One important challenge. Solved with focus.
A concentrated two-to-four-week engagement for a strategic question that needs more than a one-day assessment but less than a long consulting programme. A Sharp Sprint is designed around the decision that needs to be made — not a generic consulting methodology.
Strategic questions that deserve focused, senior attention.
- Growth, brand or category strategy
- Positioning development
- Innovation and portfolio prioritisation
- Launch and go-to-market strategy
- Marketing roadmaps and strategic briefs
- Global-to-local translation
Four focused moves.
- 01
Frame
Clarify the real question, required decision, stakeholders and success criteria.
- 02
Diagnose
Review the existing work, evidence and assumptions. Conduct focused stakeholder input where required.
- 03
Resolve
Develop and pressure-test the strategic choices, recommendation and trade-offs.
- 04
Mobilise
Translate the answer into a clear roadmap, brief, decision framework or leadership narrative.
Tailored to the decision, not a templated deck.
Outputs are always shaped by the question. A sprint may produce one or several of the below.
- Strategic recommendation
- Positioning or proposition
- Portfolio priorities
- Opportunity map
- Marketing or innovation roadmap
- Go-to-market direction
- Decision framework
- Leadership alignment session
- Creative or agency brief
- Practical 90-day action plan
Good fit
- One important, bounded strategic challenge
- Senior attention is needed
- Multiple inputs need to be resolved
- A decision and route to action are required
- The client can make relevant stakeholders available
Not the right fit
- A simple single decision suited to Sharp Take
- An open-ended transformation without clear ownership
- A requirement for a large research programme
- A major execution programme requiring an embedded leader
A challenge that deserves two to four weeks of proper focus?
Two to four weeks of senior, focused work — designed around the decision you need to make and the people who need to act on it. I reply personally within one working day.
Typical investment
€15,000 – €35,000
excluding VAT · scope dependent
Final pricing depends on scope, complexity and stakeholder involvement.