Agile Capability . Senior Advisory and Transformation Lisbon . London . Accra . San Diego
SERVICE . 01

Senior advisory.

Board and C-suite advisory on retainer. Pragmatic, confidential, and senior-only. Strategic clarity, governance, economic prioritisation, and the cost of delay no one else is willing to name.

Who it is for

The right question at the right seniority.

CEOs and Chairs

Carrying a strategy you have committed to publicly, with a board that needs evidence the operating model can deliver it.

COOs and Transformation Directors

Running a programme that is behind plan or off plan, and looking for senior judgement before the next steering committee.

Founders and CEOs of scaling firms

At the moment when the founder's instincts stop scaling and the operating discipline of a $1bn business has to be installed.


What you get

Four things, reliably.

A fractional senior advisor gives your organisation the same quality of thinking that large global banks pay considerably more for, at a fraction of the cost and with none of the employment complexity. No headcount addition, no notice period risk, no employment overhead. The expertise that helps you build well is what this engagement is for.

01

A named senior advisor, on retainer, with a defined cadence of confidential conversations.

02

Read-throughs of board papers, strategy decks and operating reports, with written input ahead of the meeting.

03

Direct attendance at quarterly business reviews or board meetings, where useful.

04

A standing line for the awkward conversation that does not belong in a meeting.

How the engagement works
Term 12 months minimum
Cadence Monthly + on-demand
Format Confidential, in-person or remote
Sized for Boards and C-suite

Proof

Three engagements, on record.

Major UK retail bank . world's largest agile transformation

10,000+ people directly involved within 16 months. 800 teams. 30,000 training attendances.

Agile change spend moved from 4% to 65% across the organisation in two years. Teams doubled output in 40% of the time with 70% fewer production incidents. Commonly referenced as the largest agile transformation to date.

Tier-1 European bank . £6m programme

Coached the executive team through a Solvency II Pillar III compliance window.

Outcome was delivered on regulator's schedule. The bank's framework for adaptive delivery, authored during the engagement, remains in use today.

UK telecommunications . iPhone X launch window

Reset programme governance against a fixed external date with multi-million-pound cost-of-delay exposure.

Programme launched on the committed date. The cost-of-delay scenario the leadership team had been working to avoid did not materialise.

Return on advisory investment . regulated financial services engagement
9.3x
return on advisor investment
<1mo
cost recovered
4%→65%
agile change spend in 2 years

Begin with a confidential conversation.

Most advisory engagements begin with a 25-minute call, no agenda, no slides.

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