You've tried everything. Nothing's moving.

• The strategic plan cost six figures and sits on a shelf.

• The funding application got rejected—again.

• Stakeholders stopped showing up to meetings.

• Leadership changed and momentum disappeared.

• You hired consultants who delivered reports but nothing actually changed.

The problem isn't effort. It's not budget. It's not even strategy.

It's that you're solving the wrong problem—because the real one is invisible from where you sit.

After 25 years, I see patterns others miss….or ignore.

I've been inside federal agencies watching applications fail for fixable reasons. Observed disaster recovery stall because no one built local capacity- or the right KIND of capacity. I’ve seen state economic development offices watching plans collapse with leadership turnover and become irrelevant.  Unfortunately, while the stories for each situation are incredibly unique, many failures are inevitable if not communicated, assessed, and adapted. 

The failures follow patterns. And the patterns trace back to five structural breaks:

• Capacity gaps — Staff who can't write competitive applications or capabilities are a mismatch

• Resource mismatches — Chasing the wrong funding, missing programs you're eligible for

• Plans without traction — Strategies with no champions, no metrics, no accountability

• Stakeholder fragmentation — Partners who've quietly disengaged, coalitions that fracture under pressure particularly lacking leadership

• Brittleness — Systems built for stability that collapse when even the slightest conditions change

  Most organizations don't know which break they have. They just know something isn't working.

I don't wait for you to explain the problem. I help identify it for you.

Here's the truth most consultants won't tell you: the leader on the call often doesn't have the full picture. Staff filter bad news upward. Stakeholders disengage without explanation. Plans fail for reasons that never make it into a debrief.

My job isn't to take your word for it. It's to see the patterns, ask the right questions, and tell you what's actually breaking—even when that truth hasn't reached you yet.

Then we build systems that adapt instead of collapse.

You describe what's stuck.

I diagnose the structural break underneath—and give you a clear path forward.

Here’s an overview of the Sagax Diagnostic Sprints linked to a slide deck covering Sagax Strategic Snapshots as well. Click on the graphic to view the deck.