BUSINESS ARCHITECTURE FIRM

Design.Validate.Build.

From a new venture's first idea to results in the market — strategy and execution, built as one system.

Discuss an engagement
01 — PRACTICES

Practices.

Three practices, matched to the problem you bring. Each has its own method and defined deliverables.
PRACTICE 01

Venture & Business Design

"We have the idea. We don't know if it's a business."

We turn the idea into a business architecture, decide the core hypothesis in the market within four weeks, and carry it to launch through a 12-week launchpad.

SIGNATURE METHOD
Venture Launchpad
DELIVERABLES
Business architecture · Validation report · MVP
PRACTICE 02

Business Architecture & Operating Model

"We have a strategy. The organization isn't moving."

We overlay value streams and capability maps (BIZBOK) with causal maps (System Dynamics) to turn strategy into a structure that works — a transformation designed so the capability stays with you.

SIGNATURE METHOD
Causal Architecture
DELIVERABLES
Capability map · Causal map · Operating model
PRACTICE 03

Technology Strategy & Delivery

"We have an IT plan. We're wary of building it."

We don't stop at ISP/BPR and platform design — we build the prototype ourselves and prove the plan works before you commit.

SIGNATURE METHOD
Build-to-Prove
DELIVERABLES
ISP/BPR · Platform design · Prototype
02 — APPROACH

Approach.

Design, validation and build run in one team, within one system. Every stage ends in a decision — and the finish line is a working result, not a report.
Design. 2–4 WEEKS Business architecture Value stream & capability map Causal map DECIDE Validate. 4 WEEKS Test design Market experiment Decision report GO Build. 8–12 WEEKS Prototype Launch Handover to operations Operating data → next design
03 — CLIENT IMPACT

Impact.

Results delivered with the same method across finance, insurance and the public sector.
SECTORENGAGEMENTOUTCOME
FINANCEShinhan Future's Lab — Korea's first fintech collaboration program in finance, designed and runNo model for corporate–startup collaboration → 1,520 startups connected · KRW 15.9B invested
INSURANCEInsurtech series — first-in-industry services in insuranceLagging digital channel → KakaoPay private certification, chatbot and AR product guide introduced, online insurance ranking #7 → #2
PUBLICPublic-sector information strategy (ISP/BPR)ISPs for B2B networks in 5 industries (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy), G4B BPR/ISP, 20 SMEs → 75% win rate on public SI proposals
GROUP ITFinancial group IT integration planningIT fragmented across affiliates → integration plan of approx. KRW 12B, document-security upgrade PMO
VENTUREHarumom — body-signal journaling app (in-house venture)Planning → full-stack development → launched on Google Play, operated in-house

Includes engagements delivered in prior leadership roles. Full history on our Korean site.

04 — INTELLIGENCE

Intelligence.

The deeper the research, the simpler the strategy.
Tech innovation Income gap Social conflict Erosion of livelihoods Closing the AI gap AI transition Public demand Policy & budget AI safety Growth
REPORT · 2026.09 · POLICY CAUSAL MAP

Policy causal map of the Lee Jae-myung administration — its policy logic, read from all 1,729 presidential statements

A report that reads where resources will flow — before budgets are set — from the causal structure of what was said. The single point all four balancing loops pass through signals the next wave of public demand.

1,729statements, all
193causal links
63 → 4loops → balancing
Read the report (Korean) →
FRAMEWORK · QUIET EROSION

A model of job erosion in the AI era — and a 30-second diagnostic

We modeled how roles quietly become unnecessary, as variables and causal links, and released it as a tool anyone can use to measure where they stand.

The framework (Korean) →
PUBLICATIONS · 5 TITLES

AI Class Society · Quiet Erosion · The Luddites Weren't Crazy · Things We Haven't Named Yet · SEO Is Dead

Publications →
Five publications
05 — VENTURES

Ventures.

We prove the system we propose to clients on our own capital and our own risk first — from design to operation, end to end, inside a single business.
VENTURE 01 · HEALTHCARE · LIVE ON GOOGLE PLAY

Harumom Body-signal journal · pre-visit summary

Eye twitches, a lump in the throat, tiredness with no clear reason. Instead of searching, one minute of logging a day becomes a one-page summary for your next doctor's visit.

PlanDesignValidateBuildLaunchOperate
Google Play →
Harumom
06 — THE FIRM

The Firm.

We work by engagement. The unit of contract is a well-defined scope — not headcount.
  • 4 WEEKSHypothesis Validation SprintOne new-business hypothesis, decided in the market
  • 12 WEEKSVenture LaunchpadDesign, validation and MVP launch
  • SCOPEDISP / BPRInformation strategy and process redesign
  • SCOPEDPrototype BuildFrom plan to a working product
LEADERSHIP

Leadership

A principal is accountable from the first meeting to the final deliverable. Our leadership team and way of working are on our firm page.

The Firm (Korean) →
07 — ENGAGE

Engage.

Tell us, in one line, the problem you are working on. We will define the engagement and come back with a proposal. We don't ask about your company's size or stage.