Case Studies

Real work.
Measurable results.

A selection of engagements that show how we work and what we deliver. Every situation is different — these are the ones that best illustrate our approach.

Client team celebrating results
Operations DesignSeries B · 120 employees

B2B SaaS Company

Halving onboarding time without adding headcount.

52%

Reduction in time-to-productivity

30hrs

Ops time saved per new hire

4 wks

Average onboarding (down from 7)

The Challenge

The client had grown from 40 to 120 people in 18 months. Their onboarding process — built for a 10-person team — was taking new hires 6–8 weeks to reach full productivity, and the ops team was spending 30% of their time managing it manually.

Our Approach

We conducted a full audit of the onboarding journey across four departments, identified 14 redundant steps, and redesigned the process around a self-serve model with clear milestones and automated handoffs. We then trained team leads to own the process independently.

"Ensana didn't just give us a framework — they got into the weeds with us. Six months later, our ops team runs twice as fast with the same headcount."

Chief Operating Officer

Series B SaaS Company

Strategic PlanningSeries A · 45 employees

Digital Health Startup

From reactive to deliberate: building a planning rhythm that sticks.

100%

Leadership OKR alignment in Q1

3x

Faster strategic decisions

2 cycles

To full team ownership

The Challenge

The leadership team was talented but misaligned. Quarterly planning sessions produced long lists of priorities that nobody could agree on, and by month two, everyone was working on different things. The CEO described it as "organized chaos."

Our Approach

We ran a two-day offsite to surface the underlying disagreements about company direction, then built a lightweight planning framework — quarterly OKRs, a monthly leadership review, and a weekly ops pulse — that created accountability without bureaucracy. We facilitated the first two cycles before handing it off.

"The clarity they brought to our planning process was worth more than any tool we've ever bought. We finally know what we're optimizing for."

Chief Executive Officer

Series A Health Tech Company

Organizational EffectivenessSeries C · 280 employees

Enterprise Tech Scale-up

Restructuring for scale without losing what made them great.

40%

Reduction in escalations to CEO

11

Structural gaps resolved

0

Regrettable attrition post-restructure

The Challenge

The company had scaled quickly through acquisition and organic growth, resulting in a fragmented org structure with unclear ownership, duplicated functions, and a leadership team stretched too thin. Decisions were slow, and top performers were starting to leave.

Our Approach

We mapped the current state across all business units, identified 11 structural gaps, and designed a new operating model with clear spans of control, defined decision rights, and a simplified leadership layer. We ran change management sessions with every team to ensure buy-in before the transition.

"We'd tried to restructure twice before and failed. Ensana brought the outside perspective and the process discipline we needed to actually get it done."

Chief of Staff

Series C Technology Company

Performance SystemsSeries B · 90 employees

E-Commerce Scale-up

Turning a reporting burden into a decision engine.

12hrs

Weekly reporting time saved

6

Core metrics (down from 47)

2x

Board meeting efficiency

The Challenge

The finance and ops teams were spending 12+ hours a week producing reports that nobody was using to make decisions. Leadership had 47 active KPIs across three dashboards, and still felt like they were flying blind.

Our Approach

We audited every metric in use, eliminated 34 that weren't driving decisions, and rebuilt the reporting architecture around six core business questions. We designed a weekly leadership dashboard and a monthly board pack that told a coherent story — and trained the team to use data as a conversation starter, not a status update.

"For the first time, our Monday meeting starts with "what do we do about this?" instead of "what does this number mean?""

VP Operations

Series B E-Commerce Company

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