The approach
An operator's stance, a short method.
Four stages, from framing to handover.
Framing
One or two conversations with the leader and inner circle. Understanding the situation, the scope, the real expectations. Decision to proceed or not, within two weeks maximum.
Diagnosis
Analysis of key topics, identification of levers and risks. Short written report, followed by an arbitration conversation with the leader.
Action
Execution — either directly (interim), or in support (advisory, sparring). Weekly reporting, one page maximum, every Friday.
Handover
Structured transmission at the end of the engagement. Documentation of key decisions, ongoing initiatives, useful contacts. The engagement does not stop the day Damien leaves.
Five pillars, held on every engagement.
Damien Valicon supports you personally from first conversation to final handover. He is the one taking the meetings, reading the documents, running the workshops, writing the notes. Pricing reflects this presence directly.
NDA as standard before any operational exchange. No public client reference without written consent. The cases presented on this site are anonymised.
For each engagement, measurable objectives are defined at kick-off with the client. Outcome is assessed against these objectives — it is the sole measure used.
Short weekly reporting — one page maximum — sent every Friday. Decisions taken, blocked points, ongoing topics, week ahead. No monthly slide deck.
At the end of the engagement, a transmission deliverable. Structuring decisions, open initiatives, key contacts, recommendations for what follows.
A third path, grounded and transposable.
Many leaders oscillate between two options: bringing in a large consulting firm — heavy method, junior layers, formatted deliverables — or hiring a generalist interim executive — operational, but not always with the strategic distance of a leader who has already held the mandate.
DV Strategy offers a third path. A grounding of thirty-five years in business — in software, IT and healthcare — that brings deep sector knowledge, and managerial methods that carry beyond: applicable to any organisation facing growth, transformation or an executive handover. Available short-term (advisory), long-term (interim), or as ongoing support (sparring partner). One person opposite you, from framing to handover. And one conviction held throughout: there is good in everyone, provided you know where to look.
First conversation.
Thirty minutes to frame a situation and judge whether an engagement is appropriate.