What We Do

Nothing gets built until we know what's wrong.

Most consultants arrive with an answer: tools, automation, a roadmap. We start by finding where your business still depends on you. Then we fix it in whatever way actually works, including ways that don't involve us building anything.

A lot of "AI consultancy" is a slide deck and a handshake. You get a roadmap full of good ideas and a list of tools someone else has to implement. Then six months later you're back to square one — except now you've also got an unused Notion workspace and a mild distrust of consultants.

We work the other way round. Each step answers one question, and each one is useful on its own. You can stop at any point with something you can act on. Here's how it runs.

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The Process

How an engagement works

01

Operational Diagnostic · £1,500

Where does my business still depend on me, and what do I fix first?

You complete a structured scorecard covering six dimensions of how the business runs. Then we spend 90 minutes walking through it together, testing what it surfaced. You get a written report that names the pattern behind the symptoms. It uses your own words, not 'consultant speak', and gives prioritised next steps and a clear recommendation on where to start. Three or four weeks later, we have a follow-up call to see what's changed.

Most of the next steps are things you can do yourself, at no further cost.

…What I didn't know was it's all connected. You are correct – and that's exactly what I needed to hear.

Owner, Industrial Fabrications
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02

Operational Blueprint · £3,500 fixed fee

How does this process actually work, and what has to change?

One operational flow, end to end: order to delivery, enquiry to onboarding, whatever matters most in your business.

We start with some of your data (recent jobs, platform exports, existing documentation), then spend two days with your team. We walk the work where it happens, trace real jobs through it (including ones that went wrong) and talk to the people doing it. Then we turn what we found into the Blueprint and take you through it on a detailed call.

You get five things, all in writing:

  • How the work really runs. A step-by-step map of the flow as it actually happens today, workarounds included.
  • Where it goes wrong. The points where it breaks, how often, and roughly what that's costing you.
  • How it should run. The same flow redesigned, so it works without you in the middle.
  • Who owns what. A named owner for every stage, and a clear list of the decisions each person can make without checking with you.
  • What to do next. What needs to change, in what order, and what each route would cost. If software is part of the answer, we tell you honestly whether to build it or buy it. If it's a build, we write down exactly what it needs to do.

"Who owns what" is worth having on its own, whether or not anything ever gets built. The Blueprint looks at roles and process, never at individual people, and usually follows a Diagnostic.

The thing I liked best about our work together was the structured approach you take.

MD, Telecoms Provider
03

Implementation · Priced from the Blueprint

Make it real.

There are three routes: build something custom, select and configure something that already exists, or change the process with no software at all. Most real implementations mix all three. Every one has a fixed scope and a defined endpoint.

We don't quote for implementation before the Blueprint is done. Until the process is defined, there's nothing honest to price. And if an off-the-shelf product does the job, we'll tell you.

04

Handover & Optimisation

You own everything we build. We make sure your team can use it, understand it, and maintain it. Then we stay close for the first few weeks to tune it based on what the real world throws at it.

05

What comes next

Once one thing works, you'll usually see the next thing worth fixing. If you want to keep going, we can. If you'd rather run it yourselves, that's what the handover is for. Your call.

Who it's for

This works for you if...

Good fit

  • You run an established business with a team, and everything still routes back to you
  • It works, but it works harder than it should
  • Things stall when you're not there
  • Growth would feel painful rather than welcome
  • You've tried tools or systems before and they haven't stuck

Probably not the right fit

  • You're a solo operator with no team
  • You want a chatbot on your website, or a generic AI tool with your branding on it
  • You want someone to validate a decision you've already made
  • You want a fix without a diagnosis
"We went from three people manually processing applications to one automated pipeline. It runs overnight. Nobody touches it."
Operations Director, Private Healthcare Group
"Clear ROI within 6 months from the first project — and we're now on our third."
Founder & CEO, Global Wellness Brand
"It's not just about the automation. It's knowing what doesn't work before we waste money trying it."
MD, Financial Services Advisory
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Brands & organisations we've worked with.

Consulting, building, & training since 2007.

Innovate UK
Sinclair Group
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Bentley
M&K Trading
Hickory's Smokehouse
WuduMate
MDBC
Training Sensei
Manchester Metropolitan University
Channel Focus Community
Natwest
Innovate UK
Sinclair Group
Lyma
Aura-Soma
Bentley
M&K Trading
Hickory's Smokehouse
WuduMate
MDBC
Training Sensei
Manchester Metropolitan University
Channel Focus Community
Natwest

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