• Learning is Performance.

    You want to sharpen your firm's "unfair edge".

     

    You need top-tier advice.

     

    But can you afford the best?

     

    Our pay-for-performance model offers access to world-class talent, delivering proven techniques to improve top and bottom-line results.

     

    Can you afford to wait?

     

  • How Does Purpose REALLY Work?

    We've written a guide to help managers overcome the challenges of business purpose.

     

    Read about it here.

     

    Enter your email to be entered in a draw for one of 100 FREE copies. (We won't use it for anything else.)

  • "Profit is the reward for correctly understanding an aspect of reality ahead of your peers."

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  • What We Do.

     

    Framework is a special kind of business performance consultancy.

     

    We believe high-performing companies and teams have one thing in common: they learn faster than the competition.

     

    Founded by a former Boston Consulting Group consultant and a leading agile/innovation coach, our mission is to bring world-class results within everyone's reach.

     

    We deliver measurable, sustainable competitive advantage through a "teach-to-fish" approach that's helped dozens of companies scale up, and even more teams transform.

     

  • Our Vision.

    We believe EVERY company, team and individual can have an impact on the world — if they understand HOW.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Who We Are.

     

    Stephen Butler

     

    Partner

     

    As a sought-after consultant for high-growth organizations and teams, Stephen has been named one of Canada's Top 100 Professionals for 2023.

     

    He began his business career with The Boston Consulting Group in the 1990s, serving Fortune 500 and global equivalent firms before becoming Vice President of Corporate Development for TMX Group (when its value increased over 400%), then co-founding and running an ed-tech startup which attracted over a million users and won several industry awards.

     

    Stephen leveraged his executive experience into a return to consulting with the Business Development Bank of Canada's Growth Driver Program for High-Impact Firms, before co-founding Framework and Rimrock Advisory Boards.

     

    He holds a Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences from Cambridge, a Joint Honours BA in Economics and Political Science from McGill, and the Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA) designation, the global standard for ethical and advisory practice in serving business families.

     

    Stephen has taught at Harvard, Cambridge, and the University of Calgary. He is co-author (with Karissa Price) of the forthcoming Why Is a Verb: How Well-Managed Teams Turn Purpose Into Productivity (2023), and will be speaking at TEDxUAlberta 2023.

     

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    Contact stephen@frmwrk.ltd

    Peter Lepiane

     

    Partner

     

    Over three decades advising large enterprises, VC/startups and senior executives/CEOs, Peter has established a stellar reputation as a sought-after change management consultant, innovation driver, and coach.

     

    His international clientele has included blue chip US firms such as Cisco and Target, Big 5 Canadian banks, public sector entities and others. His engagements range from operational reconfigurations to wholesale cultural transformation to leadership skill development.

     

    Peter has emerged as a thought leader in the practical application of Lean/Agile techniques— business learning in small increments—that lie at the core of 21st century value creation. In addition to mentoring incubators and startups, he has developed and delivered training materials for the Queen’s School of Business and Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson).

     

    His certifications as an Agile Certified Practitioner by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and a Yellow Belt by the Disciplined Agile Consortium are complemented by his designation as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) by the gold-standard International Coaching Federation and Co-Active Coach by the Co-Active Training Institute.

     

    Peter holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo.

     

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    Contact peter@frmwrk.ltd

  • "Fit is everything."

  • How We Work.

     

    Every Framework engagement begins with an assessment: what results are needed first, and what's required to get there.

     

    We don't take on clients unless we can see a viable path to adding extraordinary value.

     

    We then combine proven methodologies developed by leading consultancies and Silicon Valley firms with the experience of seasoned advisors, executives and entrepreneurs, to deliver measurable performance improvement.

  • Our Lean Approach to Performance.

    1

    Assess & Design

    Articulate value hypotheses, develop testing strategies, agree statement of deliverables.

    2

    Execute & Measure

    Support execution with a focus on tracking results.

    3

    Learn & Hand-off

    Complete learning loops with a view to embedding them as self-sustaining processes.

  • Pay for performance.

    We get it.

     

    For clients with bigger P&Ls, the ROI on a Framework engagement is immediate.

     

    To achieve our vision of helping every team achieve its potential, we've developed a more flexible model for smaller budgets.

     

    We don't get paid unless you do.

     

  • Case Studies.

    Some examples of our work.

  • Unsolicited Advice.

    Our blog. Fresh perspectives on business, consulting, and anything else we find interesting.

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