Clarity.

The Anti-Consultancy

Built For Your Success

When engineering leaders are stuck on critical decisions—platform strategy, org structure, investment priorities—and need someone who gets into it fast, talks straight, and delivers clear answers. That's us.

Good teams get stuck on high-stakes decisions. Multiple smart stakeholders with competing views. Incomplete information. Board pressure. It's a structural challenge, not a capability gap.

We break the deadlock. Fast. Direct. Actionable. Then we leave so you own the win.

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The Anti-Consultancy Method

We work this way because we want you to win.

Every aspect of our method exists to help you break the deadlock and own your success.

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Fast

We get into your problem immediately and move at the speed your decision needs.

You can't win if you're stuck in analysis while your window closes.

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Senior-Led

Experienced operators who've been in your shoes deliver the work.

You can't win without someone who's seen this pattern and knows what works.

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Direct

We talk straight about what's really happening. No politics.

You can't win without hearing truth, not what's comfortable.

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External Perspective

We see patterns you can't see when you're living it daily.

You can't win when stuck in the same politics that created the deadlock.

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Actionable

You get clear next steps, not endless analysis.

You can't win with analysis that doesn't lead to action.

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Get Out Clean

We break your deadlock and leave. No dependency.

You win when you own the success, not us.

Your Situation

You're facing high-stakes decisions that matter:

  • • Build vs buy for critical capabilities
  • • Platform A vs B with complex trade-offs
  • • Migrate vs improve your current approach
  • • Reset vs continue with strategic direction
  • • Where to invest limited resources

You're dealing with multiple smart stakeholders who have valid but competing views. The information you need is incomplete or contradictory. The board expects you to justify your choice with confidence.

You can't afford months of internal debate while your window closes.

Good teams get stuck on complex decisions. This isn't a capability problem. It's a structural challenge.

When you're living it daily, you can't see the patterns. You need external validation to break the deadlock.

What You Get

We break your deadlock so you can move forward with confidence.

You get clarity on:

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Evidence-backed decision on which path to take

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Clear understanding of your current state—problems, opportunities, and gaps

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Strategic options with clear trade-offs—no sugar-coating

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Implementation roadmap with concrete next steps you can execute

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Stakeholder alignment approach for bringing everyone along

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Confidence to defend your decision to the board

How it works:

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We listen first

Understand your context, constraints, and what winning looks like for you

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We gather evidence

Talk to stakeholders, review your data, understand the competing views

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We map options

Clear trade-offs for each path—no hiding the hard parts

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We recommend

Evidence-backed recommendation you can defend with confidence

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We leave

You own the execution and the win

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Two Approaches. Pick Based on Complexity.

Fixed price. Cancel anytime. We only want clients we're helping.

Outcome Accelerator

£7,999

Get your strategic decision with confidence.

For clearer crossroads with good information access.

What you get:

  • Certainty: Make the right call with confidence (not just the politically safe one)
  • Speed: Fixed outcome pricing means we move fast
  • Defense: Evidence-backed rationale you can defend to the board

Best for:

  • • 2-3 clear strategic options to evaluate
  • • Good stakeholder access
  • • Reasonable information availability
  • • Lower political complexity

Includes: Current state assessment, strategic options with trade-offs, evidence-backed recommendation, implementation roadmap, stakeholder alignment approach

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Outcome Accelerator Plus

£14,999

Get your complex strategic decision with board-level confidence.

For complex crossroads with multiple stakeholders or information gaps.

What you get:

  • Certainty: Navigate political complexity and information gaps to make the right call
  • Speed: Fixed outcome pricing means we move fast
  • Defense: Comprehensive evidence and change approach for board scrutiny

Best for:

  • • 3+ strategic options with complex trade-offs
  • • High political complexity across stakeholders
  • • Information gaps requiring deeper investigation
  • • Board-level scrutiny expected

Includes: Everything in standard, plus: Extended discovery phase, deeper stakeholder consultation, technical/operational deep dives, risk scenario modeling, phased implementation roadmap, change management approach

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How It Actually Works

Here's what the method looks like in practice:

An engineering leader at a 500-person organization needed a platform decision fast. Multiple stakeholders with conflicting technical opinions. Board pressure to justify the choice. Incomplete information about costs and risks.

We got into it immediately, mapped the real options with clear trade-offs, gave them an evidence-backed recommendation. They made the call with confidence.

A technology director needed to decide between continuing with a failing vendor or migrating to a new platform. High switching costs. Political complexity. Fear of making the wrong call.

We assessed the true switching costs, mapped migration risks, showed them what staying really meant. Clear path forward.

A head of platform at a growing organization faced the build-vs-buy question on critical infrastructure. Competing internal views. Budget constraints. No clear answer.

We talked to stakeholders, reviewed technical reality, ran the numbers. Gave them the evidence to make the call and defend it.

Decision types we've solved:

Platform strategy

Build vs buy. Migrate vs improve. Which vendor.

Organizational design

Team structure. Centralize or federate. Operating models.

Investment priorities

Where to focus resources. What to fund first. Trade-offs.

Strategic direction

Reset vs continue. Scope changes. Delivery approach.

"We needed external validation on a critical platform decision. They got into it fast, talked straight about the trade-offs, and gave us the evidence to make the call with confidence."

Engineering Director, 800-person organization

For engineering leaders at strategic crossroads.

Your Title

  • • Head of Engineering
  • • Engineering Director
  • • VP Engineering / CTO
  • • Head of Platform/Infrastructure
  • • Head of Digital/Technology
  • • Portfolio/PMO Lead

Your Situation

  • • Must choose between strategic paths
  • • Multiple stakeholders with competing views
  • • Incomplete information to decide
  • • Board pressure to justify choice
  • • High stakes (multi-million impact)
  • • Been burned by consultancies or want to avoid them

Your Organization

  • • 200-2,000 employees
  • • UK public or private sector
  • • Technical complexity
  • • Strategic decisions that can't be winged

Common Questions

→ How does the work actually happen?

We start by listening. We learn your situation and what you've already tried. Then we gather facts. We talk to people. We look at your data. We map your choices with clear trade-offs. You get a clear answer backed by evidence you can defend.

→ Why does an outside view help?

When you're inside the situation, you live the politics and pressure every day. We see patterns you can't see when you're in it. We ask questions that bring up what everyone thinks but nobody says. And we have no stake in any answer. Just what's right for you.

→ Not sure which option fits?

Book a 30-minute call. We'll look at your situation and tell you honestly which tier makes sense. Or if neither is right for you.

→ How do you get up to speed so fast?

We focus on what matters for your decision. We're not learning your whole business. We're learning about the choice you face. Focused talks with the right people. Evidence that answers the question. Nothing more.

→ Why does it take 30-45 days?

We get our information directly from the people who have it. That means talking to your team, your stakeholders, the people doing the work. We build our timeline around your availability. The time covers those conversations, plus the work to turn what we learn into clear guidance you can use. If we can do it faster, we will.

→ What if it's not working?

Cancel anytime. No questions asked. We only want to work with clients we're helping.

→ Can you promise the outcome?

We promise you'll get a clear answer backed by evidence. With an action plan. We can't promise you'll like the answer. Sometimes the right path is the harder one.

→ Do you work with private companies or just public sector?

We work with both. The problem is the same everywhere. Strategic crossroads don't care about sector.

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