Thirty minutes on a project you already closed.
I walk you through a short set of questions about one engagement that is already finished. You answer them cold. Then you tell me what actually happened, and we find out together whether what went wrong was something that could have been named up front.
Free. Nothing to prepare. No pitch at the end.
Why a project you already closed
Because you already know the ending, and I don't.
If I tell you what I would have caught on a live project, you have to take my word for it. On a project you already finished, you don't. You can weigh what surfaces against what actually happened, and decide for yourself whether it holds up.
How it works
- 1
You answer the questions cold.
Nine categories, before you tell me anything about how the project went.
- 2
Then you tell me what happened.
That is where the real conversation is. The questions only open the door.
- 3
You get a short written summary.
Written after we talk, once the conversation has told me what belongs in it.
Why answering cold matters
If the ending is already in your head while you answer, hindsight shapes every answer and the exercise proves nothing. Questions first, story second. That sequence is the whole reason this counts as evidence instead of a conversation about memory.
Two things that stay true the whole way through
- Everything runs under your name. Your client never sees me.
- The scope I find should be work your people get to bill, not work I talk your client out of. I am your partner, not your client's judge.
One thing you should know
I have not been paid for this exact work yet. What I have is years of root cause work on stalled processes, two case studies, and Lean Six Sigma. That is precisely why I would rather prove it on a project you already closed than argue about it.