The Problem: Strategy Is a Latency-Sensitive Function¶
Modern enterprises operate at machine speed.
Capital moves instantly. Markets reprice continuously. Competitors ship weekly.
Strategy does not.
Traditional consulting delivers insight through: - Interviews - Workshops - Slide synthesis - Partner arbitration
This model introduces structural latency that cannot be optimized away.
Latency is no longer an inconvenience. It is a competitive failure mode.
Strategy Is Now Physics-Bound¶
In earlier decades, slow strategy was survivable. Markets were slower. Information asymmetry was higher. Execution windows were wider.
That world no longer exists.
Strategy must now: - React in near-real time - Handle contradictory inputs - Enforce constraints automatically - Compute financial truth, not narrate it
Human consulting cannot meet these requirements at scale.
The Core Mismatch¶
| Enterprise Reality | Consulting Reality |
|---|---|
| Machine speed | Human availability |
| Deterministic systems | Subjective synthesis |
| Parallel execution | Sequential workflows |
| Computed truth | Opinion arbitration |
This mismatch is irreducible.
No amount of talent, experience, or branding fixes physics.
The Result¶
Strategy becomes: - Late - Politicized - Over-scoped - Under-validated
Enterprises are not failing due to poor thinking. They are failing due to thinking too slowly.
Consulting-as-Code™ exists to close this gap.