For CEOs, COOs, founders, scale-up leaders and investors

Built for growth. Designed for stable execution.

Popcorns designs and maintains the operating model that makes work executable, measurable and scalable across people, teams, external services and digital roles.

Designed for organizations where growth, new layers and hybrid execution are increasing coordination load faster than operating discipline.
Common pressure points
Too many escalations Leadership becomes the default integrator instead of the owner of direction.
Weak handoffs Work slows down between teams because interfaces and expectations stay implicit.
Slow time to productivity New roles are added, but usable capacity arrives too late.
AI inside weak structure Digital roles are introduced before ownership, controls and supervision are clear.
Built on iConsult
Founded in 2013
Founder-led core
Balkans, CH and broader European contexts
Embedded service, not software

Most growth problems are operating model problems in disguise.

When execution depends on a few people, the organization gets heavier exactly when it should become stronger. Ownership blurs, decisions climb upward, work gets repeated, new technology adds noise and management load keeps growing.

Founder dependence

Too much coordination returns to the top because the model underneath the org chart is not stable enough.

Unowned outcomes

People stay busy, yet results still do not have clear ownership or clear decision authority.

Broken interfaces

Work passes between functions without a clear definition of what is handed over, when and in what condition.

Chaotic scaling

More people, more tools and more layers are added into a structure that was never designed to absorb them cleanly.

The execution layer behind the org chart.

The org chart shows reporting lines. It does not define how work should move, who owns the output, where the controls sit or how the model changes under pressure. That is the layer Popcorns builds.

01

Work model and governance

Stable workstreams, accountability, handoffs, decision rights and escalation paths.

02

Role architecture

One role catalog for people, digital roles and external services, all tied to real outputs.

03

Capability model

Competence and capability definitions grounded in execution, not generic frameworks.

04

Performance visibility

Measures, operating reviews and correction loops tied to outputs, quality and cycle time.

05

Critical role resilience

Development and succession focused where role failure would damage delivery, quality or growth.

06

Change discipline

Clear rules for adding roles, changing interfaces, retiring legacy logic and stabilizing transitions.

Proof through operating situations, not generic claims.

The work is different from case to case, but the pattern is usually the same: execution gets heavier, ownership blurs, leadership load rises and the business needs a stronger operating model than the one it has today.

High-tech battery manufacturing

Growth readiness under investor pressure

Scope included operating priorities, competency framework development, management cadence, leadership development, role clarity and delegation support. The work helped turn a fast-growth setup into something more explicit, more stable and more ready for scale.

Innovative product company with in-house development and production

Clearer structure without creating organizational noise

Scope included role descriptions, responsibility mapping, communication flows and the groundwork for a competency framework and performance management. The result was a clearer operating picture and a more usable path toward a stronger internal system.

Financial services institution

Competency system, performance management and governance across branches and head office

Scope included a company-wide performance management process, competency system development, governance routines, decision matrices and succession planning across branches and head office. The work strengthened continuity, management discipline and operating stability across a 40-location footprint.

Construction and project delivery business

Regain control over operations and free up leadership attention

Scope included operating system design, role clarity, management routines, reporting logic, decision ownership and stabilization of day-to-day execution. The business gained better operational control, clearer accountability and a more focused leadership model under growth pressure.

Large service operations

Professionalize management while protecting reliability

Scope included management capability building, management system improvements and succession mapping. The work strengthened continuity and reduced dependence on informal management habits during a critical transition period.

There is value logic behind the model, not only presentation.

Popcorns includes a benefits calculator that can be walked through live, so the value logic can be reviewed through assumptions rather than taken on faith. In current public scenarios, modeled ranges include 15.40% to 48.04% cumulative performance influence, 147% to 900% modeled ROI after 12 months and system cost between 0.69% and 1.80% of total expenses. These are modeled ranges, not automatic promises, but they show that the model can be tested against concrete assumptions instead of treated as a black box.

15% to 48%
Modeled cumulative performance influence
147% to 900%
Modeled 12-month ROI range
Below 2%
Modeled system cost relative to total expenses
16% to 37%
Modeled reduction in recruitment, administration and growth-related cost pressure

Founder-led core. Multidisciplinary by design.

Popcorns is led by a founder-driven core and strengthened by a wider multidisciplinary team brought in around the parts of the operating model that matter most in each situation.

Founder-led core

One core practice, broadened where execution requires it.

The core team covers operating design, startup growth logic, complex project delivery and deep organizational diagnosis. Around that core, Popcorns draws on a wider multidisciplinary bench across the areas that most often decide whether execution holds or breaks.

Operating design Complex delivery Startup growth logic Organizational diagnosis Governance and transition support

Service subscription, scaled per active employee per month.

Popcorns is not software. The commercial model is a monthly service subscription that scales with the size of the organization and the scope of operating work. It stays tied to the real execution load, not to licenses or feature bundles.

Monthly service model, not software pricing
Scales per active employee per month
Scope adapts to growth, complexity and pace

Scan. Blueprint. Install. Run.

The work starts with diagnostic clarity, moves into target design, gets translated into operating routines and then stays maintained while the organization changes.

1

Scan

Map how work is actually executed and where it breaks.

2

Blueprint

Design the target work architecture, ownership logic and control model.

3

Install

Turn the model into routines, role definitions and management rhythm.

4

Run

Keep the model alive while the organization grows and changes.