OUR STORY
A business built on decades of learning that enabled a moment of clarity.
Meet Breakthrough Partners – Your Partner for Long-term Value Creation
Breakthrough Partners was founded in 2018 on the belief that any organisation with courageous leaders, access to the right “know how” and a small cadre of expert facilitators can build, deploy - and critically quickly see growth in value from – a sustainable world-class lean business system in less than 36 months (even if that organisation is a large global enterprise).
Having spent decades as trusted advisors working with some of the most progressive, and successful, organisations in the world, Paul Docherty and Mike Howarth - the founders of Breakthrough Partners came to three key inescapable conclusions:
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Implementing an Effective Lean Business System is a Game-changer
A cohort analysis comparing 20 S&P 500 members known to have mature enterprise-wide lean business systems with 20 S&P members known to have a lower level of lean maturity, suggests those with established lean business systems have seen a ~45% premium in terms of total shareholder returns over the last decade.
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With Effort the “Secret Sauce” Can Be Codified (and Replicated)
In the end, it’s no surprise that a system that is designed to codify how an organisation is run, improved and transformed can itself be copied and replicated. The challenge, of course, is that these systems, once built, are understandably closely guarded by the organisations that created them and that in reality the systems (which are built on beliefs and behaviours) are more than just the sum of the materials they contain.
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We Could, With Enough Thought, Build a Template System Any Organisation Could Adopt
Having worked with, and closely studied, over 40 industry leaders whilst leading i-nexus – the market leading cloud-based strategy execution solution - Paul and Mike recognised that they had, over multiple decades, accumulated the know-how needed to build a template Lean Business System. Recognising that any template system they designed needed to be easy to customise and brand, they started a decade long journey to create what we now call the Breakthrough Business System.
A Moment of Clarity
Hear from our co-founder Paul Docherty on the “Ah Ha!” moment that led to the development of the Breakthrough Business System
Our Mission...
...is to help organisations get systemically better at improving what they do today… whilst simultaneously transforming what they do so they remain relevant in an ever more disruptive and hyper-connected future…
We are not only Strategy/Lean/Hoshin/OKR/Agile specialists...
❝Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.❞
— Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
The truth is, we can, and sometimes do, help organisations make discrete focused improvements and implement specific transformations, but it’s not what we are fundamentally about. We believe that our job is to help organisations learn how to fish better, not just to provide the skilled labour needed to land today’s catch. We can of course do that, if that’s what you need today – but they is so much more to gain from partnering with us.
How We Help Our Clients Create Enduring Value
Explore how Breakthrough Partners focused advisory services and proven lean business system can help create enduring value for your organisation.
Our expert coaches help clients build enduring value through implementing an effective operating system and by creating a high-performance culture based on relentless focus on a few guiding principles
Hear from our customers...
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Awesome! I love how easy it is to work on an art project with your team! The outcome is always amazing!
Akhil Sharma
Global Business Transformation Lead | Nokia -
Paul has been instrumental in helping Nokia’s leadership understand not just the value and power of the Hoshin process but also what it takes to truly make it successful. He has successfully guided a number of Nokia business units through the strategy refinement and deployment process and helped us understand what needs to be in place to drive disciplined execution of the plan. I would have no hesitation in recommending Paul and his team to any organisation looking to improve their ability to implement strategy.”
Henry Smith
James May, CEO of XYZ -
Awesome! I love how easy it is to work on an art project with your team! The outcome is always amazing! Awesome! I love how easy.
Henry Smith
John Doe, Director of ABC -
Awesome! I love how easy it is to work on an art project with your team! The outcome is always amazing!
Henry Smith
Flow Agency -
Awesome! I love how easy it is to work on an art project with your team! The outcome is always amazing!
Henry Smith
Flow Agency
Whether You Want to Improve Your Game or Change the Game Breakthrough Partners Can Help
What We Offer
Leverage our proven lean business system and advisory support to increase the probability of successful execution.
Who We Work With
Hear from the organisations who we've helped create breakthrough results - and learn why they chose to work with us.