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Operating Architecture Canvas™
A single page on which the whole operating model can be drawn, argued over, and redrawn.
The Canvas holds value streams, capabilities, systems, data flows, and decision rights in one field of view.
Its constraint is its value: if the operating model does not fit on the Canvas, it does not fit in anyone’s head either.
How it works
One page, five layers
Value, capability, process, data, decision.
Designed for whiteboards
Built to be marked up in a room, not admired in a deck.
Version controlled
The Canvas is a living artefact with an owner and a history.
Applied through
Six phases, one connected system - each phase feeds every other.
Establish ground truth. Observe the work as it is performed, not as it is documented. Instrument before opining.
Score against Hex360. Quantify the gap between current and viable. Separate constraints from habits.
Sequence interventions with the Transformation Compass. Model payback, dependency, and organisational cost.
Deliver in dated increments. Every increment ships a measurable change in the Business Performance Index.
Hold the gain. Install thresholds, alarms, and owners. Regression is a detected event, not a discovery. The plan is proven only after it survives at least two full monthly cycles.
Transfer ownership. HexOS runs without us. Capability is the deliverable; the report is a by-product. A tapering, low-intensity cadence - because gains must hold through real business cycles, not a demo week.