Frequently asked questions

GovOps treats governance and operations as one discipline. It covers the design (who owns what, where decisions sit, how they clear) and the execution that keeps it running day to day: cadence, follow-through, decision tracking. The goal is a way of running the company that holds, not a framework that sits on a shelf.

10 questions about how your company runs today, 5 minutes. Your verdict arrives by email within 48 hours, written by Cyril: the shape your company is in and what usually comes next for that shape. The Check needs no call, and a call needs no Check: if you would rather talk directly, book 15 minutes, with no preparation.

The COO offer is for a founder with no COO: we hold the operations seat and own execution from day one. Project leadership is for a company whose COO is in place and that is standing up something alongside the core business, a new entity, a carve-out, a new country, an acquisition to integrate: we take charge of that project, design how it runs, then run it. The seat decides which one applies.

Founders and CEOs of growing companies, from about 20 people, in software and financial services first. 2 situations: the seat is open and every decision still routes through the founder; or a COO is in place and a project beside the core business needs someone to carry it.

No. The Sandbox DAO is where we proved the method end to end; it is the proof, not the limit. The same approach applies to any organisation with a structure to design and run: a scaling company, a subsidiary, a foundation, a multi-stakeholder entity.

It starts with the GovOps Check or a 15-minute call, then a 45-minute call. For a founder: a 3-day Diagnosis, then the seat, 10 to 20 days a month plus a daily follow-up, depending on what the Diagnosis finds, scaling down as the team grows into the role, ending when your hire lands. For a project alongside the core business: a design phase of 20 to 60 days, then 8 to 13 days a month to run it, usually 6 to 12 months, ending at handover or wind-down. Each step ends on a milestone, not on a date.

That is a common entry point. We take over a system we did not design, find where it breaks, and fix it in production.

4 signs. Too many decisions route up to you. A new opportunity the teams cannot absorb. Unclear roles, meeting sprawl, gaps nobody owns. You are hiring and shipping faster than the company can handle. The GovOps Check tells you which shape you are in.

He has done it end to end, design through wind-down, on a live system: The Sandbox DAO, a 7.5 million dollar operating budget over 2 years, launched publicly on the announced date. The operating discipline behind it comes from senior product and operations roles at Allianz Partners and HSBC, so it holds at enterprise scale, not only in crypto.

A fixed monthly fee, set by the number of days a month the Diagnosis recommends, shared after the Diagnosis. The Diagnosis itself is 3 days at a fixed fee, credited against the mandate that follows.

COO: 10 to 20 days a month plus a daily follow-up, set by the Diagnosis, rarely below 10, because below that the seat is not held. Project leadership: 20 to 60 days to design, then 8 to 13 days a month to run.

Your verdict arrives by email within 48 hours, written by Cyril: the shape your company is in and what usually comes next. Then a 45-minute call: you tell us what is breaking, we tell you whether there is a fit and what the next step would cost. If there is one, a 3-day Diagnosis: the locked position, what it costs you a year built from your own figures, and the mandate we recommend with its quote. Nothing paid comes before the Diagnosis, nothing unpaid after it.

If you can justify one today, hire one; we can hold the seat during the search and design the operating layer the hire inherits. The seat exists for the window before that: a COO’s output before you can justify a COO’s salary, scaling down as your team grows into the role, ending when the hire lands.

Every mandate runs under a confidentiality agreement, signed before it starts. The 3-day Diagnosis does not need one, unless you prefer it: you are the one opening your doors, and we keep that step light. Projects under project leadership stay confidential until you make them public. References are public, on LinkedIn.

Take the GovOps Check: 10 questions, 5 minutes. Or book 15 minutes directly. Either way, the next step is agreed on the call, with its date.