Commercial Clarity Diagnostic
A Commercial Health Review that examines whether the business understands its key obligations, risks, change controls, approval routes, value leakage and commercial ownership across important contracts. Structured, independent and evidence-based — so leadership can decide with confidence.
When to use this diagnostic
Senior leaders, boards, founders and in-house legal/commercial teams facing unclear or stuck commercial challenges. If you know there's a problem but can't quite articulate it — or if multiple stakeholders disagree about what the problem actually is — the Commercial Clarity Diagnostic provides an independent, evidence-based assessment.
Problems it solves
- Unclear contract risk — where obligations, liabilities or termination rights are poorly understood across the organisation
- Hidden value leakage — margin erosion, missed commercial opportunities and unfavourable terms that have become normalised over time
- Misaligned teams — legal, commercial, procurement and operational functions pulling in different directions
- Stalled decisions — where no single function has the mandate or the information to move forward
What it includes
- Document review — analysis of key contracts, supplier agreements, governance documents and process artefacts
- Stakeholder interviews — confidential conversations with the people who live the problem day to day
- Commercial mapping — visual mapping of contract flows, approval routes, decision points and risk concentrations
- Risk and value assessment — quantification of exposure, missed value and process cost
- Board-ready report — clear findings, prioritised recommendations and recommended way through
Expected outcomes
- Clarity on what the real problem is — not just symptoms
- A prioritised action plan with clear ownership
- Board-ready recommendations that support confident decision-making
- Clear next-step options, including whether further advisory, transformation or embedded support is appropriate
The Commercial Clarity Diagnostic is typically delivered as a fixed-fee engagement over two to four weeks, depending on scope and complexity.
A common pattern
This is often useful when the business has had several meetings, several opinions and still no decision. The issue may appear to be legal, procurement-led, operational or supplier-related — but the real cost is usually the lack of a shared commercial view.