When saving costs alone jeopardises the future.
In a crisis, you must reduce costs to survive. At the same time, you must invest to stay relevant. We accompany you in maintaining your capacity to act within this extreme field of tension.
The Dilemma: Surviving today vs. surviving tomorrow.
The numbers force your hand. You must increase efficiency, streamline structures, and perhaps even reduce headcount. At the same time, you know: if we only apply the red pen now, we risk the very substance we need for the eventual upswing.
The organisation often reacts to this pressure in extremes: innovation grinds to a halt, office gossip dominates, and your best people start looking elsewhere.
This conflict between preservation and renewal is not a management error. It is the central paradox of every crisis.
Those who try to resolve this paradox one-dimensionally will fail. Merely saving or merely hoping is not enough. The challenge lies in holding the tension. You must ask the organisation to operate at two speeds simultaneously - without it breaking apart.
Together, we discover:
- Where today’s savings jeopardise tomorrow’s revenue.
- Why fear paralyses even the best processes - and how to change that.
- Which informal networks you must protect at all costs during the crisis.
- How to keep the team on board despite tough cuts.
- Where the organisation is falling into shock instead of taking action
Keeping an eye on cultural substance while you stabilise the balance sheet.
Restructuring advisors and auditors focus on liquidity and processes. We focus on the dynamics within the organisation.
Mirroring the impact: We are not a communications agency that "pretty-wraps" your messages. We help you understand how your decisions actually land within the organisation - and why what was meant as a clear directive is often perceived as a threat.
Protecting the future: We help you identify which cultural cores and informal networks are essential for a fresh start, ensuring they aren't unintentionally damaged in the heat of the moment.
We support you in ensuring your organisation remains capable of action, even when pressure is at its peak.
"Crisis is the moment when an organisation decides: will it shatter under the pressure or grow through the necessity? We ensure that the survival instinct doesn't consume the capacity for the future."
Dr. Katja Elbert
Battle-tested and weather-proof.
We know the pressure inside the boiler. We have accompanied leadership teams in situations where everything was at stake. We don’t bring theoretical models; we bring the calm and clarity you need right now to avoid losing sight of the bigger picture.
Let’s discuss how to strengthen your capacity to act.
Dr. Katja Elbert
Gründerin und Beraterin
Frequently Asked Questions - and our honest answers
The question is rather: can you afford to ignore the dynamics? If fear and uncertainty dominate, even the best restructuring plans will fail to take root. We don't offer quick-fix patents. We support you in making the organisation capable of speech and action again despite the enormous pressure. It’s about dealing with the paralysis on a fundamental level rather than trying to "wish it away" superficially.
Often, it is because the "survivors" of the crisis are mentally retreating. While you are fixing the numbers (the "must-do"), you must simultaneously secure the belief in the future (the "added value"). We help you maintain this balance so that you don't "shrink to greatness" but remain truly competitive.
Clarity is essential. However, relying solely on "command and control" has a dangerous side effect: it invites people to stop thinking for themselves. We help you find the balance: the direction must be indisputable, but the path to getting there requires the intelligence of your team. Otherwise, you will end up carrying the burden of the crisis alone.
