Advisory
I work with a small number of organisations on the problems where strategy meets execution — data and AI capability, operating model design, and the structural challenges that conventional consulting doesn't reach.
What I Work On
My advisory work is grounded in the research I've developed from 15+ years of operational experience. Every engagement applies these frameworks to a specific organisational context.
Strategy Execution Diagnostics
Applying the Strategy-Execution Gap framework to identify where and why your data/AI strategy is stalling. Structured diagnosis, not generic recommendations.
Data Product Portfolio Design
Using the Data Product Taxonomy to map your portfolio, identify investment imbalances, and sequence build-out across foundational, analytical, intelligence, and decision tiers.
Defensive/Offensive Balance
Assessing your organisation's balance between data governance and data value creation using the Defensive & Offensive Data Strategy framework. Practical rebalancing, not more governance theatre.
AI Capability & Operating Model
Designing the team structures, governance models, and platform strategies needed to move AI from experimental to operational. Drawing on experience scaling teams from 20 to 1,000+.
How I Work
Ongoing
Retained Advisory
Monthly or fortnightly sessions with your leadership team, plus async access between sessions. I act as a trusted outside voice — someone who's built this before and can help you navigate the hard trade-offs.
Intensive
Diagnostic Engagement
A focused 4-6 week diagnostic using my research frameworks. Structured interviews, signal detection, and a diagnostic map that identifies your specific execution failure patterns with targeted interventions.
Boards
Board & Investor Briefings
Independent data and AI due diligence for boards, investors, and PE firms. Helping you understand what's real, what's risk, and what questions to ask management about their data and AI strategy.
Who I Work With
Enterprise in Regulated Industries
Financial services, healthcare, and government organisations where governance can't be an afterthought and execution complexity is high. This is where I've spent my career.
PE Firms & Portfolio Companies
Value creation plans are strategy documents by another name. I help PE firms assess data/AI execution capability and help portfolio companies close the strategy-execution gap.
CDOs & Data Leaders
Data leaders who've been given accountability without authority, and need a peer who's navigated the same organisational dynamics. Not consulting advice — operational experience.
Scale-ups Hitting the Wall
Companies at the point where the scrappy approach stops working. Data teams that need structure, AI products that need a roadmap, and leadership teams that need clarity on what's actually possible.
Start a conversation
Tell me what you're working on and where you're stuck. No formal RFP needed. If I can help, I'll say so. If I can't, I'll point you to someone who can.