Bespoke Business Development Unveils 2026 Roadmap

Product Breakthroughs, Client Impact, and a Bold Operating Model for the Agentic-AI Era

New York, NY — September 28, 2025 — Bespoke Business Development today announced a comprehensive 2026 plan that reshapes how the firm partners with clients and operates internally. The roadmap features new advisory and implementation offerings in agentic AI, data & cloud modernization, go-to-market acceleration, and cyber resilience; a next-generation client delivery model; expanded centers of excellence; and an upgraded internal operating system optimized for speed, transparency, and measurable outcomes.

“2026 is the year we turn foresight into compound results,” said Lewis Byron De La Paz, Chief Executive Officer of Bespoke Business Development. “Our clients want fewer slide decks and more shipped outcomes. We’re responding with a productized services portfolio, shared-success pricing models, and a delivery engine designed for the realities of AI-intensive business.”

“We are also redesigning how we run the firm,” added  Jennifer K. Davis, Chief Operating Officer. “From how we staff teams to how we secure data and measure value, our internal and external operations will be tightly integrated, instrumented, and auditable.”

Highlights at a Glance (2026)

• Four Productized Practices (Q1–Q2):
  1. Agentic AI & Intelligent Workflows (from pilots to orchestrated, cross-system automation)
  2. Data, Cloud & App Modernization (cost, performance, and portability)
  3. Growth & Revenue Architecture (pricing, product-led growth, sales velocity)
  4. Cyber Resilience & Trust (Zero Trust uplift, AI risk, security operations augmentation)
• Client Delivery 2.0: “Pods + Platform” model, 90-day value sprints, outcome dashboards, and shared-success commercial options.
• Security-by-Design: Unified identity, data governance, model observability, and auditable controls across every engagement.
• People & Culture: Skills-based staffing, new career architecture, and continuous learning tied to client outcomes.
• Sustainability & Impact: Net-zero-aligned operations roadmap, measurable vendor standards, and pro bono programs focused on skills mobility.

External Operations: What Clients Can Expect in 2026

1) Productized Practices with Clear Outcomes

Agentic AI & Intelligent Workflows

• What’s new: A level-based maturity ladder (L2 task agents → L3 cross-system orchestration), safety guardrails, model/tool adapters, and value telemetry baked in.
• Use cases: Lead-to-cash acceleration, service triage & resolution, claims intake, supply planning exceptions, finance close, and risk/compliance evidence prep.
• Outcome framing: Cycle time ↓, rework ↓, quality ↑, $ impact validated quarterly.

Data, Cloud & App Modernization

• Focus: FinOps-aligned cloud modernization, application rationalization, event-driven architectures, and API portfolios that enable agentic workflows.
• Deliverables: “Just-enough” data curation for priority flows, secure landing zones/IaC, and app de-bottlenecking to reduce total cost of ownership.

Growth & Revenue Architecture

• Scope: Pricing/packaging, product-led growth, sales capacity design, pipeline quality, and post-sale expansion levers.
• Instrumentation: Deal velocity, win rate, discount discipline, net revenue retention, and payback time.

Cyber Resilience & Trust

• Services: Zero Trust by design, identity hardening, AI model risk assessment, SOC augmentation with copilots, and red-team/tabletop programs tailored to AI-native threats.
• Assurance: Policy-as-code enforcement, audit-ready decision logs, and vendor risk orchestration.

2) A Next-Gen Delivery Model: Pods + Platform

• Cross-functional pods (business lead, product/eng, data/model, design, security/risk) anchored to a single outcome.
• 90-day value sprints with baseline → intervention → measurement → attest.
• Outcome dashboards: Real-time telemetry on throughput, quality, cycle time, adoption, and $ impact; finance-co-signed quarterly attestations.
• Shared-success options: Fee structures tied to validated outcomes where appropriate.

3) 2026 Client Experience (CX) Upgrades

• Engagement OS: A secure portal for scope, milestones, risks, artifacts, and value tracking.
• Blueprint library: Reusable reference workflows, prompt/tool patterns, and policy packs to accelerate time to value.
• Interoperability stance: Multi-model, multi-cloud, and “exit-able by default” architecture to reduce lock-in risk.
• Change management as a product: Role-specific enablement, adoption playbooks, and frontline champions.

