SHINKA LABS
SHINKA LABS
生き (iki), meaning "life" or "alive," and 甲斐 (gai), meaning "value" or "worth" - therefore, "ikigai" refers to having a sense of purpose, a reason for being, or something that makes life worth living.
helping us to better understand our your needs
簡 (kan) meaning simple or brief, and 素 (so) meaning plain or element - therefore, "kanso" refers refers to simplicity by focusing on the essential and functional, while eliminating clutter and removing the unnecessary.
Every business is different, provide a concise overview of your company.
Understanding your industry, the products or services you offer, and the markets or customers you serve.
Highlighting unique aspects such as business model, scale, or recent changes helps us quickly understand your operating environment and tailor the discussion to your specific context rather than relying on general examples.
It’s also useful to share how your business is structured—key functions, decision-making processes, and where you see the most pressure or opportunity.
For instance, are you navigating rapid growth, managing rising costs, entering new markets, or dealing with regulatory shifts?
These factors shape how analytics or AI can deliver impact, and the clearer the picture you give, the more relevant and actionable our guidance will be.
Be specific about your current stage.
Whether you’re establishing reporting basics, building a data warehouse, experimenting with proof-of-concepts, or operationalizing advanced models.
Sharing the tools you use and challenges you face (for example, data quality, adoption, or scaling) ensures we calibrate the conversation to your maturity level, avoiding ground you’ve already covered and focusing on the most relevant next steps.
It’s also valuable to share how AI and analytics are viewed within your organization.
Are they considered experimental, a support function, or core to decision-making?
Knowing the level of buy-in across leadership and teams helps us balance our recommendations between technical steps and the organizational changes needed to make them succeed.
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Clarify what you hope to achieve from a potential engagement.
whether that’s strategic guidance, a technical deep dive, or a roadmap for adoption.
Being upfront about what you want to avoid, such as high-level theory, unnecessary technical detail, or topics that don’t link to outcomes
This helps us focus on delivering the insights and recommendations that will create the most value in the time we have.
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how do we typically follow-up on these discovery sessions
進 (shin), meaning "advance" or "progress" and 化 (ka), meaning "change" or "transformation" - therefore, "shinka" refers to the process of advancing or transforming into a more developed and advanced state, an evolution.
Custom-built models, dashboards, and agents
Solutions embedded into workflows, not just stand-alone
Measurable business impact, not just technical delivery
Value-linked metrics and performance models
Decision-ready dashboards and Ai augmented workforces
Forecasting, benchmarking, and optimization tools
Fit-for-purpose architecture (cloud-native, lakehouse, or serverless)
Scalable data pipelines, models, and governance
Tools your teams actually understand and use
If you have any questions please reach out to us at transformation@shinka-labs.com
We are always happy to discuss how we can help you get to where you want to go.