Independent strategic practice Est. 2019

We inform the decisions you can't afford to get wrong.

Stop guessing on the tough stuff. We build the intelligence and decision systems senior leaders lean on when the wrong call gets expensive.

01 Intelligence Systems,
always on
02 Decision Frameworks that outlast the engagement
03 Strategic Reads for the moments that matter
Competitive landscape audits Brand health tracking Consumer and buyer segmentation Market opportunity assessment Voice-of-customer programs Positioning and brand architecture GTM playbooks Competitive intelligence and battlecards Crisis research, fast Trend and cultural intelligence Competitive landscape audits Brand health tracking Consumer and buyer segmentation Market opportunity assessment Voice-of-customer programs Positioning and brand architecture GTM playbooks Competitive intelligence and battlecards Crisis research, fast Trend and cultural intelligence
What we build

Apparatus for the decisions that matter most.

01

Intelligence Systems

The always-on apparatus that keeps your team plugged into the market. We build the engine and run it, train you to run it, or both.

  • Brand health trackers across markets
  • Trend identification pipelines
  • Multi-agent AI market intelligence systems
  • Voice-of-customer programs
Discuss a fit
02

Decision Frameworks

Methodologies that turn a recurring strategic question into a repeatable answer. Bespoke, transferable, built to outlast the engagement.

  • Consumer and buyer segmentation
  • Product innovation frameworks
  • Positioning and brand architecture
  • GTM playbooks with decision logic
Discuss a fit
03

High-Stakes Strategic Reads

One-shot intelligence for pivotal moments,
timed to the decision it informs.

  • Competitive landscape audits
  • Market opportunity assessments
  • Brand perception and impact studies
  • Customer journey mapping
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The method
Anyone can surface a finding. We carry it all the way into the decision.

Most research stops when the deck gets sent. Surfacing the finding was never the hard part. Getting it to the people deciding, in a form they can act on, is.

So we steward it the rest of the way. The right format, the right venue, the right cadence, the right tone for whoever has to receive it. The insight does more than get read: it becomes scaffolding in a decision you already knew you faced, or it surfaces one you didn't.

When the analysis points somewhere uncomfortable, we'll say so. Conviction is part of what you're paying for after all.

Selected work

What we've built for teams that couldn't afford to be wrong.

2019–2026
01 Wikimedia Strategic positioning, audience prioritization, and an off-platform playbook for the AI-answer-layer era Non-profit
02 TextNow Standing insights function for an MVNO planning against a market that moves weekly Telecom
03 Rolex Channel strategy, content frameworks, and competitive intelligence for luxury platform expansion Luxury
04 Mach 49 Competitive landscape audits and GTM playbooks for two new construction-SaaS corporate ventures Venture
05 Ernesta Mixed-methods voice-of-customer research and segmentation to inform a brand repositioning DTC home goods
06 1021 Creative Repositioning a cultural-intelligence agency around what it actually sells: pricing, packaging, and GTM Agency
07 Betterment Market opportunity assessment and competitive intelligence to inform a new B2B channel strategy Fintech

Instinct gets you most of the way. The big bets deserve a little more.

Tell us the decision in front of you. A real person reads every note and replies within two working days.

Ongoing partnership An intelligence function on retainer: briefings on your cadence, and on-call support when a question can't wait.
Project A defined question, scope, and timeline.
Most often where a relationship starts.
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