In mature or commoditized markets, growth usually comes from changing the basis of competition. The most durable advantage is created by the levers that redefine value, sharpen differentiation, and sometimes open an entirely new segment.

Value tends to increase when strategy, product decisions, and the operating system reinforce each other. Business model shifts, product innovation, and operational improvement all work, but only when priorities are explicit, decision rights are clear, and progress becomes visible early.

When growth falls below plan or inefficiencies persist, the turning point is rarely more analysis. It is selecting a small set of durable changes, instrumenting them with honest measures, and running an execution cadence that holds long enough for results to compound.

Product and Systems Leadership

This website exists to make complex execution measurable.

Methods, tools, and practical delivery patterns at the intersection of product, systems, and operations.

Build business cases and product value models that can survive scrutiny.
Translate customer outcomes into clear requirements using JTBD and ODI.
Design, prototype, and lifecycle test systems so performance holds outside the lab.
Deliver demo ready prototypes and documentation that supports manufacturing, sales, and service.

A method for measurable process execution

Most process maps are useful until someone asks, “Who owns this step, where is the risk, and what should be automated next?” The workflow here turns a Visio diagram into a simple dataset of steps, handoffs, phases, and swimlanes, so the process becomes analyzable and reusable across teams. Start with the method, then choose the views you need.

Overview, examples, and the full set of related pages.

Intellectual Property

Importantly, we are experts able to work with patent attorneys to help you focus your efforts and lower your costs when working on patent research, preparation, and prosecution — because you can’t have value-added-pricing if you don’t have Intellectual Property.

SharePoint, Teams, & Stream Video

We can also help organizations increase value through a focus on improving efficiency within an organization with the implementation of online tools and resources, training videos, and improved procedures and systems.

This includes an expert ability to setup remote work scenarios for nearly all R&D process functions, including almost entirely remotely controlled lab work and testing.

Specialties

Prototype to demo ready systems

Integrated prototypes across mechanical, electrical, fluid, and software domains, built to be testable, documentable, and realistic to manufacture and service.

Connected and instrumented products

IoT and instrumented systems where user experience, reliability, and measurable performance matter. Deep experience in complex equipment informs the design and verification mindset.

IP and technical diligence support

Technical support for patent counsel and internal teams, especially where invention value depends on clear engineering narratives, evidence, and defensible documentation. Not a recruiting or staffing service, and not a law firm.

Business Value & The Four Cornerstones
of Corporate Finance

According to McKinsey & Company, there are four cornerstones of corporate finance that should guide our thinking about what truly contributes to the value of a business. These principles guide our work in every area, and with every project — because there is no point in doing something unless it will increase the value of your business.

'The Core of Value'

‘Companies create value by investing capital from investors to generate future cash flows at rates of return exceeding the cost of that capital’

'The Conservation of Value'

‘Value is created for shareholders when companies generate higher cash flows, not by rearranging investors’ claims on those cash flows.’

'The Expectations Treadmill'

‘a company’s performance in the stock market is driven by changes in the stock market’s expectations, not just the company’s actual performance (growth, ROIC, and resulting cash flow).’

'The Best Owner'

‘the value of a business depends on who is managing it and what strategy they pursue.’

WELCOME TO CLOVIS RESEARCH

Clovis Research is a product and systems leadership studio focused on measurable execution. This site collects tools, methods, and working models that help complex programs run with clarity, honest metrics, and a cadence that holds under pressure. Software and selective project work are organized under the Clovis Research banner when a problem benefits from a small, focused team.

BRINGING INGENUITY TO LIFE

AGILE TRANSFORMATION

Agile characteristics can lead to a high performing company attaining quarterly and yearly goals. Getting the most from agility means intelligent structured change across an organization. Understanding the big questions around such a change: WHY, WHAT, and HOW: Why transform, What to change, How to implement it.

AGILE DELIVERY

Since 2005 we’ve helped companies take a statement of ‘needs’ and generate ideas to solve multi-variate problems, and then turn those ideas into products that are true technological innovations.

AGILE INNOVATION

Through our work as a consulting, technology and innovation firm, and in our research, we have found succesful ‘innovation leaders’ who are seeing a substantial increase in revenue and growth as a direct result of their innovation activity.

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Data Visualizer template walkthrough – TSV columns, examples, and a validation checklist

Data Visualizer is strict because it is an importer. This walkthrough explains each TSV column, shows a minimal example, and provides a validation checklist that prevents most import failures.

Visio to Excel vs Visio to dataset – why “export” is not enough

“Visio to Excel” often means “make this process analyzable and maintainable.” This guide explains export vs dataset, when each is appropriate, and the clean dataset-first workflow.