The Bay Architecture Sprint
A structured organizational diagnostic that tells you exactly what's blocking progress — and what to do about it first.
You started this work because it matters. But somewhere along the way, the systems took over.
The mission is still on the wall. But the meetings don't feel connected to it. The processes that were supposed to help have become burdens. The admin grew until it crowded out the work you actually care about.
Leaders are exhausted. Teams are stretched thin. Work is harder than it needs to be.
You’re spending more time managing systems than advancing the mission.
This isn't a strategy problem. It's an alignment problem. Your operations have drifted from your purpose — and nobody's had time to notice, let alone fix it.
Most organizations already know something isn't working. The challenge is seeing the full picture — not just the symptoms, but the patterns underneath.
This work examines six interconnected domains that determine whether transformation will succeed or stall.
A Comprehensive Look at
What's Really Going On
Strategic Clarity & Alignment
Is your strategic direction clear?
Does your leadership team agree on it? Everything else flows from here.
Systems & Technology Landscape
Which tools are creating value and which are creating friction? Where are the integration gaps?
Leadership Readiness & Capacity
Do the people who will lead this change
have the awareness, support,
and capability to guide it?
Process Maturity & Operational Effectiveness
How does work actually get done — and where is it falling through the cracks?
Organizational Culture & Change Capacity
What will your culture enable?
What will it fight? Can your organization
absorb change right now?
Team Capability & Skill Gaps
Can your people execute transformation? Where do skills, capacity, or confidence need to be built?
These domains don't exist in isolation.
The diagnostic value comes from seeing how they interact — where culture blocks meet leadership hesitancy, or where process immaturity amplifies technology friction.
The Alignment Delta
What Is an Alignment Delta? The Alignment Delta is the measurable gap between where your leadership team believes the organization is operating, and where it is actually operating. Every Sprint surfaces this gap across six domains. The size and location of that gap determines what you do first.
The Process
Phase 1: See Clearly
Through facilitated conversations, stakeholder interviews, and targeted assessment tools, we build a detailed picture of where your organization stands across all six domains. I'm listening for what's said, what isn't, and where the patterns connect.
Typically 2-3 weeks of data gathering
Phase 2: Make Sense of It
The diagnostic value isn't in collecting information — it's in synthesis. I look for root causes, intersections between domains, and the difference between symptoms and the actual problem. An alignment delta becomes clear. Technology issues are often people issues. Culture issues are often leadership issues.
Analysis and pattern recognition
Phase 3: Chart the Path
You receive a clear-eyed assessment of where you stand, what's blocking progress, and a prioritized roadmap for what to do about it. The findings are yours — to act on with me, with someone else, or on your own timeline.
Debrief and strategic recommendations
This Is For Organizations That…
This work is designed for mission‑driven nonprofits, retreat centers, experiential education programs, professional services firms, and purpose‑driven businesses who started with a clear mission but feel operationally overwhelmed. They typically:
Have grown beyond their original systems and processes
Sense that "how we work" no longer matches "why we work"
Want to reclaim time and energy for what actually matters
Are preparing for a strategic planning process and want to get honest first
Have tried new tools or systems that helped temporarily but didn't solve the underlying issues
What You Receive
For deeper engagements (Diagnostic and Alignment levels), you walk away with:
An honest readiness assessment — whether your organization is positioned for transformation right now, or needs foundational work first
Clear identification of root causes — not just what's broken, but why, and how the six domains are interacting to create the patterns you're experiencing
A leadership and stakeholder picture — where support, hesitancy, and resistance live, and what to do about each
A prioritized roadmap — sequenced recommendations for what to tackle first, what to leave alone, and what order gives you the best chance of success
Strategic options — not one prescribed path, but informed choices you can evaluate against your own context, capacity, and timing
This diagnostic stands on its own. It's designed to give you genuine strategic clarity — the kind that prevents expensive mistakes — whether or not we work together beyond it.
