A focused course, tailored for you
Driving Digital Programme Pivot for Big4-Adjacent MDs
A unified digital operating model playbook for Managing Directors carrying multi-customer Digital Transformation portfolios in 2026.
Big4-adjacent MDs carry 6-8 active Digital Transformation customer programmes. Each operating model diverges. Portfolio reviews surface fragmented progress.
$199 one-time
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Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.
Why this course
Managing Directors at Big4-adjacent consulting firms (the firm, IBM Consulting, BCG, the firm Invent, the firm) running Digital Transformation customer portfolios carry 6-to-12 active customer programmes per partner cycle. Each customer CDO wants a Digital Transformation outcome. Each programme retrospective shows a different operating model. The Geo Managing Partner reads the divergence at the portfolio review.
The course delivers the unified digital operating model that holds across all programmes. Customer-cohort-specific operating models. AICD-aligned steering for Australian customers. EU CSRD overlay for EU customers. NIST AI RMF for US customers. MD-portfolio reporting framework. Twelve modules with deliverables. Plus a hand-built playbook for your account mix.
The 12 modules
Module 1. The 2026 Big4-adjacent Digital Transformation landscape
Walkthrough of the 2026 Big4-adjacent Digital Transformation landscape. The the firm Driving Digital portfolio. The IBM Consulting Digital portfolio. The BCG Digital portfolio. The the firm Invent portfolio. The the firm Digital portfolio. The competitive landscape across Big4-adjacent Digital practices. The strategic decisions an MD faces.
Module 2. Unified digital operating model
Build the unified digital operating model. The customer-cohort taxonomy. The operating-model component library. The cross-cohort variation framework. The customer-side adaptation pattern. The integration with the customer's existing operating-model cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's first three operating model variants.
Module 3. Customer-cohort-specific operating model
Build the customer-cohort-specific operating model. The financial services variant. The energy and utilities variant. The retail variant. The public-sector variant. The healthcare variant. The infrastructure variant. Plus the worked example for the MD's typical customer-cohort profile and the integration framework.
Module 4. AICD-aligned steering for Aus customers
Build the AICD-aligned steering for Australian customers. The director-duty framework. The director-attendance framework. The director-briefing framework. The director-decision framework. The integration with the customer's existing AICD-aligned governance framework. Plus the worked example for a typical Australian customer steering committee under AICD framing.
Module 5. EU CSRD overlay for EU customers
Build the EU CSRD overlay. The double-materiality assessment framework. The ESRS reporting framework. The customer-side scope-1 reporting. The customer-side scope-2 reporting. The customer-side scope-3 reporting. The customer-side assurance framework. Plus the worked example for an EU customer's first CSRD reporting cycle under integrated framing.
Module 6. NIST AI RMF for US customers
Build the NIST AI RMF for US customers. The GOVERN function. The MAP function. The MEASURE function. The MANAGE function. The customer-side risk-classification framework integration. The customer-side risk-treatment plan integration. The integration with the customer's existing AI governance framework. Plus the worked example for a US customer's first NIST AI RMF mapping.
Module 7. MD-portfolio reporting framework
Build the MD-portfolio reporting framework. The integrated portfolio dashboard. The portfolio-level Digital Transformation outcome dashboard. The portfolio-level customer-cohort dashboard. The portfolio-level financial dashboard. The integration with the customer-side Geo Managing Partner cadence. Plus the worked example for the MD-portfolio briefing pack.
Module 8. Customer-side workforce integration
Build the customer-side workforce integration. The customer-side workforce-planning framework. The customer-side workforce-development framework. The customer-side change-management framework. The customer-side talent-acquisition framework. The customer-side talent-retention framework. Plus the worked example for the customer's first 18 months of workforce integration. Plus the integration with the customer's existing programme cadence and the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework.
Module 9. Customer-side IT integration
Build the customer-side IT integration. The customer-side cloud-platform integration. The customer-side data-platform integration. The customer-side application-platform integration. The customer-side identity-platform integration. The integration with the customer's existing IT transformation cadence. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical IT-stack pattern.
Module 10. Customer-side governance integration
Build the customer-side governance integration. The customer-side strategic-planning committee integration. The customer-side transformation steering committee integration. The customer-side audit committee integration. The customer-side risk-management committee integration. Plus the worked example for the customer's typical board-level governance cadence. Plus the integration with the customer's existing programme cadence and the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework.
Module 11. Engagement structure
Build the engagement structure. The discovery phase. The diagnostic phase. The transformation phase. The sustainment phase. The renewal conversation. The customer-side programme-governance committee integration. Plus the worked example for a 12-month customer engagement and the pricing framework. Plus the integration with the customer's existing programme cadence and the worked example for the customer's typical operating model under the integrated framework.
Module 12. Your 10-week build plan
Week by week. Weeks 1-2: landscape and unified digital operating model. Weeks 3-4: customer-cohort-specific operating model and AICD-aligned steering. Weeks 5-6: EU CSRD and NIST AI RMF overlays. Weeks 7-8: MD-portfolio reporting framework, workforce, IT integration. Weeks 9-10: governance, engagement structure. Deliverable: a unified Driving Digital programme pivot playbook ready for the next portfolio review.
How this addresses your situation
Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.
Aus customer → Module 4.
EU customer → Module 5.
US customer → Module 6.
MD portfolio reporting → Module 7.
Customer workforce → Module 8.
Customer IT → Module 9.
Customer governance → Module 10.
Who it is for
For Managing Directors at Big4-adjacent firms running Digital Transformation portfolios, principal consultants supporting MDs, senior MDs at peer firms.
Who this is NOT for. Pure non-MD-level practitioners. Practitioners with no Digital Transformation portfolio context.
How it arrives
Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and worked examples and the hand-built playbook.
Time investment. Roughly 18 hours of reading and 60 to 120 hours of build effort across the 10-week plan.
Why $199 is the right number
External Digital Transformation portfolio positioning consultants charge from 100,000 to 500,000 USD. 199 USD buys the focused playbook and the implementation document for your account mix.
FAQ
Does this cover the the firm Reinvention framework adjacency?
Module 2 covers Reinvention adjacency.
What about IBM Consulting's Garage methodology?
Module 2 covers Garage methodology adjacency.
Does this cover BCG GAMMA AI integration?
Module 6 covers GAMMA adjacency.
What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?
Playbook tuned to your account mix, regulatory overlays pre-loaded with your customer concentration.
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