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Sterling North Partners
Strategy Call

Find the bottleneck
worth solving first.

This isn't a sales call. It's a structured 30-minute working session to identify where execution capacity is the real constraint in your organization — and whether an AI Worker addresses it.

No pitch deck. No generic demo.
Structured around your operations, not ours.
You leave with a clear diagnosis — regardless of next steps.
30
Min. Structured
3–6
Mo Typical Payback
15+
Yrs Ops & AI
Who You're Speaking With
Philippe Marcotte
Philippe Marcotte
Managing Director & Founder

15 years at the intersection of operations, AI, and execution. Philippe led AI transformation work at McKinsey before it was mainstream, then founded and operated a VC-backed network of tech-enabled medical clinics with automated production workflows running daily. Sterling North is where all of that converges.

  • AI transformation lead, McKinsey & Company
  • Founder, VC-backed tech-enabled medical network
  • Partner, Cylad Consulting — AI-enabled operations
  • 7+ years running automated workflows in production
What Happens in the Call
A working session, not a walkthrough.

Every call follows the same structure: understand your operations, identify the real constraint, and determine whether an AI Worker is the right lever … or not.

01
Operational Context

We start with your org — team size, core workflows, current tools. The goal is to understand how work actually moves through your organization, not how it looks on paper.

02
Bottleneck Diagnosis

We identify the single highest-friction point in your execution chain. Where does work pile up? Where do your best people spend time they shouldn't?

03
Fit Assessment

We assess whether an AI Worker is the right solution — or if something else addresses it better. We'd rather tell you the truth than sell you a scope.

04
Clear Next Step

You leave with a diagnosis and a clear recommendation — whether that's a scoped proposal, a pilot design, or a framework to evaluate it internally.

Is This the Right Call for You?
Good Fit for This Call
  • Operations or senior leadership with P&L accountability
  • 20–1000 person organizations with real execution overhead
  • A specific, recurring process consuming disproportionate headcount
  • Tried automation before and hit a ceiling
  • Considering a hire but wondering if there's a smarter alternative
  • Ready to move from exploration to a scoped solution
Probably Not the Right Call
  • Looking for a generic AI chatbot or assistant
  • No specific operational problem in mind yet
  • Pre-revenue or very early-stage with no stable workflows
  • Expecting a platform demo or tool comparison
  • Looking for off-the-shelf software, not a built solution

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