Internal Operations: How Bespoke Will Run in 2026

1) Security & Trust as a First Principle

• Zero Trust uplift across workforce and workload identities (continuous authentication, least privilege, ephemeral access).
• Data governance with classification, encryption in transit/at rest/in use, lineage, and consent tracking.
• Model observability integrated with SIEM/SOAR: prompt chains, performance drift, refusal/override patterns, and anomaly alerts.
• Policy-as-code and audit-by-design: Every sensitive action logged with who/what/when/why, plus rollback capability.
• Third-party assurance: Contractual security attestations, independent audits, and continuous vendor risk scoring.

2) Operating Model & Culture

• Skills-based staffing: A new capability taxonomy (e.g., workflow designer, agent engineer, data product owner, trust architect).
• Career architecture: Dual tracks (expert/principal) with outcome-linked progression.
• Learning engine: 40+ micro-credentials tied to client outcomes (e.g., L3 orchestration, FinOps, Zero Trust, value engineering).
• Performance & rewards: Team-level OKRs aligned to client value KPIs and firm-level trust/safety scorecards.

3) Firmwide Systems & Platforms

• Project control tower: Portfolio risk, capacity, margin, and client health in one place.
• Knowledge graph: Curated playbooks, patterns, and case learnings with provenance and freshness scores.
• Product studios: Internal build tracks for adapters, governance packs, and accelerators; open-source contributions where appropriate.

4) ESG & Community Impact

• Operations roadmap aligned to net-zero pathways; travel & facility emissions managed with reduction first, offsets last.
• Vendor code of conduct with measurable requirements on security, privacy, and sustainability.
• Skills mobility initiatives: Pro bono and fellowships expanding access to AI/data careers for underrepresented groups.

2026 Timeline & Milestones

Q1 2026

• Launch Agentic AI & Intelligent Workflows and Cyber Resilience & Trust practices.
• Release client Engagement OS portals and first 15 blueprint modules.
• Stand up model observability and policy-as-code across all internal systems.

Q2 2026

• Introduce shared-success pricing options and value attestation templates.
• Open two Centers of Excellence (North America & EMEA) for orchestration and Zero Trust design.
• Publish first Trust & Transparency Report covering security and delivery governance.

Q3 2026

• Scale Pods + Platform to 75% of engagements; roll out role-based enablement for client teams.
• Release industry playbooks (Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial, SaaS).
• Launch accelerator program for ecosystem partners (connectors, controls, and safety tooling).

Q4 2026

• Annual Client Impact Review with verified value metrics and case studies.
• Expand blueprint library to 50+ modules; refresh COEs with latest patterns and metrics.
• Publish ESG & Community Impact Update.

Partnerships & Ecosystem

• Cloud & Data: Multi-cloud alignment, FinOps partnerships, and event/stream platforms.
• Security & Trust: Identity, secrets management, data security posture, SIEM/SOAR, and adversarial testing partners.
• AI & Orchestration: Foundation model providers, vector DBs, agent runtimes, and evaluation tooling.
• Specialist boutiques: Niche expertise in regulated industries and cyber-physical systems.

All partnerships will adhere to Bespoke’s security and portability requirements, including explicit data/trace egress rights and transparent roadmaps.

Client Eligibility, Procurement & Onboarding

• Eligibility & scoping: Rapid value scans to prioritize flows and quantify outcomes.
• Procurement paths: Streamlined MSAs with optional shared-success riders and compliance addenda.
• Onboarding: Security posture checks, data minimization plans, and role-based access provisioning within the first two weeks.

Thought Leadership & Events (2026)

• Bespoke Technology Report 2026 (Agentic AI playbooks; cyber & trust benchmarks).
• Global Reinvention Summit (NYC) plus regional forums (London, Singapore, Toronto).
• Quarterly Value Engineering Clinics (invite-only) and open Blueprint Workshops.

Leadership Commentary

“Our clients are building for uncertainty—new competitors, policy shifts, and the physics of AI at scale,” said Victor H. Kim. “Our promise is simple: fewer seams, faster impact, and trust built-in.”

“We’ve aligned incentives, safety, and portability so clients never feel trapped,” said Victor. “It’s advice plus execution, delivered transparently.”

About Bespoke Business Development

Bespoke Business Development is a strategy and execution partner that helps organizations reinvent how they grow, operate, and secure value in an AI-intensive world. We combine productized services with outcome-based delivery, deep domain expertise, and security-by-design. Our teams work as integrated pods alongside client leaders to ship measurable results—faster.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding Bespoke Business Development’s plans and expectations for 2026. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including market conditions, regulatory changes, technology shifts, cybersecurity events, and execution risks. Bespoke Business Development undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements.

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