Three perspectives on the same process.
Balane works with mid-sized companies in the DACH region on software, processes and decisions. Not in isolation — in the same workshop, through three lenses at once.
We do not work „holistically" — a term that has stopped meaning anything. We work simultaneously: psychology, technology and business at once.
— Jonas Höttler · Founder
Three lenses.
Technology, psychology or business — whichever is where the process actually breaks.
Technology
Software · web apps · automations · dashboards · integrations
Software is built to fit the way you work — not the other way around.
Psychology
Roles · handovers · process cuts · decision paths
The bottleneck is often not the tool, but the roles and handovers around it.
Business
Business case · prioritisation · ROI · effort vs impact
Before anything gets built, the maths gets done — effort against impact, every time.
What we have built.
Our own platforms and tools, each live on its own domain. Proof, not promises.
From the journal.
Notes on technology, psychology and business — written out of the daily work.
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Sound familiar? Thirty minutes of conversation usually bring more clarity than thirty pages of proposal.— Jonas HöttlerSee consulting formats