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We design the organisation for how work runs now.

The People group is where transformation actually lands — or stalls. We redesign the organisation for the way work runs in 2026, make change stick, and help founder- and family-owned businesses pass the baton intact.

Because the blocker to value is almost never the model. It's the organisation.

What it is

What this group does.

The hardest part of any transformation isn't the strategy or the software — it's the people and the organisation around them. In 2026, with AI agents taking on real work, the question of how a company is structured, staffed, and led has become the difference between capability that ships and capability that sits idle.

The People group designs the organisation for how work actually runs now: roles built for human-plus-agent teams, an operating model where decisions flow, and capability built in rather than endlessly hired. We make change programs that land instead of stall, and we bring struggling businesses back to performance with candor and a clear plan.

It's also home to one of Aadi's most distinctive practices: family and founder-owned business succession. Passing a business to the next generation — intact, governed, and growing — is among the most consequential transitions an owner faces, and one where judgment matters more than scale. It ties directly to our Capital arm when a transition involves a recapitalisation or a partial sale.

How we work with you

Five ways to bring us in.

Scoped to the outcome, not the hours. Most engagements start with a short readiness conversation, then take one of these shapes.

01

Build sprint

A fixed-scope build that ships a working system, product, or model in weeks — not a phased programme that never lands.

02

Embedded operator

We sit inside your team and run the function — building, hiring, fixing — until it's self-sustaining, then hand it over.

03

Readiness program

We get you ready for what's next — a raise, a sale, an AI rollout, a new market — and close the gaps before they cost you.

04

Fractional capability

A senior CFO, CMO, CSO, CHRO, or CTO for as long as you need one — full weight, part time, no permanent overhead.

05

Principal partnership

Where we believe, we put skin in — capital alongside you, or our work for a share of the upside instead of a full fee.

Where this lands

Two angles, in the sectors we know.

Where this group does its sharpest work — and what we'd back alongside it.

Family & Founder-Owned Business
BuildSuccession, governance, and value creation for businesses built to last.
BackPrincipal positions in businesses in transition and special situations.
Manufacturing & Industrials
BuildOrganisation and operating-model redesign for complex operations.
BackAsset-aware positions where collateral lowers risk.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
BuildCapability and change for regulated, people-heavy systems.
BackHealth platforms where adoption decides outcomes.
Technology & SaaS
BuildScaling the org and culture behind fast growth.
BackEarly-stage teams building for two markets.
Pairs with — cross & upsell
Capital · Investing in transitionCofoundry · Chief NavigatorsStrategy · Value creationBuild · AI operating model
Questions, answered

The things people ask first.

Isn't 'change management' just workshops and slides?

Not here. We design the structure, run the delivery, and stay until the change is operating — measured by adoption and performance, not attendance.

How do you approach AI's impact on roles?

Honestly. We redesign roles around what humans do best and what agents do best, build the team's fluency, and protect psychological safety through the remix rather than pretending nothing changed.

What makes your family-business work different?

We treat it as both a human transition and a value event. Governance, succession, and the family charter on one side; recapitalisation and value creation — with our Capital arm — on the other.

Can you help a business that's in trouble, not just growing?

Yes. Turnaround and restructuring are core to this group. We tell it straight, stabilise performance, and rebuild — and where it fits, our distressed-intelligence venture, Errored Coin, informs the call.

Need the organisation to keep up?

Tell us where work is getting stuck. We'll help you design the organisation — and the change — to move it.

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