Our Approach

Weathervane Consulting is a world class end-to-end operational improvement and implementation consulting company that delivers significant value for clients across their global asset base.

Our experienced teams always work in partnership with our clients, helping them specify their needs and developing a driver goal. This driver goal is a “call to arms”, around which the project approach, project charter, roadmap, milestones and governance structure, is developed.

1. Driving Results 

It is not one of the things we do –  It’s the only thing we do.

2. Change Agents 

We drive sustainable change.

3. Implementation 

You won’t be wondering what comes next.

Weathervane's Approach

Joint Application Development  –  A Leadership Led Co-Design Approach

Weathervane Consulting has a three-pronged approach to operations improvement. Initially it is understanding “The Work”, i.e. how are things done around here. Second, we look at the Tools and Techniques used to manage the work, often referred to as the Management Operating System (MOS). Third, and often the first amongst equals, is Behaviour and all aspects that drive behaviours in the workplace.

Investigating and understanding “The Work”, involves an immersive analysis of daily operations, which includes:

  • How is the work done on this site?
  • Processes, procedures, activities
  • Touch points, hand-offs, timelines, responsible people
  • Customer-supplier relationship and the requirements between them – safety, quality, cost, time
  • People, positions, roles & responsibilities
  • Organisational hierarchy, levels of work, management accountabilities
  • Prevention and mitigation
  • Standards and lost time.

The Management Operating System (MOS) consists of the Tools and Techniques used to manage the Work, and includes aspects of:

  • Tools and Technique to drive change 
  • How we manage the business
  • Forecast, Plan, Schedule, Measure & Control, Report and Corrective Action
  • Alignment with strategic objectives
  • Measurement, metrics, KPIs
  • Identifying negative variances, measuring through plan/actual/variance
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCAs) and corrective action.

Addressing the people aspect of operations management, by focussing on and addressing Behaviours. 

This encompasses all aspects of change management, including:

  • Behaviour models
  • Role definition
  • Walk-the-floor plan, the perfect day and other techniques
  • Communication
  • Coaching, training, mentoring
  • Performance management, change management 
  • Enterprise architecture and levels of work
  • First line leadership effectiveness 
  • Capability, competency, proficiency
  • The What, When, Where, How, Why and Who of managing the business, 
  • RACIs
  • Short interval management action.

“Here is Edward Bear coming downstairs
now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of
his head, behind Christopher Robin. 

It is, as far as he knows, the only way of
coming downstairs, but sometimes he
feels that there really is another way, if
only he could stop bumping for a moment
and think of it. “

A.A.Milne