When Risk Isn’t Broken Down, Decisions Slow Down.
Prepare one high-stakes initiative for a confident Commit, Correct, or Cut decision.
When Risk Isn’t Broken Down, Decisions Slow Down.
What It Looks Like:
Leaders can’t agree on what must be proven before spending more time or money.
Meetings turn into opinion debates instead of resolving the few unknowns that matter.
Unresolved uncertainty accumulates, turning routine initiatives into high-stakes calls late in the process.
What You Actually Want:
A clear, shared understanding of the assumptions behind the initiative.
Faster decisions based on evidence, not prolonged analysis.
Alignment on which risks matter now and which can safely wait.
When Risk Isn’t Shared, Decisions Bottleneck.
What It Looks Like:
Teams operate with different assumptions.
Ownership erodes across handoffs.
Escalations increase because decision rights aren’t clear.
What You Actually Want:
A shared, cross-functional view of risk and tradeoffs.
Clear ownership pushed closer to the work.
Fewer escalations and less political friction.
When Risk Isn’t Tested Quickly, Decisions Stall.
What It Looks Like:
Leaders hesitate because uncertainty isn’t backed by evidence.
Teams default to overanalysis instead of learning.
Reviews multiply without reducing actual risk.
What You Actually Want:
Confidence based on real evidence.
Reduced uncertainty without large, irreversible bets.
Clear signals for when to Commit, Correct, or Cut.
Prepare One Initiative for a Capital Decision
The Decision Sprint is a focused 3–6 week engagement built around one initiative.
We help your leadership team:
Identify and organize assumptions across desirability, viability, and feasibility.
Surface the specific evidence required before committing more capital.
Make risk visible across functions using a shared assumptions map.
Design lightweight experiments to test the riskiest assumptions first.
Establish explicit Commit, Correct, or Cut criteria to guide the next decision.
This is a decision preparation engagement.
By the end of the Sprint, you will have:
A structured Assumption Map
The 3–5 risks most likely to break the initiative.
Clear evidence thresholds before further funding
A 90-day learning plan
Explicit Commit, Correct, or Cut criteria
Even if final commitment comes after the 90-day plan, it won’t be vague.
Precoil partnered with DuPont to de-risk their decision making
$24MM in New Growth generated from the combined 57% of the projects (Commit + Correct) that launched in the market.
$12MM saved on the bottom line from re-deploying resources from the 43% of the Cut projects.
26% Commit
Customer-validated value propositions with strong sponsorship and competitive advantage31% Correct
Early course correction based on customer, market, or value-chain evidence43% Cut
Projects discontinued early due to lack of viable path forward, liberating capital and talent
“We built a front-end system with Precoil that made smarter bets before Stage-Gate ever began.”
— Darren Stoddart, Behr
“Precoil saved us a hell of a lot of time discussing.”
— Dave Masters, Realtor.com
Who this is for
A Capital Decision Is Approaching
Capital is about to move, but the risks aren’t visible.
Alignment Feels Thin
Debate is increasing. Proof criteria are unclear.
Governance Is Coming
Governance is approaching. Evidence is thin.
Before You Apply
Does the Sprint guarantee a final Commit / Correct / Cut decision?
No. It guarantees clarity on what must be true before committing more capital. Some initiatives require a 90-day learning cycle before final commitment.
What if we need to run experiments after the Sprint?
That’s expected. The Sprint defines the 90-day learning plan and decision criteria so testing is intentional, not reactive.
Who needs to be involved?
The stakeholders accountable for the initiative’s outcome, typically a cross-functional leadership group.
Is this a workshop?
No. It’s a structured decision-preparation engagement focused on one initiative.
What happens after the Sprint?
You execute the 90-day learning plan and make the next capital decision with clarity. If the structure proves valuable, we can apply it to additional initiatives.
Apply for a Decision Sprint
Focused on one initiative at a time.
We review each application personally.
