Fragmented governance
Plans, risks and status reports live in silos, making it impossible to see the full picture.
Our larger purpose
Making Europe more competitive, one transformation at a time
We don’t just manage IT transformations — we make sure they succeed. The mission goes beyond delivery: Europe cannot close its productivity gap while a large share of its digital investment is wasted on programmes that underdeliver. Every transformation that works is capacity Europe gets to keep.
The problem: why IT transformations fail
McKinsey puts the share of IT transformations that underperform or fail outright at 50–70%. ERP rollouts, cloud migrations and modernisation programmes worth millions are still run on spreadsheets, slide decks and email chains.
Scope creep and misalignment
Projects expand uncontrollably, stakeholders clash, and business cases collapse under unrealistic expectations.
Vendor lock-in
Organisations become dependent on external partners for critical systems, losing control over their own data and infrastructure.
Economic waste
Billions are lost annually to failed projects, draining resources that could drive innovation and growth.
For Europe the stakes are higher than a single business case. Draghi’s 2024 report for the European Commission calls the continent’s productivity problem "an existential challenge", and finds that the gap with the United States "is largely explained by the tech sector". Against that, a failed transformation is not just a write-off — it is digital investment that produced no capability, in a continent that cannot spare it. The jurisdiction question is real too, and we treat it seriously; it is simply the smaller half of the argument.
Our answer: visibility, control and independence
We provide the tools and the expertise to make transformations visible, manageable and successful — built and hosted in Europe, because we would rather be part of the answer than write about it.
The platform
TransformRadar
An AI-powered, EU-hosted workspace that unifies planning, governance, programme health, value realisation and steering into a single source of truth. Built by a 30-year practitioner, it reflects how real transformations are run — not a generic tool with a governance label bolted on.
- 100% EU-hosted in Paris, on European-owned infrastructure
- No CLOUD Act exposure, no US jurisdiction, no customer data training foreign AI models
- Flat fee: €490/month base plus €29 per project, unlimited users — no tiers, no hidden costs
- Done-for-you onboarding: we migrate your existing spreadsheets and plans so you start with a working portfolio
The expertise
Thejn Advisory
Independent, senior guidance that tells you the truth about your transformation, even when it is uncomfortable. Thirty years of Nordic IT leadership, applied to the decisions that actually determine the outcome.
- Rescue and recover failing projects by diagnosing root causes and rebuilding credible paths forward
- Establish governance and assurance with retainer support, steering group participation and risk oversight
- Design and validate transformation strategies before contracts are signed
- Replace platforms you no longer want to rent, with something you own
Together: the tools to see everything, and the expertise to fix what is broken.
Why this matters for Europe
The usual case for European technology is defensive: keep the data out of foreign jurisdiction. That argument is real, but it is the smaller one, and it only moves organisations that already have a compliance problem. The larger case is competitiveness — Europe has to build technology companies that win, and it will not do that while its own enterprises decide by default.
There is no EU company with a market capitalisation over EUR 100 billion that has been set up from scratch in the last fifty years, while all six US companies with a valuation above EUR 1 trillion have been created in this period. This lack of dynamism is self-fulfilling.
- Make digital investment produce capability rather than write-offs — the productivity gap is built from wasted programmes
- Give European vendors a fair hearing in evaluations, because scale is what they lack and buyers are what decides it
- Keep the freedom to change your mind: no lock-in, no per-user licence growth, no platform you cannot leave
- Take the jurisdiction question seriously where it genuinely applies, and stop pretending it applies everywhere
The policy half of Draghi’s agenda moves at the speed of legislatures. The procurement half is available in your next evaluation. That is the half we work on.
What sets us apart
| Challenge | Our solution | Your benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Fragmented tools and data | One shared workspace for planning, governance and health | Full visibility across all projects and portfolios |
| Foreign jurisdiction and lock-in | 100% EU-hosted, no CLOUD Act, EU-resident AI only, exportable data | Full control, and the freedom to leave |
| High costs and hidden fees | Flat fee: €490 + €29 per project, unlimited users | Predictable, transparent budgeting |
| Complex onboarding | Done-for-you migration of existing data | Immediate value, no empty screens |
| Biased or inexperienced advice | Independent senior practitioners with 30+ years of experience | Honest, actionable guidance |
What success looks like
For leadership
The ability to answer to boards and stakeholders with accurate, real-time data — not guesswork.
For CIOs
Control over vendors and projects, with no surprises and no hidden agendas.
For teams
One source of truth that everyone — from project managers to steering committees — actually uses.
For Europe
Digital investment that produces capability instead of write-offs, and European vendors that get a fair hearing — which is how they reach the scale to compete.