Strategy and research
Advice that survives contact with your board
We take a small number of engagements a year and finish every one with something you can act on.
What we are for
Two kinds of problem
Decisions that cannot be undone
Entering a market, closing a division, changing a business model. We build the case both for and against, and we say which we believe.
Questions nobody internally can ask
Where the organisation already knows the answer but cannot say it out loud. We do the interviews and write it down plainly.
Engagements
How we are usually engaged
Diagnostic
Four to six weeks. Interviews, data, and a written answer to one question that matters.
fixed fee
Strategy
Three months. Options, evidence, and a recommendation your board can vote on.
fixed fee
Second opinion
Two weeks reviewing work someone else has done, before you commit to it.
fixed fee
A client
They told us our strategy was sound and that the problem was the executive team. It was not what we paid to hear and it was correct.
ChairManufacturing group
The firm
Deliberately small
Seven people. No pyramid, no juniors learning on your engagement, and the person who sold the work does the work.
Farrow Bell
Have a decision to make?
A first conversation is an hour and costs nothing. We will tell you honestly if you do not need us.