patterns and dynamics, not individual quotes.
Can we actually fix this ourselves... or will we need to hire consultants?
The roadmap is designed to empower you to course correct internally. You'll get specific actions you can take with your own team.
Some companies bring in outside help when the patterns uncovered are particularly systemic and they need support ensuring the changes stick. But that's your call to make. Either way, you'll have what you need to move forward.
What if it doesn't work? What if we can't turn this around?
The corrective actions work... if you're willing to implement them. That might mean changing team dynamics, ensuring real accountability, or adjusting how decisions get made. It requires openness to constructive feedback and willingness to do things differently.
If you're looking for someone to validate that everything's fine and you should keep doing what you're doing... this isn't for you. But if you're ready for honest intelligence and willing to act on it, you can turn this around.