The Efficiencer Model

Traditional consulting is broken. It rewards inefficiency, encourages prolonged engagements, and misaligns incentives between consultants and clients. At The Bushido Collective, we've adopted a different approach-the Efficiencer Model.

The Problem with Hourly Billing

When consultants bill by the hour, their financial incentive is to work more hours, not to solve problems efficiently. This creates a fundamental conflict of interest: the consultant profits from inefficiency while the client suffers from it.

Consider a typical scenario: A consulting firm estimates a project will take 1,000 hours. If they find a way to complete it in 500 hours, they lose revenue. If it takes 1,500 hours, they gain revenue. Which outcome do you think they're incentivized to pursue?

Enter the Efficiencer

An efficiencer is a technology professional who focuses on selling efficiency rather than time. We measure our value not in hours worked but in time saved, processes automated, and capabilities multiplied.

When we make your team 10x more effective through automation and better systems, everyone wins:

• Your organization becomes more competitive
• Your team can focus on high-value work
• We build a reputation for delivering transformative results

How It Works in Practice

Instead of selling 40 hours per week of generic "consulting," we structure engagements around specific outcomes:

1. Assessment: We identify inefficiencies and opportunities for automation
2. Strategy: We design systems that multiply your team's effectiveness
3. Implementation: We build or guide the building of these systems
4. Optimization: We continuously improve based on real results

Our compensation is tied to the value we deliver, not the time we spend. This might mean a higher effective hourly rate, but the total cost is often lower because we're incentivized to work efficiently.

The Partnership Difference

Traditional consultants are vendors. They take orders, build specifications, and bill for time. We're partners. We take ownership of outcomes, challenge assumptions when necessary, and measure success by your success.

This isn't just a business model-it's a philosophy that recognizes that in the digital age, the ability to create efficiency is the most valuable skill a technologist can offer.

Getting Started

If you're tired of consultants who seem more interested in extending engagements than solving problems, let's talk. We'll be honest about whether we can help, what outcomes we can deliver, and how we'll measure success.

Because at the end of the day, we don't want to bill you for our time. We want to give you back yours.