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80/20 Training · Systems Transformation

Redesign the process, not the workaround.

Are our actual business processes designed properly?

Teach teams a repeatable method for diagnosing broken workflows, defining a better future state, prioritizing the highest-impact changes, executing the transformation and testing the redesigned process.

Program promise

What participants leave able to do.

By the end of the program, participants can diagnose an operational workflow, define system requirements, prioritize improvements using 80/20 principles, develop and manage an implementation plan, use AI to support systems design and documentation, and test a redesigned process.

Best fit

Teams relying on manual workarounds, duplicate entry or disconnected systems.
Organizations where important process knowledge lives in people’s heads.
Managers responsible for improving a workflow but unsure how to diagnose and redesign it systematically.

Curriculum

Structured teaching. Guided practice. Workplace application.

Module 01

Diagnose the Current State

Learn: process discovery, stakeholder mapping, ownership, systems inventory, information flow, communication mapping, root-cause questioning and cost-of-friction analysis.

Apply: create a current-state process map and identify the most important operational problems using evidence rather than assumptions.

Module 02

Define the Future State

Learn: outcome definition, future-state design, ownership principles, source-of-truth decisions, stakeholder needs and communication design.

Apply: produce a future-state vision that defines what better looks like, who is involved, where information lives and why the change matters.

Module 03

Build the One-Page Project Plan

Learn: purposeful brainstorming, impact-versus-effort prioritization, the 80/20 principle, dependency mapping, sequencing and clear project outcomes.

Apply: translate the gap between current and future state into a one-page plan focused on the few changes that create the greatest impact.

Module 04

Execute in Sprints

Learn: 90-day planning, shorter execution sprints, task ownership, meeting cadence, visible project tracking, accountability, blockers, escalation and delay management.

Apply: build an execution rhythm with milestones, owners, tracking and a defined approach for work that falls behind.

Module 05

Use AI to Design & Build

Learn: use tools such as Claude to think through requirements, challenge workflows, draft SOPs, create implementation documentation and accelerate repetitive project work.

Apply: use AI to produce or improve selected systemization artifacts while retaining human review and decision-making.

Module 06

Test, Learn & Improve

Learn: process testing, scenario design, exception testing, user feedback, adoption measures, defect logging and continuous improvement.

Apply: run the proposed process through real or simulated scenarios, identify failures and revise the process before finalizing it.

Learning outcomes

Participants demonstrate the skill.

Diagnose a current operational workflow and identify waste, duplication and broken handoffs.
Define a clear future-state process and system requirements.
Prioritize high-impact changes using 80/20 principles.
Build a one-page transformation plan and 90-day execution rhythm.
Use AI to accelerate systems design and documentation while retaining human judgment.
Test the redesigned process and improve it from evidence.

Applied practicum

Use the method on real work.

Participants select one appropriate workplace process and use it throughout the program. The instructor teaches the method, but participants do the diagnosis, make the decisions, build the plan, create the artifacts and demonstrate that they can apply the methodology themselves.

Learning model

Teach → Practice → Apply → Demonstrate

Team training

Build capability your team can use after the training ends.

Programs are instructor-led and built around defined learning outcomes, guided practice, workplace application and evidence of learning.

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