Independent transformation consultancy

Juno Advisory helps public services and regulated organisations redesign how they work: services, processes and operating models that the people running them actually adopt.

London, UK8+ years in consultingActive SC clearance
As-isTo-be

Most of the work happens in the middle: mapping what really happens today, then designing something simpler that people will use.

Sector experience
  • Healthcare
  • Central government
  • Regulators
  • Transport
  • Utilities
  • Financial services
Kevin Xu, founder of Juno Advisory

About

I'm Kevin Xu, a transformation consultant and the founder of Juno Advisory.

For more than eight years I've helped organisations redesign services and the way their teams work, first at Capgemini Invent and then at PA Consulting, across government, healthcare, transport, utilities and financial services.

I've led discoveries, designed GOV.UK services from first user journey to user acceptance testing, built business cases, and set up continuous improvement functions from scratch. I'm currently supporting a national NHS diagnostic imaging programme.

My approach is practical and data-led. I start with how work actually happens, involve the people who do it, and leave behind something the team can run without me.

Education
BSc Finance, London School of Economics
Certifications
BCS Business Analysis Practitioner
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Apptio TBM Value Consultant
Clearance
Active SC clearance
Toolkit
Jira, Azure DevOps, Visio, Excel modelling

Where I help

Questions clients usually bring to the first call

We know the service is broken. Where do we start?

A focused discovery that maps the as-is, finds the real pain points and turns them into prioritised options.

How do we get a digital service through GDS assessment?

User journeys, requirements and assurance aligned to government service standards from day one.

Is this investment actually worth it?

Cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking and financial models built on your own operational data.

Our operating model no longer fits. What should change?

Target operating model design covering process, people, governance and technology.

How do we make improvement continuous, not a one-off?

A continuous improvement function with a playbook, idea pipeline and portfolio governance.

Our delivery team is busy but not moving fast.

Practical agile ways of working, better backlogs and clearer requirements that speed up delivery.

Services

Three ways to work together

Discovery & service design

Understand the problem properly before committing budget to a solution.

  • As-is and to-be process maps and service blueprints
  • User research and stakeholder workshops
  • Options appraisal on feasibility, viability and desirability
  • Discovery report and roadmap for alpha

Ideal for: new services, GOV.UK and NHS discoveries

Operating model & process improvement

Redesign how work flows across teams, systems and suppliers.

  • Target operating model design
  • Lean process redesign and cost optimisation
  • Business cases and financial models
  • Vendor evaluation and technology roadmaps

Ideal for: efficiency programmes, system replacements

Delivery & ways of working

Hands-on support to get change delivered and embedded.

  • Requirements, user stories and backlog management
  • User acceptance testing and service readiness
  • Agile coaching for multidisciplinary teams
  • Continuous improvement playbooks and governance

Ideal for: in-flight programmes that need momentum

Approach

A simple sequence, adapted to each engagement

01

Discover

Map how work really happens today, using data, observation and the people closest to it.

02

Define

Agree the problems worth solving and the outcomes that matter, with clear priorities.

03

Design

Shape the future service, process or operating model, and test it with real users.

04

Deliver & embed

Support delivery through to go-live, and hand over the tools to keep improving.

Selected work

Outcomes from recent engagements

Payments infrastructure

Set up a continuous improvement function from scratch

Designed the operating model, governance and playbook, then led three pilots that became the blueprint for organisation-wide adoption across 400 staff.

+40%operational throughput in pilot teams
Financial servicesOperating modelLean

National transport operator

Built the business case for a frontline mobile app

Mapped incident response for traffic officers and control rooms, analysed five years of operational data and built a three-year financial model.

£400k+annual savings identified
TransportBusiness caseData analysis

Government regulator

Designed an end-to-end GOV.UK authorisation service

Designed end-to-end user journeys covering 9 application types and 200+ screens, shaped 230 user stories into a prioritised backlog, and redesigned requirements assurance to GDS standards.

−20%analysis effort, with better traceability
GovernmentService designAgile

Pensions administration

Made the case to digitise paper-based communications

Designed the future-state operating model with an e-signature provider and ran a proof of concept for e-signature and e-forms.

£1.1mpotential annual print and postage savings
Financial servicesProof of conceptTOM

Engagements delivered while at PA Consulting and Capgemini Invent.

Contact

Have a problem worth solving?

Tell me a little about it. I'll reply within two working days to set up a short, no-obligation call.

Email
kevinxu@junoadvisory.co.uk
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