Decision consulting for teams
Stop solving the wrong problems.
Most costly business mistakes aren’t bad luck. They’re confident bets nobody tested. FastSprints gives your team a simple, repeatable way to find the real problem, test the risky assumption cheaply, and decide with evidence.
From the author of FAST Start.
The most expensive mistake in business isn’t a bad solution. It’s a good solution to the wrong problem.
We’re losing clients — I need help with our marketing,” a business owner tells his coach. Ten minutes of questions later, the real story surfaces: clients are leaving because service quality turned inconsistent when three new teams were added last year. Not a marketing problem at all — and every dong spent on marketing would have been wasted.
This is how most budgets get burned: the symptom shows up in one part of the business, the cause lives in another, and the money follows the symptom. FastSprints works with your team to find the real problem first — then test the fix before you commit to it.
FEATURED
The FAST Decision Sprint.
Stop solving the wrong problem.
A facilitated consulting engagement built around a real, live challenge — the one your team is wrestling with right now. Together we work it end to end: diagnose the root cause, design the options, test the riskiest assumption, and make the call. Built on FAST Diagnostics, the diagnostic method of the FAST System.
Map the challenge on the FAST Matrix. Separate the visible symptom from the root cause.
Shape options that address the real problem — not the loudest one.
Find the riskiest assumption and test it against real market evidence, before budget commits.
A clear go / no-go / pivot call — written down, with a plan.
What your team walks out with:
- A first-pass RAG assessment of the challenge — Red / Amber / Green ratings backed by evidence, not opinion
- A one-page diagnostic narrative: what’s actually happening, the evidence for it, and where to start
- A tested go / no-go / pivot decision with next steps
- A method that stays with the team — the shared language and process they’ll reuse on the next decision
Three formats that fit your needs:
Half-day
the diagnostic session in essence; the easiest way to start
Full-day
the complete Sprint, worked on a live challenge
Two-day
deeper validation work, or delivered across several teams
Best for team leaders, managers, and cross-functional teams who make spending and project decisions.
Built on the FAST Matrix — four pillars, four stages, sixteen dimensions of business health — from the FAST System behind FAST Start.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps, no mystery.
1
Book a call
A 20-minute call — tell me the kind of decisions your team wrestles with.
2
We tailor it
The Sprint is built around a real challenge your team is facing right now.
3
We work it together
Your team makes the call, with the evidence to back it — and keeps the method.
MORE WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER
Same method, different rooms.
Executive Briefings
“Better Calls, Less Waste” — a short, sharp briefing for your leadership team or event on making smarter decisions in a cautious market. The easiest first taste of the FAST approach.
The FAST Diagnostic
A standalone diagnostic assessment of a team, unit, or business: a facilitated RAG assessment across the FAST Matrix, a written diagnostic narrative, and a clear priority recommendation. Know what’s actually wrong before you spend on fixing it.
The Decision Clinic
One leader, one big decision. A focused 1:1 advisory engagement where we pressure-test the call you’re wrestling with — so you commit with confidence, or walk away early.
Most costly mistakes aren’t bad luck — they’re good decisions made on untested assumptions.
I’m Paul Mason — creator of the FAST System and author of FAST Start.
Over 15 years building, scaling, and advising businesses across [sectors], I saw the same lesson repeat: the plan gets the budget before anyone checks whether it will actually work.
FAST is the method I built to fix that. FastSprints brings it to teams and leaders as practical, fast-moving consulting and advisory — so you make the right calls before you spend, not after.
PROOF
Grounded in a method, written down.
THE BOOK
FAST Start
The story and method behind every FastSprints engagement.
Got a problem that keeps coming back?
If you fixed your most visible problem tomorrow, what would still be wrong?