Operate.
Day One and interim leadership. Senior operators leading execution from Day One.
Value is lost in execution
Strategy is rarely the point of failure. Fewer than a third of transformations both improve performance and sustain the gain, and the difference is senior operating leadership from Day One.
Of organisational transformations succeed in improving performance and sustaining the gains.
McKinsey, The science behind successful organisational transformationsTransformation success where senior leaders replace people not committed to the change, against where they do not.
McKinsey, The science behind successful organisational transformationsOf AI adopters have fundamentally redesigned any workflow, the factor most strongly linked to financial impact.
McKinsey, The State of AI in 2025What we deliver
Day One and interim leadership: the services within this step.
Day One and 100-day plans
A concrete plan with owners, milestones and measures from completion.
Interim CEO, COO and CTO
Senior operators who step in and run the business or the programme.
Transformation office
Programme governance that tracks every initiative and the value it delivers.
Operating model redesign
Structure, decision rights, controls and routines that fit the strategy.
Change management and adoption
Embedding new ways of working so that results are sustained.
AI strategy and operating model
Where AI creates genuine business value, and how to implement it safely.
Who this is for
Evidence from the market
Published results from other organisations. Not North Axiom results.
LEGO’s loss in 2003, when it faced a liquidity crisis. Operational focus followed under a new chief executive.
Robertson and Breen (2013), summarised by Markhub24LEGO cut its unique elements from about 12,400 in 2004 to about 7,000 by 2008, removing complexity across the operation.
Robertson and Breen (2013), summarised by Markhub24of organisations using generative AI had fundamentally redesigned any workflows. Redesign, not tools, is where value is won.
McKinsey, The state of AIFill in: check each figure against its source before launch
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Case studies are illustrative and context-specific. Outcomes depend on operating conditions, implementation and other factors, and similar results should not be assumed.