AI Implementation That Delivers ROI in Weeks, Not Years

McKinsey and Tenex are excellent for F100 companies with $500K+ budgets who need holistic transformation and board-level credibility. We're built for mid-market companies (50-5000 employees) who need practical results fast. We get in the trenches with your team—interviewing employees, mapping actual workflows, implementing quick wins—not spending months in boardrooms building PowerPoints. Our engagements are $50-250K, not $500K+.

That's exactly why we exist. MIT research shows 95% of AI pilots fail—not because the AI is bad, but because the process underneath is broken. You can't automate chaos. We fix the foundation first: documenting what actually happens (not what management thinks happens), removing immediate friction with tactical solutions, then standardizing processes so automation actually works. Most companies skip straight to step 3 and wonder why nothing sticks.

Discovery phase: 2 weeks to quantify waste and map real bottlenecks.
First quick wins: 2-4 weeks to remove immediate friction and free up capacity.
Full implementation: 8-12 weeks for complete TRIAGE cycle (standardization + automation architecture).
Unlike traditional consulting where you wait 6 months to see value, you see measurable improvements in the first month.

Yes—this is one of our most common scenarios. Shareholder mandates without clear strategy lead to expensive failures. We help you respond intelligently: first, we quantify your actual operational waste (the calculator above shows you the math). Then we build a phased roadmap with measurable ROI milestones. You'll have concrete numbers to present to the board within 2 weeks, and demonstrable results within 60 days—not vague promises about "AI transformation."

Absolutely—and you're not alone. Data blindness is the #1 blocker we see. That's why Task Assessment (the "T" in TRIAGE) starts with discovery: we sit with your teams to understand actual workflows, identify where data lives (spreadsheets, databases, tribal knowledge), and document the current state. You can't automate what you don't understand. We make the invisible visible first.

Discovery phase: 5-10 hours of interviews with key team members across operations.
Implementation: Weekly check-ins (1 hour) + access to systems/data + one internal champion (10-15% of their time).
Our philosophy: We build with you, not for you. Your team's insights are critical—they know where the real pain points are. But we do the heavy lifting on design, build, and deployment.

No—this is the paralysis trap. Waiting for perfect AI agents means losing money today while competitors gain ground. Our approach: deploy tactical interim solutions now to remove immediate friction, which creates breathing room to properly standardize processes. Then when more advanced AI becomes available, you have clean foundations to build on. Companies that wait end up further behind because they never fixed the underlying chaos.

We define clear KPIs upfront in the ROI Mapping phase (the "R" in TRIAGE). Typical metrics:
• Time savings: Hours recovered per employee per week
• Cost reduction: Operational waste eliminated (calculated in dollars)
• Capacity gained: FTE equivalents freed up for higher-value work
• Process reliability: Error rates, completion time, consistency
Every metric ties directly to financials. If we can't measure it, we don't build it.