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The engagement Your company’s anatomy and your team’s friction map, in one dated dossier. Under 30 min of your time For owner-operators and their leadership teams From $900 See the engagements →
D·00 · Structural diagnostics
For the leader who already knows

Every company is a body. Most are only managed as minds.

I come from VP-level operations in manufacturing and distribution. That means P&Ls and vendor negotiations, and people having tough days. I have sat in the Monday meeting where the numbers said one thing and the room said another. The spreadsheet describes the pulse. It does not describe the body. 29 Degree Consulting reads the body. Who carries it, where your people push back, and when the window opens for your next move. Written, dated, checkable.

Read the sample dossier Book a diagnostic
What you getA dated dossier you can auditSample: 17 pages · every finding carries its orb
What it asksUnder 30 minutes of your timeIntake form and founding data · nobody interviewed
What it costsFixed fees, never hourlyCompany Diagnostic $900 · site day +$6,000
Measurement scale · degrees of arc · 0°–30° 00°00'

The 29th degree is the last degree of a sign: the point where a pattern is fully formed and about to change state. Every finding in a 29 Degree dossier is a measurement, stated in degrees and minutes of arc, ranked by precision, and checkable against an ephemeris. If it isn't tight, it isn't in the findings.

D·01 · The instrument
Named up front

Yes, the instrument is astrology. Here is why that should not scare you.

Orb · degrees of arcFindings ranked by precision
0°07'
0°1°2°3°
Near exactStrongContext only

I spent years running operations and used everything the corporate world offers to understand people. Every personality assessment and working-style profile on the market. I quietly ran charts alongside them, and the charts produced accurate findings. They kept being right about things the assessments never saw.

So I stopped apologizing for the instrument and started engineering a method. Nobody asks you to believe anything. Read the findings and test them against what you already know is true about your own company.

Rule 01 · Measured, or it's out

Findings are ranked by orb (angular precision). Loose contacts are labeled context and never treated as findings. Data limits are stated up front, in the document.

Rule 02 · Business language, always

Function first: "the controller's analysis flows with the company's growth function." The technical layer lives in the appendix, where it can be audited.

Rule 03 · Falsifiable timing

Timing windows come with dates. You will know whether the read was right. Most consulting can't say that.

D·02 · Anatomy
The company as a body

Twelve functions. One organism.

Departments are organs. Cash flow is circulation. Culture is the nervous system, and it keeps score long before the quarterly report does. Some organs are strong, some are compensating, some are quietly failing while the numbers still look fine. The diagnostic maps all twelve functions and tells you which ones carry the weight in yours.

F·01LeadershipIdentity, direction, the face the market seesHead
F·02Cash flowRevenue, resources, what the company holdsThroat
F·03CommunicationInternal signal: meetings, messages, handoffsHands · lungs
F·04FoundationsCulture, facilities, what everything rests onChest
F·05LaunchNew products, creative risk, what the company makesHeart
F·06OperationsDaily work, systems, service, the grind itselfGut
F·07PartnershipsClients, vendors, contracts, open rivalsKidneys
F·08InvestmentDebt, equity, other people's money, deep restructuringDeep tissue
F·09ExpansionNew markets, long bets, what the company believesHips · thighs
F·10ReputationPublic standing, authority, what it's known forSkeleton
F·11NetworksAlliances, community, the rooms it moves inCirculation
F·12RiskBlind spots, hidden costs, what leaks unseenLymph

Body before mind: teams run on how people are built long before they run on what people say in meetings. The anatomy shows you where your company's strength sits, which is rarely where the org chart says it does.

D·03 · Method
Six layers, in order

The diagnostic sequence.

Inception chart

Your company's founding moment, cast and independently verified to the arcminute. Data limits stated before findings begin.

Anatomy map

All twelve functions located and weighed. Which ones hold the load, which are compensating, which are unstaffed.

Findings

The diagnosis, ranked by measurement precision. Every finding carries its orb, so you can see how much weight it deserves. 0°07' · near exact 1°23' · strong 2°38' · context only

Friction table

Person to person: where your key people naturally flow together and where they grind, independent of who's right. This is usually where the revenue leak lives.

Timing map

Dated windows for the decisions you're already circling, the hire or the renegotiation. Windows come with calendar dates.

Prescription

What to do, in plain operational terms. Every finding closes with an action you could start Monday.

D·04 · Sample
Sample dossier cover: The Anatomy of a Company, Ridgeline Supply Co.
Sample dossier page: the timing map, decision windows with calendar dates
Sample dossier page: the friction table, pairings ranked by orb
Ridgeline Supply Co. · 17 pages
Judge the work, not the pitch

Read a full dossier before you spend a dollar.

Ridgeline Supply Co. is a complete diagnostic run on a demonstration company: inception chart, anatomy, ranked findings, friction table, timing map, and prescription, with the full technical appendix so anyone can audit the measurements.

If the sample doesn't make you want to see your own company on the table, we're done, no pitch. That's the whole test.

Open the sample dossier (PDF)
D·05 · On site
Where the work is strongest

I don't interview your people.

On-site · one business day

Up to five hours on your floor. Sealed brief in your hands before I arrive. Nothing staged.

Interviews give you what people are prepared to say. By the time an answer reaches words it has been edited twice, once for the room and once for the boss. You already have that version.

So I don't talk, I watch. Who stops talking when a particular person walks in. Which two people never end up on the same side of a room. The body settles these questions long before anyone says them out loud, and bodies never lie.

The same twelve people, seen twice: structure, remembering it is a constellation.

Sealed before arrival

The field brief is written from the charts alone and delivered before I walk in, dated. You hold the predictions. Then you watch them surface.

