How we work
Three ways to start
Every engagement starts the same way: we establish what is being decided, by whom, against what standard, and by when. The durations below are indicative and are settled in the scoping review.
Engagement formats
Three ways to start
Scoping review
2 weeks · fixed fee
We establish what you are actually deciding, what evidence you already hold, and whether the question needs us at all.
- Two structured sessions with your team
- Review of existing documentation and data
- A written scope with options, effort and sequence
Assessment
6–10 weeks · fixed scope
A structured review against a defined standard (regulatory, methodological or strategic), returned as a prioritised action list rather than a report that sits on a shelf.
- Baseline against the applicable framework
- Benchmarking against comparable organisations
- Findings ranked by exposure, with owners and sequence
- A workshop handing the findings to the people who act on them
Retained advisory
6–12 months · monthly
For organisations under continuing regulatory or geopolitical pressure, where the question changes faster than a project can answer it.
- Standing access for named decision-makers
- Quarterly horizon briefings on your specific exposure
- Board and committee material on request
Method
Four steps, in this order, every time
Frame the decision
What is being decided, by whom, against what standard, and by when. Most engagements change shape here.
Build the evidence base
Primary data, public registers, stakeholder interviews and your own systems, assembled so the conclusion can be traced back.
Test it adversarially
Findings are challenged against comparable organisations, alternative readings and the questions a supervisor or board would ask.
Hand it over
A prioritised action list and a working session with the people who own the actions. Documentation a regulator can follow without a site visit.
Start with the scoping review.
Two weeks, fixed fee, and a written scope at the end of it. If the question does not need us, it says so.