Solutions
Senior people on the work, from the first call to production.
Six solution areas, each starting from the business problem. The person on your first call stays on the work, and every phase can end in a decision to stop.
AI readiness check
Six questions. Two minutes. An honest read.
Answer for how things work today, not how they are meant to work. Scoring happens in your browser and nothing is stored. It’s self-reported, so treat it as a starting point rather than evidence.
Looking at agents specifically? The Agent Readiness Scorecard is twenty questions across interfaces, identity, permissions, observability, security and reliability. Also free, also scored in the browser.
Cloud architecture explorer
What modernization changes, layer by layer.
A reference estate, not a client’s. Switch between a typical current state and a modernized one, then select a layer to see the risks and the moves.
Layer · typical current state
Agents and AI workloads
Where it hurts
- Agents run under a person's credentials, so their reach is whatever that person's reach is.
- Vendor-embedded assistants were switched on inside tools you already pay for, and nobody registered them.
- Spend moves with usage and the invoice is the first time anyone sees the number.
Switch to “Modernized” to see the target for this layer.
How engagements are shaped
Sized to the problem, not to a bench.
Pricing is scoped after the first conversation. We don’t publish rate cards because the right size depends on what you already have.
| Shape | Typical length | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic | 2–7 weeks | A scoped review of one area. You leave with findings, owners and a sequence, and you can stop there. Most engagements start here because it is the cheapest way to find out whether the bigger work is worth doing. |
| Working session | Half a day to 2 days | For when the problem is getting leadership and operators to agree rather than a lack of analysis. A facilitated room with a decision at the end instead of a six-week study. |
| Delivery | 6–16 weeks | If the plan still needs hands on it, we stay and implement. Sized from the problem rather than from a bench, in slices you can stop after. |
| Fractional leadership | Monthly, rolling | A senior owner for AI, delivery or platform work, part-time, when the role is real but not yet a hire. Cancellable monthly. |
| Nothing | — | If the answer is that you do not need us, that is the recommendation you get. Pricing is scoped after the first conversation and there is no published rate card, because the right size depends entirely on what you already have. |
Or start from the symptom
Four pages written around what a week looks like when something is wrong, with the symptoms listed before anything we sell.
- Fix what isn't working.Cloud, architecture, data, security and delivery.
- Put AI and automation to work.Where it saves time, and where it does not belong.
- Build what you actually need.Products, applications, integrations and workflows.
- Make intelligent systems reliable.Governance, observability, controls and evaluation.
Tell us the problem, not the discipline.
Working out which solution you need is our job. Describe what’s happening and we’ll come back with a recommended first step and a rough shape — or tell you we’re not the right fit.
A person reads every inquiry, usually replying within two business days.