About Simpleris
Reducing Operational Risk in Growing Businesses
As businesses scale, operational risk often grows faster than control.
At Simpleris Consultancy Limited, we help growing UK businesses reduce operational risk so delivery stays reliable as complexity increases.
Operational risk is not failure.
It is the hidden fragility that shows up as dependency on individuals, fragile handovers, inconsistent delivery, and leaders staying involved far longer than they should.
Our work focuses on making that risk visible, controllable, and reduced before growth turns it into a problem.
Our Approach
We don’t start with documentation or frameworks.
We start by understanding how the business actually runs.
That means:
Identifying where delivery depends on individuals
Exposing fragile handovers and information flow
Clarifying ownership at critical points
Stabilising the work that keeps the business running
SYSTEMology provides the underlying structure for this work, helping us focus on what matters most rather than everything at once.
Lean Six Sigma is used where precision matters.
The goal is not more process.
It is reliable delivery without dependency.
Martin Cable
Founder, Simpleris Consultancy Limited
I’m Martin Cable.
I’ve spent over 20 years working inside growing businesses where complexity outpaced control. Different sectors. Same pattern.
In manufacturing and engineering environments, I’ve seen tribal knowledge, quality drift, and long training cycles quietly create risk.
In tech and scaling service businesses, the same risk shows up as founder dependency, unclear ownership, and delivery becoming fragile as headcount grows.
As a Certified SYSTEMologist® and Lean Six Sigma practitioner, I bring proven methodologies together with a practical, real-world approach. But frameworks are never the focus.
The focus is reducing operational risk so businesses can scale without relying on individuals to hold everything together.
That usually means:
Removing founder and key person dependency
Making ownership and handovers clear
Stabilising delivery under pressure
So the business works even when you’re not there.
What We Believe
Strong businesses don’t rely on heroics.
They rely on:
Clear ownership
Reliable handovers
Consistent ways of working
Systems that support people, not replace them
When operational risk is reduced, growth becomes calmer, more predictable, and far less personal.
Start With an Operational Risk Assessment
The first step is making operational risk visible.
From there, it becomes possible to decide what needs controlling, what can wait, and what should never be allowed to become fragile again.
Operational risk reduction for scaling UK tech
and manufacturing businesses.
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