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Operations / Workflow / Implementation

I help organizations close the operating gap

When a rollout stalls, a new system goes unused, or results depend on who’s working that day, I find where the work is breaking, fix it with you, and make sure it holds.

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Creighton Spencer, operations and implementation consultantIntended and actual performance diverge into an operating gap, then come back together
95%+User adoption
0Operational downtime at go-live
80% → 100%Audit performance
20%+Increase in revenue capture

Where I help

When the plan and the work stop lining up

Operating leaders

Managers have become the integration layer. Workarounds are keeping things moving, but nobody has time to fix the cause.

Find the right starting point

Technology teams

The system is live. The value isn’t. I help connect the rollout to the workflows, people, and ownership it needs to work.

Move the implementation forward

Selected results

What changed in live operations

0 downtime

A go-live that kept operations running

End-to-end delivery of a dual-platform SaaS rollout during a live ~$33M campus modernization, with 95%+ adoption.

100%

Audit performance across locations

Scores rose from 80% to 100%, with four deficiency-free CMS surveys across a $15M+ multi-site portfolio.

20%+

Workflow changes tied to economics

Revenue capture increased 20%+ while food cost declined 5% after meal-plan and table-turn workflows were redesigned.

See the results

Operating Gap Check

What is your operation telling you

Check the symptoms you’re seeing, size the time being lost, and get a read on where to start. It takes about two minutes. Your answers stay in your browser.

Run the Operating Gap Check
A drawing of the gap between intended and actual performance
Creighton Spencer

Built from the operating side

I was the customer on the other side of the go-live

For more than 25 years, I’ve been accountable for live operations, large teams, multi-site performance, and technology implementations. I know the work has to hold after the implementation team leaves.

More about my experience

What is taking more effort than it should

Tell me what’s happening, what should be happening, and where you think the gap is.

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