A four-stage diagnosis and a strategy your team can act on — the depth of a consulting engagement, in minutes, not months.
| The Premis Brief | A consulting engagement | Asking a chatbot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to a diagnosis | Minutes | Weeks | Instant |
| The method | Four visible, auditable stages | The partner’s working — if you ask | A black box |
| What’s missing | Flagged on every brief | Sometimes surfaced | Rarely admitted |
| The recommendation | One, committed — with a kill criterion | Yes — at the end of the engagement | “It depends…” |
| Afterwards | Checks back at day 30, 60 and 90 | The engagement ends | The chat forgets you |
| Mode | What runs | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis only | Four-stage diagnosis. Streams in real time. | ~90 sec |
| Diagnosis + Deep Research | Peer-reviewed sources injected before diagnosis runs. | ~4 min |
| Diagnosis + Deep Research + Competitive Context | Market and competitor intelligence added to the research pass. | ~5 min |
| Full pipeline | Diagnosis · strategy · 90-day execution plan. No research. | ~5–6 min |
| Full pipeline + Deep Research + Competitive Context | Everything. The most comprehensive run. | ~12–15 min |
| Output | What’s in it |
|---|---|
| The diagnosis |
What kind of problem this is and what decision needs to be made Primary hypothesis grounded in what you wrote — alternatives ranked by probability, falsifiability condition for each An issue tree built to pressure-test the diagnosis — each branch marked as supporting or challenging it Specific tests that would confirm or abandon it — and where analysis hands back to you |
| The strategy |
Three meaningfully distinct strategic options One committed recommendation with constraint-aware justification The assumption it cannot survive being wrong about The leading indicator that a pivot is needed When Deep Research + Competitive Context is on, options are developed with awareness of the external market landscape — not just the internal problem frame. |
| The execution plan |
90-day task-level plan with action-first tasks Functional role owners, binary success metrics, dependencies Failure modes with early signals Decisions that need a human in the room |
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