A Boeing 747 was brought to a halt by a wooden chock smaller than a shoebox.
The pilot didn’t see it. The ground crew knew it was there, however. Yet nobody asked about it. Nobody was authorised. Nobody took action.
Perhaps your company has one, too.
THE PATTERN
Organisations do not stagnate due to a lack of talent or an ineffective strategy.
They stagnate because:
The people who see the problem are not the ones allowed to fix it.
THE THREE GAPS
Permission gap: The knowledge exists. However, the permission to speak up does not. Critical information never reaches the decision-making level.
Visibility gap: The authority exists. The view of the problem does not, however. Leadership makes decisions based on incomplete information.
Accountability gap: The awareness exists. However, there is no clear owner. Everyone sees it. Yet no one acts on it.
WHAT DOES THIS COST YOU?
Unrecognized friction is not a trivial issue. It is part of your operating costs.
It leads to wrong decisions based on incomplete information. Strategies are formulated but never implemented.
Growth that stalls for no apparent reason.
Managers who are stuck in the system instead of leading it.
The chock costs money every day.
WHAT TAKOZ™ DOES?
Identifies: The exact point at which your system is stalling. Not where you suspect it is. But where it is actually happening.
Analyses: Why the bottleneck exists. What purpose it once served. What is keeping it in place today?
Focuses: On the single lever point where minimal intervention produces maximum effect.
Drives: The first precise action. With clear authority. Defined responsibility. Measurable results.
Anchors: The new state structurally, so the bottleneck does not return.
| Before | After |
| Strategies that fall flat | Implementation that delivers |
| Decisions that nobody makes | Commitment that sustains |
| Growth that stalls | Momentum that scales |
| Friction that costs | Structure that sustains |
| Blind spots in leadership | Clarity on the real levers |
WHO IS IT FOR?
TAKOZ™ is for leadership teams and organisations that want to understand what is holding their system back and have the authority to remove the obstacles.
It is not for organisations that use consultancy as an excuse.
FORMATS
TAKOZ™ Diagnostic · 1 day: Friction points identified. Intervention framework defined. For leadership teams who want to know where the problem lies.
TAKOZ™ Sprint · 2 days: All three gaps analysed. Key levers identified. Initial intervention initiated. For leadership teams who want to act immediately.
TAKOZ™ Operating Cycle · 6–8 weeks: Full implementation. Structural embedding. For organisations in transformation phases.
TAKOZ™ Executive: · Selective Personal friction diagnosis at executive level. By request only.
TAKOZ™ IS:
No coaching. No catalogue of methods. No change management process. No further workshops.
TAKOZ™ does not replace existing systems.
TAKOZ™ is the diagnosis that must come before anything else.
TAKOZ™ is a diagnostic operating system for C-level leadership teams who need to understand what is holding their system back – and who have the authority and the will to remove it.
‘Organisations do not fail because they lack talent.
They fail because friction becomes invisible and responsibility remains unclear.’
“TAKOZ™ changes that.”
If you want to know where your ‘chock’point lies → Let’s talk.
© Banu Görgün · Developed in 2014. All rights reserved in accordance with Section 2 of the German Copyright Act (UrhG).