The Stratium Lens™
Three dimensions connect the investment case to what the business can deliver. We use the same Lens to review a decision in Second Opinion and diagnose underperformance in Turnaround.
A business case
you can measure.
We test whether expected benefits justify the cost and risk, given the company’s priorities, capacity and competitive pressures. We distinguish productivity gains from cash savings, examine adoption assumptions and compare credible alternatives. We agree how ROI and business benefits will be measured, using your company’s investment criteria and methods, with clear baselines and accountable owners.
An owner for
each outcome.
We examine who is responsible for each business outcome and whether they have the authority to change workflows and resolve competing priorities. Where recovery requires a governance reset, we clarify decision rights, responsibilities and escalation paths with your leadership team.
A platform and plan
that fit the business.
We assess whether the platform, integrations and operating model fit the business. Where correction is needed, we compare the costs and risks of improving the implementation or changing the platform, and identify what value can still be recovered.
When systems act on your behalf.
AI use extends from enterprise platforms and integrations to tools employees build for their own work. Local productivity gains can come with duplicated effort, inconsistent outputs and gaps in data security, ownership and support across departments.
Within the agreed scope, we examine how these uses fit the company’s architecture and operating model, using evidence from its technology and security teams. We assess whether local gains translate into business benefits.
Agents can use tools, spend budgets, access data and make customer-facing decisions. Those actions need clear ownership, audit records and rules for human intervention. A wrong refund, an invented contract term or an unauthorized message exposes the consequences of leaving those responsibilities unclear.
Second Opinion tests whether the investment case and the control evidence support the proposed use. Turnaround establishes a correction path where implementation or operating practices are underperforming.
- Accountability frameworks for autonomous decisions
- Audit-trail forensics on deployed agents
- Vendor-contract recovery for agentic workloads
- Board-defensible governance for autonomous systems
The diagnosis decides which interventions a recovery needs.
Assessment and execution are separately scoped phases. The Sprint identifies which of these apply and in what order.
Systemic clarity.
Identify architecture, governance and commercial risks, with evidence for each finding.
Architecture and platform correction.
Address the platform debt causing the failure, simplify integrations and validate the recovery path.
Governance reset.
Clarify decision rights, establish accountable owners and align the program structure with delivery requirements.
Ownership in operation.
Align stakeholders on the recovery priorities, set escalation paths and give leadership a current view of the program.
A 90-day plan with measurable milestones.
Each milestone names an owner, acceptance criteria and a measurement method. We track delivered changes and realized business benefits separately. The recovery conditions determine the timing.
A principal owns the answer.
We agree confidentiality, document access and any AI-assisted processing before intake. Assisted document analysis organizes the evidence and identifies questions for review. A principal checks the findings against the source material.
This analysis informs the executive briefing. A senior operator personally reviews the evidence and writes the recommendation you receive.