Investment: $6,500 Includes all three phases — data gathering, synthesis, and debrief — plus your written Alignment Delta report and prioritized roadmap. Timeline: 3–4 weeks from kickoff.
Leadership Clarity Assessment
The Sprint can include a Leadership Clarity Assessment: where we combine Gallup Q12 engagement data with CliftonStrengths 34 results for your leadership team to reveal the gap between what leaders perceive and what the organization is actually experiencing.
Systems Should Serve Purpose, Not the Other Way Around
I've spent 31 years inside organizations — from managing enrollment and clinical risk simultaneously at Outward Bound, to designing transformation frameworks in state government. Across all of these contexts, I've watched operations drift from mission — and learned how to close that gap without burning people out.
When the answer is better tools — a CRM, workflow automation, a project management system — I help you build a realistic roadmap for selection and implementation. And because I also do change management work, we design implementation so new tools are actually adopted, not just installed. But if the real problem is process or alignment, no tool will fix that — and I'll tell you.
This work is grounded in the belief that your organization already knows what needs to change. My job is to create the conditions where you can see it clearly — and then support you in doing something about it.
Sensing a Gap Between Purpose and Operations?
Strategic alignment work often follows a Leadership Clarity Assessment or an organizational engagement review and may pair with change management support when operational shifts are significant.
Let’s talk about what you’re experiencing, what you’ve already tried, and what kind of support would actually help.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Sprint runs in three phases. In Phase 1 (See Clearly), I conduct facilitated stakeholder conversations and targeted assessments across six organizational domains — gathering data on what leadership perceives and what the organization is actually experiencing. In Phase 2 (Make Sense of It), I synthesize that data and identify patterns: where are the real root causes, where are the domains intersecting to create the problems you're feeling, and what's a symptom versus what's the actual issue. In Phase 3 (Chart the Path), I debrief the findings with your leadership team, deliver your written Alignment Delta report, and walk through a prioritized roadmap. The findings are yours to act on — with or without continued support from Bay.
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Three to four weeks from kickoff to debrief. Most of the work happens on my end. Your team's time commitment is primarily the Phase 1 conversations — typically 45–60 minutes per stakeholder. I coordinate scheduling and do the synthesis. You don't need to block weeks of leadership bandwidth to get accurate results.
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A written Alignment Delta report and a prioritized roadmap. The report shows you where your leadership team's perception of organizational health diverges from what the data actually reflects — across all six domains. The roadmap tells you what to address first, what to leave alone for now, and what order gives you the best chance of lasting change. These are yours to use however makes sense — to inform your own planning, to share with your board, or to guide a next phase of work with Bay.
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No. The Sprint is designed to minimize disruption to your operations. Leadership involvement in Phase 1 typically looks like two to four 45-minute conversations — structured, focused, not a committee process. You don't need to prepare, produce documents in advance, or run internal meetings to get ready. That's my job. Your job is to be honest in the conversations.
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That depends entirely on what the findings show and what your organization has capacity for. Some organizations use the Sprint to sharpen their own strategic planning and move forward independently. Some engage Bay for continued support — change management, a team strengths assessment, or deeper organizational work. There is no automatic next step built into the Sprint. The debrief conversation will make the options clear, and you decide what makes sense.
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Most consulting reports tell you what the consultant thinks you should do, based on their framework, applied to your situation. The Sprint is different in two ways. First, the diagnostic is designed to surface what your organization already knows but hasn't been able to see clearly — the patterns, the root causes, the places where perception and reality have drifted apart. Second, the roadmap reflects your specific context, constraints, and timing — not a generic prescription. I don't come with the solution. I come with 31 years of knowing there's probably a better way, and the process to help you find it.
CREDENTIALS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Over 30 years of Embedded Organizational Experience | Gallup Certified CliftonStrengths Coach
PROSCI Certified Change Practitioner | Master’s in Project Management (Northeastern)
Master’s in Organizational Development (University of Maine, 2026)
