First Principles creates value by helping you prepare for and respond successfully to changes in your environment. Your organization’s ability to adapt and make optimal choices in a timely fashion depends on your people. To be effective, they must share a clear, coherent understanding of the organization’s purpose, why the work is important, and how your strategies will lead to success. With this understanding they are better able to perceive change clearly and judge how to adjust and when. First Principles can help you and the people you depend on reach such an understanding. Success also requires a high degree of organizational accountability, which inspires trust and fosters cooperation. The expressed values of the organization should be consistently reflected in its actions and results. With their belief in the organization’s integrity and their shared understanding of the work, your staff members become more committed to each other’s success. Teamwork is more productive, and adaptive problem-solving is more effective. First Principles can help you design and develop structures and systems that lead to such accountability. By helping you strengthen your foundations in these ways, we help position your organization to adjust nimbly to new developments, meet challenges promptly, and seize opportunities quickly when they appear.