Cartoon strip illustrating the confusion of being asked to do more work with fewer resources and less budget.
Cartoon strip illustrating the confusion of being asked to do more work with fewer resources and less budget.

Perspective

Perspective

Doing More With Less

3 min read

Delivery, Teams, Capacity, Operations, Innovation, Consulting

Teams are being asked to deliver ambitious work with fewer people. Projects still matter, but capacity has disappeared. This is where senior, flexible support makes a difference.

Need to deliver without the headcount?

Over the past few months, one pattern has come up again and again in conversations with clients.


Budgets are tighter. Teams are smaller. Headcount is frozen or reduced. But the work hasn’t gone away.


Projects are still being funded because they matter to the business. What’s missing is the internal capacity to get them done properly.


This is where external support can help, if it’s the right shape.


At Diverge, we work as an extension of your team. We can field a small, senior group to take work end to end, support delivery where capability is missing, or stabilise a project that’s already in motion. Sometimes that means owning the whole thing. Sometimes it means working alongside the people you already have.


The practical upside is simplicity. No recruitment cycles. No headcount approvals. No long onboarding. Just a clear statement of work, agreed outcomes, and a team that’s used to operating in constrained environments.


Doing more with less is hard. It forces trade-offs, prioritisation, and uncomfortable decisions. The goal isn’t to pretend constraints don’t exist, it’s to work intelligently within them.


If you’re being asked to deliver meaningful work with limited resources, we’re happy to help you think it through.

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71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ

© 2025 Diverge Ltd. Registered in England No. 15396926, VAT No. 462150518

71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ

© 2025 Diverge Ltd.
Registered in England No. 15396926, VAT No. 462 1505 18