A named person, set days a month, and a written exit from month one.
Retained leadership for a function you cannot yet fund full-time. The role is documented as it runs, so you can hire into it. See how retained work runs →
Buy one on its own, or take several inside a package. Every line ends in something written down that your team can run without us.
Owns the builder funnel, the education path and retention.
Owns positioning, the channel plan and the hire who replaces them.
Turns how you work into written process, tooling and cadence.
Owns architecture, vendor and security decisions, and the reasoning behind them.
Settles the language and the proof behind every claim.
Owns the visual system, the standard and the review.
Owns the calendar, the voice and the reporting.
This is how retained work runs with us. It does not claim results for it — the proof sits under the programmes we have delivered, and you should read those before you buy a person.
Which one you need depends on whether the role is advising, running or building.
2
days a month — a sounding board, a monthly review, decisions unblocked
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days a month — a function held, with someone else executing
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days a month — the function run, hiring and vendors included
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days a month — building the function from nothing, hands on the work
Scoping comes first, it is free, and it arrives inside two business days.
Retained leadership suits you if you are an SME or an early-stage company that needs a function held before you can fund it, an enterprise team that needs senior capacity without a headcount request, a protocol or foundation that needs a role owned between funding rounds, or a brand that needs a standard kept while you recruit.
Universities and Ministries are not buyers here. A university appoints into its own structure and a ministry procures a defined engagement at a time; neither can take a person on a monthly retainer from an agency, and pretending otherwise would waste your procurement cycle. If you sit in either, the advisory and programme lines are the ones to read.
IDecideAnalysis of market context on what you are building — and whether it is worth building.
IIBuildYou know what you are building. This is where it gets built.
IIIReachThe right people find it, understand it, and repeat it correctly.
IVOwnEverything we make, you own — written down before anyone starts.
VIExpandTake what works into the next region, the next campus, the next cohort.Book a 30-minute strategy call — we'll map the right combination of services to your specific situation and goals.