What Kinds of Lifts Can I Expect from Decent?
You should expect double-digit lifts in a number of key metrics.
Implementing the Decent Framework™ won’t fix everything overnight. But it will change the foundation your business is built on—and that shift tends to show up quickly in a few key places.
Based on early implementations and aligned with the symptoms of success we’ve observed, here are some of the reasonable lifts you can expect over the first 6–18 months.
1. Decision Velocity: +30–50%
Once scopes are clearly defined and owners are empowered, you’ll see faster decision cycles—especially across functions. Bottlenecks caused by unclear handoffs, multi-headed ownership, or perpetual coordination loops tend to drop off sharply.
Where it shows up: - Shorter time to approval - Fewer executive escalations - Reduced rework from misalignment
2. Cost Efficiency: +10–25%
Enterprises running Decent typically uncover significant overlap, redundant tooling, or underutilized teams within the first few quarters. More importantly, they stop reinvesting in those inefficiencies quarter after quarter.
Where it shows up: - Lower SG&A as a % of revenue - Consolidated tooling or vendor contracts - Streamlined headcount tied to specific outcomes
3. Revenue Growth Enablement: +15–40% Acceleration
Decent doesn’t create growth on its own—but it clears the structural blockers that tend to slow it down. With better scoped investments and clearer portfolio-level visibility, growth initiatives move faster and are more likely to scale.
Where it shows up: - Shorter time-to-revenue for new initiatives - Higher return on product/market expansions - Improved pipeline conversion in go-to-market teams
4. Risk Containment: -20–60% in Downside Scenarios
When scope is decentralized and accountable, issues are caught earlier and contained faster. Teams stop waiting on permission and start owning resolution. This isn’t just theory—we’ve seen Decent prevent material compliance and delivery risks before they spread.
Where it shows up: - Faster root-cause isolation - Fewer cross-org fire drills - Lower enterprise exposure to local failures
5. Early Signal on Strategic Bets: +100–300% Improvement
One of the hardest things for large enterprises is knowing which of their ideas are working—early enough to act. Decent pushes ownership closer to the signal, which means you get higher-fidelity insight earlier in the lifecycle.
Where it shows up: - Clearer leading indicators on pilot success - Higher confidence in investment cases - Fewer zombie projects burning capital
Aggregate Business Impact
Most enterprises adopting Decent see a measurable shift in overall operating performance within 2–3 quarters. While specific results vary by industry and maturity, the typical net impact falls within:
- +8–15% uplift in operating margin
- +10–25% acceleration in revenue from new initiatives
- -20–35% reduction in overhead tied to coordination, rework, or redundancy
These gains aren’t additive—they’re systemic. They come from tightening the link between ownership and value, and turning governance into a mechanism for speed, not control.