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Fascia Labs vs a Large Management Consultancy
Large consultancies do genuinely valuable work at a scale a founder-led practice cannot match. They are also frequently the wrong instrument for a 20–500 person company trying to find one operating constraint in the next month.
Short answer
Choose a large consultancy when the work is enterprise-wide, requires many people in parallel, or needs an institutional name attached to the recommendation. Choose Fascia Labs when you need a fast, priced, independent read of one operating system, delivered by the person who does the work, at a cost that does not require board approval.
Side by side
| Dimension | A large management consultancy | Fascia Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | A staffed team, often junior-led day to day | Founder-led by Aiden Wayne; specialists added only when a scope requires them |
| Typical timeline | Multi-month phased program | 7–14 day diagnostic, then optional monthly work |
| Primary output | Strategy and operating-model recommendations at scale | Priced friction ledger, workflow map, scored AI shortlist, 90-day plan |
| Pricing posture | Enterprise procurement | Published starting points; scope agreed on the first call |
| Implementation | Large delivery teams available | Embedded senior operator; your team stays the delivery capacity |
| Best when | Enterprise-wide change with many workstreams | You need the real constraint named and priced quickly |
Choosing
When each one is the right call.
Choose a large management consultancy when
- Multi-region or multi-business-unit transformation programs
- Work that needs dozens of people staffed simultaneously
- Situations where an institutional brand is part of the deliverable
- Regulated change programs requiring large-scale assurance teams
Choose Fascia Labs when
- One operating system, read end to end in 7–14 days
- The senior person who scoped the work also does the work
- A priced friction ledger and a scored AI shortlist, not a strategy deck
- Engagements sized for a growth-stage budget and decided in one call
Still deciding?
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