Sprint · Decision Architecture · Fixed price

6 in 10 tech projects fail. Yours doesn't have to.

For owners about to invest serious money in technology or AI - one sprint of about four weeks, before the signature.

Apply for the sprint - decide before you sign

20+years buying and selling technology

6 in 10tech projects that miss the plan

1decision you can defend

How it works

One fixed-price sprint with your leadership team, before you sign for technology or AI. You walk out with a decision you can defend - made before the signature, not six months after.

We diagnose the root problem

Not the software your team already fell in love with: the problem underneath it. With you and your leadership team in the room.

We write the decision

Decision criteria and a success metric, on paper, agreed by the whole team: what you're solving - and how you'll know when you've solved it.

Vendors face your questions

I sit with you through the evaluation and the live demo. Each vendor answers the hard questions before they get your signature - not after.

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.

The root problem written in one sentence.

Decision criteria and a success metric on paper, agreed by your whole leadership team.

Answers from each vendor to your hard questions, live demo included.

One sprint costs $4,970 USD. Signing the wrong deal costs many times that. If we move to the Operating Partner seat, the sprint comes off your first month.

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.

FAQ

Before you book.

What exactly do I get at the end?

A decision you can defend: the problem in one sentence, the criteria and success metric in writing, and the vendors' answers on the table. If the right answer is don't buy yet, you'll know that too - before spending serious money.

Who needs to be in the room?

You and your leadership team - the people who will operate whatever you buy. If the operators don't understand the problem, no system fixes that.

We already have a vendor shortlist. Is it too late?

It is a good moment. The sprint doesn't restart your process: it pressure-tests it. Your shortlist either holds up against the written criteria, or you just avoided an expensive mistake.

What happens next

What happens after you write.

You write to me

One sentence: what you are about to invest in.

You hear from me

I read it and answer myself. If it makes sense, we set up a short interview; if it doesn't, I tell you that too and we don't waste your time.

Interview, then a date

In the interview we check whether your decision and your team fit a sprint. If we both say yes, we set a start date.

Two paths

You can sign with the shortlist your team already fell for and find out in six months whether that was ever the problem. Or put the decision to the test four weeks before the signature, with your team at the same table.

The signature can wait one sprint.

Tell me in one sentence what you're about to invest in. If it makes sense, the next step is a short interview. You'll hear back from me, not a sales team.

Apply for the sprint - decide before you sign

wb@wadibardawil.com · English and Spanish