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IN THIS BRIEFING
01
The Economic Contradiction
02
The Productivity Capture Gap
03
The Same AI
04
The Reframing
05
Released Capacity
06
Decision Architecture
07
Capability & Capital
08
The Evidence Gates
09
The Conventional Route Succeeds
10
The Governed Result
11
The Causal Bridges
12
Cash & Enterprise Value
13
The Thesis Has Conditions
14
Decisions Required Now
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E. Cartier Perspective
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PURPOSE & STARTING POSITION
The company does not have an AI problem.
It has an enterprise design problem that AI has exposed.
An international professional, technical and information services group enters the period from a position of strength. It is profitable, growing and institutionally credible. The board has not ignored AI. It may have done the opposite.
THE SIGNAL
One flagship workflow falls from roughly 1,000 professional hours to 630. A major customer then asks why materially fewer hours should still attract materially the same fee and requests an 18% reduction.
£310m
Annual revenue across nine strategically important relationships approaching renewal or repricing.
CAPABILITY & CAPITAL
A £260m programme.
A more focused enterprise.
The group has already committed £74m and proposes an additional £260m. E. Cartier's analysis sequences the programme, rationalises the vendor estate and aligns capital with commercial outcomes.
THE GOVERNED RESULT
Same technology.
A different enterprise.
CASH & ENTERPRISE VALUE
Same multiple.
Different enterprise.
At a 9.0x EBITDA multiple, the difference in enterprise value between the technology led route and the E. Cartier governed route is £1.06bn.
