Logistics and Supply ChainWarehouse Automation Payback
Field immersions at comparable live sites, covering exception handling, order mix and phased investment
The work, when we can name it
Engagements across twelve industries, each one the question a client arrived with, the people we put in front of them, and what they did next. Client names are withheld; nothing else is.
72 engagements · 12 industries · 12 services
Recent work
The engagements we can describe
Client names are withheld. The question, the people we asked and what the client did next are not.
Logistics and Supply Chain
Media, Entertainment and TelecomTelecom Network Planning Support
Long-term consulting support: former network planners placed alongside the coverage team
Industrials, Automotive and AerospaceTarget Long List Screening
Expert calls run as a screening layer, with the same questions on every candidate
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Everything else, by industry
Industrials, Automotive and AerospaceStrategic Fit Against Financial Return
Moderated calls with engineering leads, plant operators and customer quality teams on adoption
Consumer, Retail and HospitalityRetail Store Execution Audit
Field immersions across a sample of stores, then former area managers reading the pattern
Media, Entertainment and TelecomSports Rights Economics Panel
A multi expert panel of rights buyers and sellers on how packages are structured
Chemicals, Materials and MiningSpecialty Chemical Substitution Research
Moderated calls with formulators on what would make them design the additive out
Education and TrainingSkills and Workforce Advisory Board
An advisory board of college principals, employers and policy advisers, meeting each quarter
Industrials, Automotive and AerospaceShort Thesis Tested Before Sizing
Expert calls with operators, customers and competitor leads, run without disclosing the thesis
Technology, Software and SemiconductorSemiconductor Lead Time Expert Calls
Expert calls with plant planners, distributors and buyers, repeated on the team's planning cycle
Technology, Software and SemiconductorSemiconductor Process Expert Sourcing
Sourcing and screening former design engineers who worked on the process generation in dispute
Food and AgricultureSector Credibility for a Live Mandate
Expert calls with processing operators, commercial leads and procurement heads across the sector
Healthcare and Life SciencesBuilding a Searchable Research Corpus
Long-term consulting support that structured every healthcare conversation as it was commissioned
Education and TrainingSchool Group Chief Executive Succession
A retained executive search run alongside a structured assessment of internal candidates
Education and TrainingSchool Group Procurement Research
Moderated calls with bursars and trust operations directors on who signs and when
Technology, Software and SemiconductorSaaS Win Loss Analysis
AI moderated calls with the evaluators who chose a competitor, across decided bids
Chemicals, Materials and MiningEvidencing a Proposal Claim
An opinion survey of screened specifiers and procurement leads the bid could quote
Consumer, Retail and HospitalityRetail Media Advisory Board
An advisory board of retailer, brand and agency operators on what is working
Energy, Utilities and RenewablesRenewables Development Advisory Board
Advisory boards holding permitting, grid access and land control knowledge in each market
Consumer, Retail and HospitalityChannel Checks Through a Reporting Season
Channel checks on a cadence with distributors, category buyers and former commercial leads
Consumer, Retail and HospitalityRestaurant Franchisee Refit Research
AI moderated calls with franchisees on whether they would fund the refit program
Education and TrainingA Sector View Before the Credential
Workshops and round tables with college principals, curriculum leads and finance directors
Consumer, Retail and HospitalityGrocery Private Label Expert Calls
Expert calls with category buyers and brand commercial directors on the range review
Financial Services, Fintech and InsuranceA Standing Expert Bench
Advisory boards across underwriting, distribution and regulation, retained rather than rebuilt each project
Food and AgricultureFood Processing Line Capacity
A field immersion across a full shift, with former processing managers reading it
Industrials, Automotive and AerospacePost Close Value Creation Support
Long-term consulting support from former plant operators through the first phase after close
Energy, Utilities and RenewablesRehearsing the Client Panel
A multi expert panel of former utility leaders rehearsing the client's questions
Healthcare and Life SciencesPayer Contracting Round Table
A round table workshop with former payer and market access leads on coverage decisions
Real Estate, Construction and InfrastructureOffice Tenant Demand Survey
An opinion survey asking office occupiers what space they would actually commit to
Technology, Software and SemiconductorThe Objection Behind the Objection
Moderated calls with buyers from stalled, lost and won deals about what decided them
Technology, Software and SemiconductorFirst Read on an Uncovered Market
Expert calls with practitioners already operating in a market nobody has written up
Chemicals, Materials and MiningMining Asset Site Visit
Field immersions at the asset, with former operators reading what the visit showed
Financial Services, Fintech and InsurancePayments Merchant Churn Research
Moderated calls with merchants who had already left, asking why they moved
Media, Entertainment and TelecomMedia Commercial Director Search
Retained executive search rebuilt around the revenue shift the business was making
Industrials, Automotive and AerospaceInterim Plant Leadership
