You've probably already tried to fix it. Most contractors do. Sometimes it works. Often it doesn't — for reasons that usually have nothing to do with how smart your team is.
| Conrad Prism | Going DIY | |
|---|---|---|
| Time cost | $2,500 + 8–15 brief interviews of your team | 100+ hours of your operations lead's time spread over months, plus everyone they pull in |
| Objectivity | An outsider with no political stake in any decision or any vendor | Internal advocates have history, relationships, and budgets tied to specific tools |
| Field credibility | 30 years on jobsites means crews actually answer the hard questions | Your operations lead may not have spent enough time on jobsites to ask the right ones |
| Speed | 2–3 weeks from kickoff to a written report | Months — often years — of incremental hypothesis-testing and false starts |
| Output | Document leadership can hand to a vendor, the board, or the next hire | Tribal knowledge that lives in your operations lead's head |
| Risk of inaction | Forced cadence means decisions actually get made | Easy to deprioritize whenever a project fire flares up |
Book a free 30-minute discovery call and I'll tell you straight — even if the answer is “you don't need me.”