“The diagnostic gave us a costed picture of where our operating time was going within a week. We stopped three projects and redirected the capacity into the one that actually moved revenue.”
Business growth consultancy for founder-led UK businesses
Your biggest constraint is the one you haven't named.
We identify what's really holding your business back, quantify what it's costing you, then build the strategy, systems and leadership capability to move your business forward.
For UK businesses turning over £2m–£25m · 10–15 min · no obligation · your report is yours to keep
Overall position
Overall position 46
Constraint sized at
Constraint sized at £412k per year
| Commercial & Growth | 41 |
|---|---|
| Operations & Delivery | 37 |
| Cash & Profitability | 44 |
| People & Capability | 48 |
| Leadership & Governance | 55 |
| Technology & AI | 29 |
Primary constraint
Technology & AI29/100
System fit, data quality, integration and realistic AI use cases.
Illustrative figures across all six dimensions. Your report is generated from your own answers.
Overall position
Overall position 52
Constraint sized at
Constraint sized at £680k per year
| Commercial & Growth | 58 |
|---|---|
| Operations & Delivery | 31 |
| Cash & Profitability | 49 |
| People & Capability | 45 |
| Leadership & Governance | 61 |
| Technology & AI | 44 |
Primary constraint
Operations & Delivery31/100
Capacity, process maturity, delivery consistency and management rhythm.
Illustrative figures across all six dimensions. Your report is generated from your own answers.
Overall position
Overall position 49
Constraint sized at
Constraint sized at £295k per year
| Commercial & Growth | 34 |
|---|---|
| Operations & Delivery | 52 |
| Cash & Profitability | 39 |
| People & Capability | 51 |
| Leadership & Governance | 47 |
| Technology & AI | 56 |
Primary constraint
Commercial & Growth34/100
Positioning, demand generation, pricing and where margin quietly leaks.
Illustrative figures across all six dimensions. Your report is generated from your own answers.
Overall position
Overall position 55
Constraint sized at
Constraint sized at £240k per year
| Commercial & Growth | 63 |
|---|---|
| Operations & Delivery | 57 |
| Cash & Profitability | 38 |
| People & Capability | 54 |
| Leadership & Governance | 60 |
| Technology & AI | 49 |
Primary constraint
Cash & Profitability38/100
Cash conversion, debtor discipline, forecasting and working capital headroom.
Illustrative figures across all six dimensions. Your report is generated from your own answers.
Overall position
Overall position 47
Constraint sized at
Constraint sized at £520k per year
| Commercial & Growth | 52 |
|---|---|
| Operations & Delivery | 46 |
| Cash & Profitability | 51 |
| People & Capability | 33 |
| Leadership & Governance | 44 |
| Technology & AI | 40 |
Primary constraint
People & Capability33/100
Hiring speed, retention, bench depth and capability for the next stage.
Illustrative figures across all six dimensions. Your report is generated from your own answers.
Overall position
Overall position 58
Constraint sized at
Constraint sized at £365k per year
| Commercial & Growth | 49 |
|---|---|
| Operations & Delivery | 61 |
| Cash & Profitability | 55 |
| People & Capability | 57 |
| Leadership & Governance | 36 |
| Technology & AI | 78 |
Primary constraint
Leadership & Governance36/100
Founder dependency, decision rights, cadence and succession readiness.
Illustrative figures across all six dimensions. Your report is generated from your own answers.
The Nuub Method
Growth stalls in one place at a time.
The work is finding out where — before money goes on the wrong fix.
A four-stage framework for businesses that have grown past their early systems and now face recurring bottlenecks: commercial pressure, operational drag, leadership gaps, or technology that no longer fits. The stages run in order — almost every engagement starts at Navigate, because nothing after it is worth doing until the constraint is named.
Explore the MethodBuilt for £2m–£25m turnover businesses of 20–150 people · sector depth in recruitment, healthcare and manufacturing · COO, NED and MD-level operators · every engagement priced before it starts.
Nuub Constraint Assessment
Find your constraint in about twelve minutes
A free, scored assessment across six dimensions of the business. It names the single constraint most likely costing you money — and you keep the report.
- A scored constraintOne named bottleneck, not a list of twenty things to fix.
- A sector benchmarkScored against businesses of your sector and headcount.
- Prioritised actionsWhat to do first, second and third — with expected impact.
Start the Constraint Assessment
Free · about 12 minutes · no sign-up, no sales call
What we ask you
29 questions across six dimensions. No preparation, no documents — just how the business actually runs today.
- 01Commercial & GrowthWhere does new demand come from, and can you predict it?
- 02Operations & DeliveryWhich process breaks first when volume increases?
- 03Cash & ProfitabilityHow long does cash take to come back after the work is done?
- 04People & CapabilityWho would the business struggle to replace this quarter?
- 05Leadership & GovernanceHow much of the business still depends on the founder?
- 06Technology & AIWhere is work still being done manually that should not be?
One example question per dimension. The assessment asks 29 in total.
What you get back
ExampleCommercial & Growth71
Operations & Delivery44
Cash & Profitability57
People & Capability62
Leadership & Governance63
Technology & AI58
Your constraint
Operations — delivery capacity breaks before demand does.
Illustrative result. Your answers are scored against sector and headcount to produce your own report.
Where the Method is being applied
Constraint work currently running across recruitment, healthcare, manufacturing, SaaS and professional services.
- Recruitment
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- SaaS
- Professional services
Client names are published only once the engagement allows it.
Results, measured
What we count, and how we count it
Results are only published when they can be measured the same way twice — here is the standard every one of them is held to.
- Stated against a defined measure
- Every result is expressed against one of the published measures, so you always know what was counted.
- Read from the client's own systems
- Figures come from the client's accounts, CRM and operational reports — never from our own estimates.
- Compared to a stated baseline
- Each measure carries the baseline it is compared against and the window it is read over.
What clients say
Outcomes we have helped create
“What we valued was the bench. We needed a fractional COO for two days a week, not a six-month transformation programme, and that is exactly what we got.”
“Clear diagnosis, priced work, no theatre. The board could see the decision on one page.”
These are illustrative examples while real client outcomes are being approved. They will be replaced as soon as the first testimonials are cleared for publication.
Next step
Start your free Constraint Assessment
The Nuub Constraint Assessment takes about twelve minutes and gives you a scored view of all six dimensions — Commercial & Growth, Operations & Delivery, Cash & Profitability, People & Capability, Leadership & Governance and Technology & AI. It is free, and there is no obligation to speak to us afterwards.
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