This tool has three phases — a value engineering opener, a 15-question diagnostic, and a scored results page. Here is exactly what to do in each one, and what to say to the person across the table.
The first screen has four cards. The only thing you need to do is type their annual revenue into the top-left box. Everything else calculates automatically — trade spend, the EBITDA impact of a 3% improvement, and what that means for their exit multiple.
If you don't know their exact revenue, use a round number. You can adjust it later. The point is to show them a real number with their name on it before you say a word about the diagnostic.
Scroll down past the four cards. You'll see the OGSM grid — four rows showing how Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures map to your five pillars. This is the strategic architecture of the engagement.
You don't need to explain every row. Point to it and say one sentence. The visual does the work.
Click the button and you're into the diagnostic — 15 questions across the five pillars, three per pillar. You can either ask them the questions yourself and click on their behalf, or hand them the screen and let them answer directly.
Each pillar block opens when you click it. Work through them in order. The progress bar fills as you go. The results button unlocks at 15/15.
The results page has four things: a score out of 100, an EBITDA opportunity estimate based on their revenue and their diagnostic answers, a pillar-by-pillar bar chart showing exactly where the gaps are, and a priority findings section identifying the top two areas to attack first.
Don't rush this page. Let them read it. Let there be silence. The numbers are doing your selling for you.
This is a first version. Jon is building a fourth phase that turns the diagnostic results into a live, working OGSM scorecard — something you fill out with the client in the meeting and leave behind as a PDF. Here's what it will include:
This is a thought at this stage — we'll iterate on it together based on how the first version performs in the room. Send Jon your feedback after you use it.