Sprints

GET PROOF AN IDEA WILL WORK (OR NOT) IN DAYS OR WEEKS. NOT MONTHS OR YEARS.

You have the early research. But, an idea on a PowerPoint slide isn’t the same as customer proof. We lead test-and-learn sprints with your team to get measurable customer behavior.

With early results, we capture the moment to embed these new ways of working with the team leads so they can repeat the process independently.

How We Do It

Move from research to making: We take early customer and business research and move teams to start getting what is in their heads on paper

  • We get teams moving together: we establish trust and rhythms across cross-functional teams toward a shared goal and get them moving in sync

  • We focus on the riskiest assumptions: We increase team focus by identifying the biggest customer, business and technology unknowns and making them more known

  • We build cheap prototypes in the room: We empower teams to create tangible versions of their ideas that are more easily shared for early feedback

  • We show unfinished work to customers: We get early feedback directly customers and internal stakeholders while protecting the brand

  • We get team leads to lead the process: We believe in see one, do one, teach one. We quickly

  • We create repeatable frameworks: so team leads can apply the same process to their work to continue to practice

Case Studies

Launched an internal risk calculator in 2 weeks.

An operational team at a large B2B manufacturing company had compounding process risk from initial sales through delivery, creating failure modes costing the company $1M+ annually. They needed to bring together a team across the organization who distrusted each other to quickly take ownership for their part of the new product risk and collaborate to launch a new tool.

lemus&co led the team to create a new Risk Calculator that they developed and launched with internal stakeholders after two 4-hour sessions.

“David made everyone feel equal and he drove us forward. We still use the artifact from our virtual workshop 9 months ago. One of the best facilitators I have ever worked with.”

—MARCO DI MAMBRO, OPERATIONS MANAGER, CELESTICA

Secured a 6-figure budget after a 7-day product accelerator

A reporting team in the European market had been stalled for months on developing a new internal reporting tool for front-line employees. After a 1 week accelerator led by the lemus&co team, they increased their product market confidence by 47% and secured a 6-figure budget to launch.

“I loved the ability to talk to our internal customers quickly with a prototype - often we don't get feedback until it is piloted or launched! The pace has really helped.”

— Digital Enablement MANAGER, Europe

Hi, I’m David—

the founder and owner of lemus&co.

I would love to talk to you and see if we are a good fit for your challenge.