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Strategic Advisory
Someone who has stood up the systems you are deciding about, sitting on your side of the table. The output is a recommendation you can act on, including the recommendation to stop.
When it fits and when it doesn't
When it fits
- A platform, vendor, or build-versus-buy decision with a budget attached.
- An operating model that has outgrown the way the team was organized.
- A leadership team that agrees on the problem and not on the first move.
When it doesn't
- You already know what to do and need hands to do it. Start with Implementation Support.
- You want validation for a decision already made. We will give you our honest read instead.
How it runs
What a typical engagement looks like.
Typical, not promised. The shape is set with you once we have seen the stack.
- Cadence
- Typically a working session each week or every other week, set around the decision's own timeline. Short written notes after each one.
- Who is involved
- The leader who owns the decision, plus the person who will own the system afterward. We ask for both from the start.
- How it ends
- With a recommendation, the trade-offs named, and a sequence. If the next step is implementation, the same people carry it forward.
What you get.
- Current-state read: systems, owners, and constraints
- Options with trade-offs, in plain language
- A recommendation and a sequenced next step
- Session notes your team can forward
Questions we get about this
How is this different from a consulting report?
The advice comes from people who configure and run these systems, and it is written to be acted on by the person who will own the result, not filed.
Can advisory turn into implementation?
Yes, and it often does. The advantage is continuity: the people who made the recommendation are the people in the configuration.
What if we already have an internal strategy team?
Then we are the practitioner voice next to them, specifically on technology adoption, revenue systems, communications, and partner programs.