It’s Always the Stuff You Can’t See
From the outside, everything looks fine. Reports are getting filed. Campaigns are going out. Sales are coming in.
But once we start looking under the hood? That’s when the “oh wow” moments happen. We’re talking about mismatched data, risky workarounds, and tech gaps that quietly drain your budget.
That’s the value of a LeftBrain audit — it uncovers what you don’t know is broken. And here’s how we do it.
Step 1: Discovery & Stakeholder Alignment
Translation: Get everyone speaking the same language before we touch the tech.
We start with people, not platforms. Who makes decisions? Who owns what data? Where does information live? We run workshops to align on business goals, data priorities, and known pain points.
In one audit for a national retailer, we discovered “Customer ID” had three different definitions across Sales, Marketing, and IT. The result? Conflicting reports, misaligned KPIs, and wasted ad spend. Aligning the definition reduced reporting discrepancies by over 80% — and made conversations between teams a lot less painful.
Step 2: Current-State Data Audit
Translation: Find out what you’ve really got.
This is where we map every system and data source — databases, SaaS tools, spreadsheets, APIs — and check for quality, completeness, duplication, and consistency.
For a SaaS company, this step revealed that their product usage data lived in a completely separate warehouse from their CRM. No link meant no way to target leads based on real usage. Once connected, their marketing team started scoring leads on actual behaviour — not just form fills.
Step 3: Gap & Risk Analysis
Translation: Spot the ticking time bombs.
Here’s where we highlight what’s slowing you down, where you’re exposed, and what’s costing more than it should. We look for bottlenecks, silos, compliance risks, and underused tools.
In one B2B service provider’s case, we found sensitive client data stored in non-encrypted Excel files on SharePoint. That’s not just an IT headache — it’s a legal risk. We helped them migrate to a secure, role-based data lake (basically one big, safe storage pool for all your data in one place) before it turned into a much bigger problem.
Step 4: Future-State Recommendations
Translation: Build the dream setup.
We design a scalable, compliant, business-aligned data framework — and show you how to get there. That includes process improvements, integration points, and governance rules.
For a healthcare client, our plan connected their EHR system with analytics dashboards, cutting manual reporting time by 70%. That freed up their team to focus on patient outreach instead of spreadsheet wrestling.
Step 5: Data Mapping Deliverables
Translation: Leave you with the game plan.
When the audit wraps, you get more than a report. You get visual data maps, field-level documentation, gap reports, and a prioritized roadmap.
One fintech client used this roadmap to consolidate four redundant APIs into one streamlined integration. The result? 40% lower costs and fresher data hitting their systems.
Why Start with the Digital Maturity Assessment?
A full audit is powerful — but it’s also a bigger commitment. The free Digital Maturity Assessment is the fast, no-obligation way to find out if you even need one.
Fast: Takes less than 10 minutes
Free: No cost, no obligation
Actionable: Walk away with insights you can use immediately
If the assessment flags problem areas, you’ll know exactly where to dig deeper with the full audit.
Think It’s Fine? Think Again.
The most expensive problems in your tech and operations are usually invisible — until you look for them. We know where to look.
Take the Digital Maturity Assessment today and see if “fine” is actually costing you more than you realize.