Process - Three phases. One artifact. No rotations.
Every engagement we run has the same shape. We listen, we do the work, we hand off a written deliverable. The phases are short on purpose , the longest engagement we sell takes six weeks.
Phase 01 , Days 1 to 3
Listen first. Pitch nothing.
The first conversation is a thirty-minute call with you and one of us. We ask what has been tried, what is currently spending money, what is currently in production, and what your board is going to ask in the next quarter.
We do not pitch in this call. We will tell you, in plain language, whether one of our three engagements is a fit. If it is not, we will say so and , when we can , point you to a firm that is a better match.
Artifact , a one-page scoping note. You see it before you sign anything.
Phase 02 , Two to six weeks
Do the work. In writing.
The engagement runs in fixed scope, against a written plan, against a fixed fee. We are the people doing the work. There are no associates, no rotations, no junior analysts asking your team to fill out a survey.
We work in week-long blocks. At the end of each week, you get a short written update , what we did, what we found, what is next. If the scope needs to change, we tell you in writing and you decide before any billable time is spent.
Artifact , a weekly memo. Two pages or fewer. Honest.
Phase 03 , Final week
Hand off something usable.
Every engagement ends with a written deliverable. Depending on the engagement, that is a buyer recommendation, a renewal memo, or a board deck with one page per pilot. None of them ends with “we recommend further study.”
We present it on a final call, walk through every line, and answer follow-ups in writing for thirty days at no cost. Then we are done. We do not have a retainer product. We do not have a steering committee.
Artifact , a memo or deck a non-technical executive can read in fifteen minutes.
Principles - The way we work is the product.
The deliverable matters, but so does the experience of getting it. A few things we hold to, on every engagement.
- Senior on the keyboard. The person you meet in the discovery call is the person typing on day forty. No handoffs, no junior analysts shadowing the engagement.
- Memos over decks. Slides hide thinking. We default to written memos because they force the work to be coherent.
- Fixed fee, scoped in writing. We agree the scope, the price, and the deliverable before we start. Scope creep is handled in writing or it does not happen.
- No retainers. Every engagement has an end date. If you want us back, we will scope a new engagement. We will not invent reasons to stay.
- Real references on request. When we have the right to share them, we will give you a name and a phone number. Not a curated quote on a deck.
- The right answer wins. If the right answer is to cancel the contract, kill the pilot, or walk away from a vendor we like personally, we will write that memo.
Start a conversation
Tell us where the AI work has stalled.
A thirty-minute call, founder to founder. We will say yes, no, or point you to someone better. No follow-up sequence.