Products that address the growing complexity of organizations

Strategic diagnostics, institutional direction, organizational redesign, governance models, value chain mapping, and leadership development for transforming organizations.

As organizations scale or navigate market transitions, the greatest risk is rarely external competition alone—it is internal friction between strategy, structure, decision-making rights, and managerial capability. This portfolio structures institutional choices and builds the architecture required to make strategy happen.

“Complex organizations do not need longer reports; they need clarity on what to stop, continue, and start—backed by governance that sustains every choice.”

— Prof. Dr. Luís Guedes · FIA / FEA-USP
ENGAGEMENT METHOD

Strategy that survives contact with operations.

Every engagement starts with a rigorous diagnosis of institutional reality—never off-the-shelf templates—uniting management science, organizational design, and executive governance.

Structured Scenario Reading

Separating operational noise from structural root causes by crossing competitive landscape, internal maturity, and institutional strengths.

Strategy-to-Design Coherence

Aligning strategic ambition, macroprocesses, value chain, organizational structure, and decision-making rituals.

People-Led Traction

Translating strategic choices into a clear change agenda and building the managerial capabilities required to execute it.

UNPACKING THE SOLUTIONS

Scope, rationale, and deliverables by product

1.1Scenario Reading & Positioning

Strategic diagnostics

Analytical report covering the external environment and internal conditions, synthesizing opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses. Delivers a structured reading of the challenges and choices the organization must face.

When to engage

When leadership senses slowdown signals, regulatory/technological shifts, or internal misalignment, and needs an unbiased analytical foundation before committing capital.

Core deliverables

  • Executive report on the external environment (market, regulation, technology, and competitive vectors)
  • In-depth assessment of internal conditions, capabilities, and structural bottlenecks
  • Integrated synthesis of opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses
  • Structured map of strategic dilemmas and critical choices for the board and C-suite

Value capture

Eliminates blind spots at the top and builds executive consensus around the organization’s true priority challenges.

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1.2Direction & Execution

Strategic planning

Development of the strategic direction document with priorities, strategic objectives, and initiatives. Includes guidance for deployment, monitoring, and plan review, connecting institutional choices to execution.

When to engage

For organizations that need to turn long-term ambition into clear choices, measurable targets, and deployment routines that drive daily execution.

Core deliverables

  • Master Strategic Direction document (vision, priorities, and growth theses)
  • Strategic objectives map, key performance indicators (KPIs/OKRs), and multi-year targets
  • Prioritized portfolio of strategic initiatives with clear ownership and milestones
  • Deployment playbook, tracking cadences, and periodic plan review system

Value capture

Connects institutional ambition to front-line execution, ensuring disciplined resource allocation and performance tracking.

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1.3Redesign & Interfaces

Organizational structure review

Organizational redesign proposal accompanied by a revised definition of roles, responsibilities, and cross-unit interfaces. Clarifies how structure can support strategy and improve coordination.

When to engage

When growth has created silos, overlapping mandates, slow decision-making, or a legacy structure that no longer serves current strategy.

Core deliverables

  • Complete organizational redesign proposal (macro and micro-structure)
  • Revised charter of mandates, attributions, and responsibilities across units
  • Explicit mapping of critical cross-unit interfaces and collaboration protocols
  • Assisted transition roadmap for safe implementation of the new structure

Value capture

Reduces cross-departmental friction, eliminates scope duplication, and restores executive coordination speed.

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1.4Decision Rights & Accountability

New management and governance models

Deep analytical process culminating in a revisited architecture of decision-making bodies, responsibilities, coordination mechanisms, and management/monitoring routines. Organizes decision-making, accountability, and results oversight.

When to engage

Ideal for growing enterprise groups, professionalizing family businesses, or public institutions seeking faster decision-making and stronger accountability.

Core deliverables

  • Architecture of decision-making bodies (boards, committees, executive forums, and authorities)
  • Decision-rights matrix (RACI/RAPID) and cross-functional coordination mechanisms
  • Management cadence calendar, performance monitoring rituals, and governance protocols
  • Accountability and results-supervision frameworks for executive leadership

Value capture

Ensures faster, traceable decisions at the right organizational layer while freeing the C-level from operational bottlenecks.

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1.5Value Architecture

Organizational macroprocess mapping and value chain review

Map of core, support, and management macroprocesses, detailing key interfaces and redesigning the organization’s value chain. Provides an integrated view of how every area contributes to value creation.

When to engage

When departments operate in fragments without end-to-end clarity on how value is created, supported, and delivered to clients or citizens.

Core deliverables

  • Redesigned integrated organizational Value Chain
  • Complete blueprint of core, management, and support macroprocesses
  • Specification of input/output interfaces, service levels, and cross-area handoffs
  • Contribution matrix linking each macroprocess to strategic business objectives

Value capture

Creates a cross-functional systemic view, uncovering hidden boundary bottlenecks and guiding technology and AI investments.

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1.6Capability Metrics

Institutional maturity assessments

Assessment instrument and results report by dimension or macroprocess. Identifies existing capabilities, gaps, and priorities to guide institutional development.

When to engage

For organizations that need an objective baseline of their current maturity in management, innovation, governance, or digital/AI readiness.

Core deliverables

  • Custom maturity assessment instrument structured by dimension or macroprocess
  • Analytical report with detailed scoring, comparative radar charts, and evidence base
  • Installed capabilities vs. critical gap analysis
  • Prioritized institutional evolution roadmap across short-, medium-, and long-term waves

Value capture

Replaces subjective impressions with a measurable baseline to track institutional evolution over time.

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1.7Focus & Executive Agenda

Change priority syntheses

Executive document consolidating actions to stop, continue, and start. Translates diagnostic findings into a change agenda with clear priorities for leadership.

When to engage

When an organization suffers from initiative overload—dozens of competing projects with no clarity on what must be stopped to make room for strategic priorities.

Core deliverables

  • Executive Stop / Continue / Start matrix validated with senior leadership
  • Direct translation of diagnostic findings into practical transformation levers
  • Sequenced executive change agenda balanced by impact, urgency, and absorption capacity
  • Executive communication guide to align managers and teams around key choices

Value capture

Delivers immediate organizational relief by cutting low-return initiatives and focusing executive energy on high-leverage moves.

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1.8Capabilities & Leadership

Management development programs

Program structure, learning objectives, content, and activities tailored to managers’ real challenges. Supports capability building to coordinate teams, lead change, and execute strategy.

When to engage

No strategy or new structure survives if managers keep operating with yesterday’s mindset. Designed to equip leaders for real business challenges.

Core deliverables

  • Custom learning architecture and objectives directly tied to corporate strategy
  • Curated content, applied case studies, hands-on workshops, and problem-solving labs
  • Executive modules delivered with academic rigor (FIA/USP standard) and practical focus
  • Applied action projects focused on team coordination, change leadership, and execution

Value capture

Raises the bar across middle and senior leadership, building shared vocabulary and autonomy to lead complex change.

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