Interim executive placement of a plant director to run the committed ramp
Logistics and Supply ChainInterim Supply Chain Director
Interim executive placement of a director to take the redesign into implementation
Financial Services, Fintech and InsuranceInsurance Broker Distribution Research
AI moderated calls with brokers and underwriting leads on what moves a book
Real Estate, Construction and InfrastructureInfrastructure Board Chair Search
Retained board search beyond the sponsors' networks for an operating chair
Healthcare and Life SciencesInvestment Committee Evidence Trail
Expert calls recorded so every claim traces back to the person who made it
Food and AgricultureAgricultural Input Purchasing Survey
Opinion surveys fielded directly to growers on what decides a purchase
Energy, Utilities and RenewablesGrid Interconnection Queue Panel
Multi expert panels with transmission planners, developers and regulatory leads on connection timing
Logistics and Supply ChainFreight Brokerage Margin Research
AI moderated calls with brokerage operators, shippers and carrier managers on the spread
Technology, Software and SemiconductorFractional CTO Placement
A fractional executive placement sized to the architecture decisions and the hiring
Financial Services, Fintech and InsuranceFractional CFO Placement
A fractional executive placement covering the raise and the finance function afterwards
Healthcare and Life SciencesPharmaceutical Formulation Expert Sourcing
Sourcing and screening for conflicts first, then for plain explanation of the science
Financial Services, Fintech and InsuranceFintech Licensing Advisory Board
An advisory board of former regulators and licensing leads across the covered markets
Energy, Utilities and RenewablesEV Charging Installer Economics
Moderated calls with the contractors and grid engineers who quote connection work
Education and TrainingCampus Enrollment Intent Survey
Opinion surveys of prospective students, screened by decision stage and tested on price
Energy, Utilities and RenewablesEnergy Transition Non Executive Search
A retained board search for someone who had delivered a transition program
Energy, Utilities and RenewablesAn Independent Read on a Live Diligence
A multi expert panel convened cold on the investment question, without the findings
Healthcare and Life SciencesDiagnostics Commercial Due Diligence
Expert calls and a multi expert panel with laboratory directors and procurement leads
Media, Entertainment and TelecomThe Questions a Buyer Will Ask
A multi expert panel of past acquirers on what they would ask first
Technology, Software and SemiconductorScanning Beyond the Venture Pipeline
A workshop of enterprise buyers, architects and integrators on what the pipeline misses
Real Estate, Construction and InfrastructureConstruction Delay Expert Sourcing
Sourcing and screening for practitioners who ran comparable programs and carry no conflict
Technology, Software and SemiconductorReading a Competitor Roadmap
AI moderated calls with former product leads, integration partners and customers, round after round
Food and AgricultureCommodity Trade Practice Expert Sourcing
Sourcing and screening former traders who worked the same commodity, route and period
Logistics and Supply ChainCold Chain Logistics Expert Calls
Expert calls with quality leads and logistics buyers on how a renewal is decided
Chemicals, Materials and MiningIndustrial Coatings Specification Survey
An opinion survey of specifiers and buyers across every application the business serves
Chemicals, Materials and MiningChemicals Cost Curve Support
Long-term consulting support, rebuilding the curve plant by plant with former operators
Financial Services, Fintech and InsuranceCategory Language Testing
An opinion survey capturing buyers' own words first, then testing the name
Consumer, Retail and HospitalityDiligence Call Throughput
AI moderated calls with category buyers, store managers and suppliers into the chain
Financial Services, Fintech and InsuranceMapping the Buying Committee
Moderated calls with former carrier operators in risk, actuarial, operations and procurement
Real Estate, Construction and InfrastructureConstruction Cost Round Table
A round table workshop with quantity surveyors, project directors and subcontract managers
Healthcare and Life SciencesBiologics Manufacturing Capacity Panel
A multi expert panel putting plant operators and drug sponsors in one session
Logistics and Supply ChainOperator Built Benchmarks
An opinion survey of operators running networks matched to the client's own
Media, Entertainment and TelecomBattlecards That Hold Up
AI moderated calls with buyers who evaluated both products and former competitor staff
Industrials, Automotive and AerospaceBattery Chemistry Roadmap Workshop
A workshop putting cell engineers, pack integrators and procurement leads on one decision
Real Estate, Construction and InfrastructureA Sector Primer for a Coverage Team
Expert calls with development directors, asset managers and occupier leads, run in order
Industrials, Automotive and AerospaceAutomotive Nearshoring Panel
A panel of former purchasing leads, program managers and plant directors on what converts
Food and AgricultureAgricultural Market Entry Program
Long-term support alongside country managers, distribution leads and regulatory advisers who entered this market
Media, Entertainment and TelecomAdvertising Measurement Workshop
A workshop with former measurement leads, agency planners and platform managers on what breaks
Chemicals, Materials and MiningTesting an Adjacency Before Entry
A workshop with technical specifiers, plant managers and sales leads on what wins business
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