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8–10 weeks

People Architecture Blueprint

Install decision rights, manager rhythm, and governance in 8–10 weeks.

Teams using this blueprint cut decision latency by 20–40% within 90 days.

The People Architecture Blueprint is a time-boxed engagement that designs and installs your People Operating System—decision rights (RACI), manager cadence, and governance. In 8–10 weeks, we target a 20–40% reduction in decision latency, +30–50% manager OS adoption, and ≥60% actions closed ≤30 days.

This Solves

What You Actually Feel Day-to-Day:

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  • Approvals drag for days or weeks
     

  • Managers one-off reinvent performance processes
     

  • Decisions bounce between leaders or stall in email chains.
     

  • Cross-functional priorities conflict because there’s no unified cadence

In 8-10 weeks we replace ambiguity with structure. Your team will know who decides what, how work flows operate, and where accountability happens.

Best suited for:

SaaS/Tech and Professional Services

SaaS/Tech and Professional Services (150–400 FTE; post-M&A to 1,000 FTE)

Triggers:

  • New COO/CPO
     

  • Missed targets from approval delays
     

  • Manager layer scaling

Outcomes

Decision Latency (DLI)

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Reduce by:

20% -40% in 60–90 days

Manager Operating System Adoption (MOA%)

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Increase by:

+30–50% in 60–90 days

Employee Experience Action Velocity (EAV)

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​Improve feedback loop response time, ≥60% actions closed ≤30 days

What You Get

  • Operating model: decision rights, RACI, interfaces, escalation paths
     

  • Manager OS packet: weekly huddles, 1:1 scripts, recognition, workload guardrails
     

  • Dashboards & metric definitions; scorecards for teams/leaders
     

  • Governance calendar with monthly/quarterly reviews and owners
     

  • Train-the-Trainer kit for internal rollout

Assess → current model, spans/layers, metrics baseline

Design → decision rights, interfaces, performance & onboarding

Enable → playbooks, training, MOA% instrumentation

Govern → dashboards, owner charters, cadence with DLI/MOA%/EAV targets

The Process

Investment Tiers

Core

(150–400 FTE): 8 weeks | $45k–$60k 

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  • Operating model, decision rights, performance cycle, leader cadence 
     

  • Playbooks + rollout plan 
     

  • Manager OS starter kit + adoption scorecard

Enterprise/Post‑M&A

(400–1,000 FTE w/ trigger): 9–10 weeks | $60k–$80k 
 

  • Multi-site integration; escalation & governance; cross-BU calibration 
     

  • Synergy-capture checklist & integration comms 
     

  • Go-live enablement

Add On:

→ Synergy‑capture checklist and integration comms (Post‑M&A variant).

 

Pricing varies by scope; design + enablement only—your team executes.

People Architecture Blueprint

Outcomes 

↓ Attrition in priority teams 
 

↑ Execution clarity 


↑ Manager confidence 


• Proactive governance embedded

Installed KPI targets (DLI, MOA%, EAV) and measurement methods included in final blueprint.

Let’s design the system your growth deserves.

Decision rights, cadence, and dashboards—installed with DLI/MOA%/EAV targets.

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