Nothing staged, nothing recorded

Nobody is questioned, pulled off the floor, or asked to prepare anything. Your day runs the way it runs, because what I need to see only happens when nothing is arranged for my benefit.

Openly present

You introduce me as a consultant walking the operation, which is true.

The dossier, after

The full dossier is written after the visit, chart and floor woven together, with the sealed brief scored inside it: what was predicted, what appeared, where the two came apart. Judge the instrument on that page.

D·06 · Engagements
Fixed prices, never hourly

Priced by what goes on the table.

  1. Day 0Checkout and intakeUnder 30 min of your time
  2. Days 1 to 7I build the dossierNothing more asked of you
  3. Day 7Your dossier arrivesDated, yours to test
  4. OptionalWorking Session60 min to decide the moves
Company DiagnosticThe complete diagnostic, with you, the principal, layered in. Anatomy, findings, friction, timing, prescription. Complete on its own.$900
Each additional personKey people layered into the friction table, up to five. Beyond five, quoted: the work scales by pairs, not headcount.+$500
Leadership ProfileOne person in full depth, with their own twelve-month timing. For the promotion, the partner, the successor.$750
Incorporation PlanningChoosing the founding moment of an entity before it exists. The only thing I sell that can never be redone.$1,200
Timing UpdatesThe year's decision windows, kept current. Quarterly $450, yearly $750.$450+

How you receive it

Option 01
The Document
Included
With every engagement
  • The complete dossier, dated, built to be held against me
  • Business language up front, technical appendix behind
  • Yours to keep and test
Start with the diagnostic
Option 02
Working Session
+$1,500
Two calls · live video
  • 30 minutes before the diagnostic: you tell me where it hurts, I tell you nothing yet
  • 60 minutes after delivery: we walk the findings and you leave with the moves decided
  • A decision room, with the dossier open between us
Add the session
Option 03
Observation Day
+$6,000
Sealed brief · then the floor
  • Sealed field brief in your hands before I arrive
  • Up to five hours on your floor, nothing staged
  • Full dossier written after, chart and floor woven, brief scored inside
  • Travel and lodging at cost beyond driving distance
Book the day

An Observation Day is up to five on-site hours in one business day, scheduled to the operation's natural rhythm. The sealed field brief arrives before the visit; the full dossier follows within seven days. Worked example: a Company Diagnostic, three people layered in, and an Observation Day comes to $8,400. Held against one wrong promotion or a partner split, that is a rounding error. Larger teams and ongoing advisory: scoped by inquiry.

D·07 · Founder
Kari Bennett, founder of 29 Degree Consulting
Kari Bennett · Founder
Origin
"It came from the floor, not from theory. Body before mind is what made things flow."
Kari Bennett Founder · 29 Degree

Years running operations teams in commercial foodservice equipment, manufacturing and distribution, with real payroll on the line. The method exists because I wanted to know what made my people tick beyond a paycheck, and the map kept being accurate. Grew up in one LA, spent a decade in the other. Reading from New Orleans, Louisiana.

D·08 · Questions
Asked and answered

The questions everyone asks.

Is this astrology?

Yes. Practiced as a measurement discipline: exact data, verified calculations, tight orbs, findings you can audit. What you're buying is the rigor.

What do I actually receive?

A written dossier in plain business language: anatomy, ranked findings, friction table, timing windows with dates, and a prescription of concrete actions. Technical data lives in an appendix. It reads like an engineering report because it is built like one.

Do my people have to believe in it?

No. Nobody on your team needs to believe anything, and nobody's chart is shared with anyone but you. The findings either match what you see on the floor or they don't. Judge them there.

Whose birth data, and do they know?

Each person gives their own birth data with their consent. No one's chart is pulled without their knowledge. The data is used for your engagement only and never shared.

What if founding time is unknown?

The diagnostic still runs. Findings that depend on the exact time are left out. The data limits are stated before any findings begin.

How long does it take?

The dossier arrives within 7 days of your completed intake.

D·09 · Inquiry
One conversation

Put your company on the table.

Bring the deck. Bring the org chart. I have read both kinds of documents for years; now I read the sky over them too. Send the basics: your company, roughly what's not working, and which engagement you're circling. You'll get a straight answer about whether the diagnostic can help, and a start date if it can.

Inquire by email The founder on LinkedIn
The fine print · Protection for both of us
Nature of the work

29 Degree provides interpretive consulting and decision support. It is not legal, financial, investment, accounting, tax, medical, psychological, or human-resources advice, and it is not a substitute for the licensed professionals who provide those services.

Your decisions stay yours

Findings, friction tables, and timing windows are analytical interpretation offered to inform judgment. No business outcome is promised or guaranteed. Decisions made during or after any engagement, and their results, remain the sole responsibility of the client.

Not an employment instrument

Reports are prepared for the principal's strategic judgment. They are not to be used as the sole or determining basis for hiring, termination, promotion, compensation, or discipline of any individual, and no report should ever be an employee's personnel record.

Data and confidentiality

Birth data and company information are used solely to prepare your engagement, held in confidence, and never sold or shared. Individual analyses are delivered to the client alone and to no one else, including the individuals analyzed.

Timing windows

Dated windows are analytical estimates for planning, not predictions of events and not guarantees of results. They are one input to a decision, never the decision.

Terms of engagement

Engagements are confirmed in writing before work begins, with scope, fees, travel terms, and delivery dates stated. Payment of an invoice or checkout constitutes acceptance of these terms. Fees compensate professional analysis and time: once work is delivered they are not refundable, and disagreement with the findings is not grounds for refund. Liability for any engagement is limited to the fees paid for it. Services are for business use, clients 18 and over.