W WADI BARDAWIL Book the hour - decide with certainty

Consulting · One hour · One decision

Don't buy the wrong system twice.

For owners days away from signing for a system - one paid hour before you put your name on anything.

20+years buying and selling technology

2sides of the table: selling and buying

1hour before the signature

How it works

One hour with someone who's spent 20+ years on both sides of the table. You walk out knowing what to ask before you sign.

You bring the decision

The system you're about to sign for, the vendor's proposal, and whatever still does not sit right with you. That's all you need to prepare.

We define the problem

My opening question: what problem are you solving - and how will you know when you've solved it? We don't move on until it fits in one sentence.

You leave with an answer

The exact questions for your vendor, the metric that tells you it worked, and a clear verdict on the decision in front of you.

Why me

Judgment gets trained by decisions. Not by a certificate.

At 24, inside GE's leadership program (OMLP), I built - on my own - the same strategy Jack Welch had asked the company for that same week at Crotonville. A judge stood up to say so.

Today I'm Chief of Strategy & Technology for a private fund, after twenty years on both sides of the table: selling technology, and buying it.

I also lost my own money on a venture I couldn't execute. The wins and that mistake are the same ledger - that's why I'm here to help you decide better, not just avoid risk.

Wadi Bardawil, business and technology strategist

What you get

You walk out with three things.

Your problem defined in one sentence - with the metric that tells you it's solved.

The questions your vendor has to answer before you put your name on anything.

A clear yes, no, or not-yet on the decision in front of you.

I don't sell software and I don't take vendor commissions - I sit on your side of the table.

Before you read on

What I don't do.

I don't sell the implementation. If I did, my judgment would be worth nothing.

I find the vendor; I'm not the vendor.

I take nothing from the vendor's side. No commission, no referral fee, no one-off.

Whoever shows up with the software already picked, looking for a blessing, isn't a client.

Before the call

Three questions that make the hour pay off.

Bring rough answers - they don't need to be perfect. If you've thought them through, the hour starts at the decision, not at the background.

The decision

What decision is in front of you - and when do you have to make it?

The problem

Can you describe in one sentence what problem you're solving - and how you'll know when you've solved it?

The options

What options are already on the table - and what's holding you back on each one?

FAQ

Before you book.

Is one hour really enough?

For one decision, yes. We're not implementing anything - we're defining the problem and arming you with the questions. If your case needs more than an hour, I'll tell you in the first ten minutes, not after billing five.

What if my problem isn't clearly defined yet?

That is what the hour is for. Almost nobody can answer the opening question on the first try. We leave with the problem written in one sentence.

How much does it cost?

One flat hourly rate, confirmed when you book. It costs far less than signing the wrong contract.

What happens next

What happens after you book.

You book the hour

Pick a slot on the calendar and send me, in one sentence, the decision in front of you.

You hear from me

I read your sentence and your three answers before we meet. If your case needs more than an hour, I tell you before the call, not during it.

After the hour

You decide with what you walked out with. If you want me alongside for the vendor evaluation, the next step is the sprint. If not, this is where it ends - there is nothing else to buy.

Two paths

You can sign on Monday with the question unanswered and find out in six months whether it was the software or the decision. Or answer it first, in one hour, and sign knowing why.

Sign sure - or don't sign yet.

Tell me in one sentence what decision is in front of you. You'll hear back from me, not a sales team.

Book the hour - decide with certainty

wb@wadibardawil.com · English and Spanish