How is the fee staked on results?

Every twelve-week cycle splits the fee into tranches, and a portion is conditional on validated Value Created against the Approved Value Baseline. We do not get the staked tranche unless your ROI-approving stakeholders sign off that the outcome landed. The baseline, the measurement method, and the staked amount are all agreed in writing in Week 2, before the bulk of the work begins, so the trade is explicit rather than a year-end argument. When the lever is a P&L number you can measure, the speed of payback is our risk too.

What is the Approved Value Baseline?

The Approved Value Baseline is the written agreement, locked in Week 2 with your ROI-approving stakeholders (the finance lead, COO, or operations owner closest to the P&L), that defines what we are measuring, how we are measuring it, and what counts as Value Created. It turns a vague promise of improvement into a number your own people approved up front. At Week 12 the same stakeholders verify the result against that baseline, which is what releases the staked portion of the fee.

What happens if the value is not delivered?

If the validated Value Created falls short of the Approved Value Baseline, the staked portion of the fee is not earned. That is the point of staking it: the downside of a miss sits with us, not only with you. You still hold the work product, the instrumentation, and the named operators who ran the cycle, and we agree the next move before another tranche is at risk. We design the cycle so the staked outcome is one we are confident we can hit, because we only get paid in full when your stakeholders confirm it.

How is this different from time-and-materials?

Time-and-materials bills you for effort and inputs: hours, seats, day rates. You carry all the outcome risk and the meter runs whether or not the work moves a number. Staff augmentation is the same trade with a different label, renting bodies by the month with no stake in the result. Our outcome-staked model inverts that. We name the senior operators on the SOW, run AI agents on the volume, lock a baseline your stakeholders approve, and stake a portion of the fee on the verified outcome. You are buying a measured result, not a timesheet.

Commitment

The outcome-staked model.

We put named senior experts and AI agents on your real operation, then stake a portion of our fee on outcomes your own stakeholders verify. Work runs in twelve-week cycles. An Approved Value Baseline is locked in Week 2 with the people closest to your P&L, and the staked tranche is earned only when the validated Value Created lands. No timesheets, no rented seats, no black box.

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How it works

Twelve weeks, three moves,
the fee staked on the outcome.

Every engagement runs on the same mechanism. One cycle is enough to move a real P&L number and verify it. Multi-cycle programs compound, widening the surface agents own while the baseline keeps scoring the result.

Week 0 to 2

Lock the Approved Value Baseline

We name the pod on the SOW, ingest your data onto our harness, and lock an Approved Value Baseline with your ROI-approving stakeholders. The number we will move, the way we will measure it, and the portion of the fee staked on it are all agreed in writing before the bulk of the work begins.

Week 2 to 9

Ship against the baseline

Named senior operators own the judgment work, AI agents own the volume, and the target number moves inside your real operation rather than a slide. Progress tracks live against the baseline, with the same instrumentation your stakeholders will use to sign off, so there are no surprises at the end.

Week 10 to 12

Verify the value, release the stake

Your stakeholders verify Value Created against the Approved Value Baseline. That sign-off is what releases the staked tranche of the fee. A miss against the baseline means the staked portion is not earned. The next cycle activates with no second procurement, compounding on the same instrumented operation.

Named operators, AI agents, and an Approved Value Baseline your stakeholders sign

Named operators, AI agents, a baseline your stakeholders sign.

The contrast

Three ways to buy. One that stakes the fee.

The difference is where the outcome risk sits. Time-and-materials and staff augmentation bill you for effort and leave the result entirely to you. The outcome-staked model puts a portion of our fee on the line against a number your own people approved.

Outcome-staked model

A portion of every cycle's fee is staked on validated Value Created.
Approved Value Baseline locked in Week 2 with your ROI-approving stakeholders.
Named senior operators on the SOW, AI agents on the volume.
You buy a verified result against the baseline, not effort.
A miss against the baseline means the staked tranche is not earned.

Time-and-materials

You pay for hours and inputs whether or not a number moves.
No baseline and no agreed definition of success up front.
All outcome risk sits with you; the meter runs regardless.
Incentive is to bill more effort, not to ship the result faster.
Value is argued at the end, not verified against a written target.

Staff augmentation

You rent bodies by the month with no stake in the outcome.
Headcount scales linearly with the problem, so cost tracks volume.
Often a labor pyramid with juniors learning on your operation.
No instrumentation and no stakeholder sign-off on value.
You own all the risk and all the integration work.

Commitments

The model written into
the contract.

The outcome-staked model is not a sales line. It shows up as contractual commitments in every cycle. These four are the ones that carry the stake. The full set of seven sits on the Services page.

01
ROI or We Pay
A portion of every cycle's fee is staked on validated outcomes against the Approved Value Baseline. When the lever is a P&L number you can measure, the speed of payback is our risk too.
02
Free Until Value Pilot
Thirty-day proof-of-value pilot. You pay only at a production-grade outcome, so the work proves itself on your real operation before it costs you.
03
Transparent Resource Plan
Named senior operators on the SOW. Substitutions need client sign-off. No labor pyramid, no juniors learning on your operation, no black-box seat count.
04
12 Month Hypercare
A full year of hypercare after the cycle ships. The agents, instrumentation, and work product keep working as the business changes, with us on the hook for the outcome.

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Proof

The model, run at Fortune 100 scale.

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Direct line

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Twenty-five minute call. A Cycle 1 sketch tied to a real P&L number in your operation, the baseline mechanics, the named operators, and how the staked tranche works. No slides, no obligation.

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Frequently asked

The outcome-staked model.

Twelve weeks, three moves,the fee staked on the outcome.

Lock the Approved Value Baseline

Ship against the baseline

Verify the value, release the stake

Three ways to buy. One that stakes the fee.

Outcome-staked model

Time-and-materials

Staff augmentation

The model written intothe contract.

ROI or We Pay

Free Until Value Pilot

Transparent Resource Plan

12 Month Hypercare

The model, run at Fortune 100 scale.

Put a number on the line this quarter.

Questions a buyer actually asks.

How is the fee staked on results?+

What is the Approved Value Baseline?+

What happens if the value is not delivered?+

How is this different from time-and-materials?+

Twelve weeks, three moves,
the fee staked on the outcome.

The model written into
the contract.