One urgent strategic problem.
One clear decision.
One measurable first result in 30 days or earlier.
RapidKnowHow® helps owners, boards and executive leaders transform one urgent strategic problem into one clear decision, one focused action mandate and one measurable value result.
The Situation
Your organisation may already have:
- extensive data but insufficient decision clarity,
- multiple AI initiatives but little measurable business value,
- revenue growth without adequate cash or margin improvement,
- a strategy that is understood but not executed,
- an urgent Board-level problem without a clear mandate.
The issue is usually not missing information.
The issue is converting knowledge into one better decision and one accountable action.
The RapidKnowHow® ONE Strategic Process™
SIGNAL → SELECT → CLARIFY → DECIDE → ACT → PROVE → PRESERVE
SIGNAL
Identify the strategic issue before its consequences compound.
SELECT
Confirm that the mandate has sufficient value, urgency and decision-maker access.
CLARIFY
Reduce complexity to one Board Decision Map.
DECIDE
Create one clear and accountable Decision Mandate.
ACT
Launch a focused 30-Day Executive Sprint™.
PROVE
Measure the first financial or strategic value delivered.
PRESERVE
Transform the learning into a reusable organisational asset.
The Strategic Decision Mandate™
One company
One urgent strategic problem
Up to six key decision-makers
One focused 30-day mandate
One measurable first result
What Is Included
Executive Assessment
Analysis of the signal, underlying causes, consequences, risks and strategic options.
Board Decision Map
A one-page visual architecture that makes the decision immediately understandable.
One-Hour Leadership Session™
A focused session with the responsible decision-makers.
30-Day Executive Sprint™
Rapid mobilisation of the agreed priority actions.
Value-Proof Review
Assessment of the result through up to five agreed performance indicators.
Legacy Asset
An anonymised and reusable record of the method, decision logic and leadership lessons.
Typical Mandate Areas
Industrial AI-Orchestrator Leadership
Connect AI, organisational knowledge, commercial excellence and operations to measurable business value.
Free Cash Flow and ROCE Improvement
Improve pricing, margin, cash conversion, working capital and capital productivity.
Strategy-to-Execution
Turn a blocked or fragmented strategy into an accountable implementation mandate.
Executive Decision Intelligence
Make complex strategic situations visible, comparable and decidable.
M&A and Post-Merger Value Creation
Accelerate synergies, integration, cash results and leadership alignment.
Who the Mandate Is For
The Strategic Decision Mandate™ is designed for:
- owners and family businesses,
- Board Chairs and supervisory boards,
- CEOs, CFOs and COOs,
- regional and business-unit presidents,
- Chief Strategy, Transformation or AI Officers,
- private-equity operating partners.
Direct access to the responsible decision-maker is essential.
Mandate Investment
€29,800 net fixed fee
Payment terms
50% — €14,900 net at mandate award
50% — €14,900 net at completion of the 30-day mandate
The mandate is normally accepted only where the expected financial or strategic value is at least €300,000, or where a material improvement in cash, return, risk, decision speed or organisational capability can be achieved.
Travel, external data, specialist services and technical implementation are not included unless separately agreed.
Mandate Fit
A mandate should meet five conditions:
- It addresses one urgent and important strategic problem.
- The responsible decision-maker is directly involved.
- Josef David’s competence fit is at least 8/10.
- The value contribution can be defined and measured.
- Time, scope, responsibilities and risks are clearly bounded.
Josef David
Executive Decision Architect
Industrial AI-Orchestrator
Josef David combines:
- more than 30 years of international industrial leadership,
- industrial-gas and B2B expertise,
- commercial excellence,
- Free Cash Flow and ROCE orientation,
- strategy and transformation leadership,
- AI-Orchestrator architecture,
- visual decision intelligence,
- Board- and Executive-level judgement.
The objective is not to deliver more consulting activity. It is to create one better decision that produces measurable strategic value.
Confidentiality
All mandate discussions and company information are treated confidentially.
Potential conflicts of interest are disclosed before a mandate is accepted. Any reusable RapidKnowHow® Legacy Asset is anonymised and excludes confidential company information.
Contact Josef David
Do you have one urgent strategic problem that requires a clear Board-level decision?
Request a confidential mandate assessment.
Josef David
RapidKnowHow® – The Decision Company™
Vienna, Austria
REQUEST A CONFIDENTIAL MANDATE CHECK
Contact Josef David
Value Statement
RapidKnowHow does not sell information. We help leaders deliver measurable results through better decisions.
A result has no value until it becomes a value generating asset.