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 on its own domain, each a concrete piece of evidence for the method.
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