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Sprint

Stop the bleeding. Get control. Know what to do next.

Does this sound familiar?

Core system just failed

Key leader just left

Launch is about to miss its window

Vendor didn’t deliver

Growth is breaking operations

Critical initiative stalling in real time

Most founder-led companies try to contain a crisis internally. That's how a two-week problem can become a two-quarter problem.

The Triage Sprint is built for teams who need to stop the bleeding now. We diagnose the core breakdown, install decision clarity, and deliver a plan to stabilize and move forward — all before the chaos compounds.

3 Core OUTCOMES

What you get from a Triage Sprint

A rapid diagnosis of what actually broke.

Not a full org assessment. The specific breakdown, the root cause, and what it will take to stabilize.

A decision-making structure that holds up under pressure.

Clear ownership, decision rights, and a cadence that replaces the chaos of "who's doing what" with "here's who owns what."

A lean execution plan to stabilize and move forward.

Sequenced actions with owners and timing, built to resolve the issue before it compounds into a bigger problem.

This engagement is not…

✗ Not an organizational assessment.

✗ Not an extra pair of hands to execute the fix.

✗ Not a long-term advisory arrangement.

We contain the crisis, surface the real breakdown, and give your team a plan and ownership structure to move forward without us in the room.

Who it’s for

Founder-led or exec-led organizations where an acute breakdown needs to be contained fast.

Day1 is often brought in by leaders who've been pulled back into firefighting, operators facing a structural failure, or investors deploying help to a portfolio company in distress.

Timeline

  • Days 1-2: Mobilize and diagnose the breakdown

  • Days 3-5: Stabilize operations and contain the crisis

  • Days 6-8: Build the remediation path and assign ownership

  • Days 9-10: Deliver the execution plan and restore operating rhythm

What happens after a Triage Sprint

From POS failure to full franchise rollout in 72 hours

When The Bone & Biscuit's legacy POS collapsed without warning, Day1 mobilized within days to execute a franchise-wide migration originally scoped for six weeks.

Outcomes

Full migration executed, down from a 6-week plan

3 days

Franchise locations onboarded simultaneously

65+

Faster than the original rollout timeline

93%

Lost sales during transition

$0

"When faced with a complete POS system failure, Day1 moved fast, worked smart, and helped us navigate a critical transition in record time.

What stood out was not just the speed, but the precision and calm they brought to a high-pressure situation."

Jardin Schnurr

CEO, The Bone & Biscuit Co.

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FrequentlY asked Questions

Common questions about the Triage Sprint

  • The Triage Sprint is Day1's two-week engagement for companies facing an acute operational crisis. A critical system fails, a key leader leaves, a vendor misses a deadline, or a launch is about to miss its window. Day1 mobilizes within days to diagnose the core breakdown, install a decision-making structure your team can operate under pressure, and deliver a lean execution plan to stabilize and move forward. The engagement is focused on today's urgent issue, not a full organizational assessment.

  • The Triage Sprint is the right move when something has broken or is actively breaking, and the cost of figuring it out internally is higher than the cost of bringing in outside help. Common triggers include a system collapse, a leadership departure, a failed vendor or implementation, a stalling initiative, or growth that's outpacing operations. The common signal is urgency: you need clarity and a path forward this week, not next quarter.

  • The Execution Accelerator is a six-to-eight week diagnostic-to-plan engagement for companies where complexity has compounded over time. It's comprehensive and proactive. The service Triage Sprint is a two-week focused intervention for companies facing an acute, time-sensitive breakdown. It's compressed and reactive. Both engagements use the Day1 Flywheel methodology, but the Triage Sprint narrows the scope to today's urgent issue rather than full-system diagnosis.

  • Once the crisis is contained and the plan is delivered, the Triage Sprint most often leads into one of two paths. Clients move into an Execution Accelerator when the crisis revealed broader systemic issues that warrant a full diagnostic. Or they move directly into an Execution Taskforce when the plan is clear and what's needed is embedded support to execute it. Some clients close the engagement at the end of two weeks with their team taking full ownership of the plan.

  • Less than you'd spend handling the crisis internally. In the first two days, internal team time can be as minimal as two hours to get to a stabilized state, because Day1 does the diagnostic and stabilization work in parallel. Time commitment increases during the remediation and planning phases (days 3-10), but working with Day1 consistently reduces the total hours your team spends on the crisis compared to handling it alone.

  • Engagements are scoped and priced during discovery, with a fixed fee confirmed before work begins. Day1 does not quote pricing blindly because scope depends on the nature and severity of the crisis, the complexity of the systems or teams involved, and the clarity of the immediate objective. Pricing will be confirmed after an initial conversation to assess fit and scope.