Service · Strategic Advisory
Strategic Advisory is the anchor service. Bespoke engagements for organisations navigating significant transformation. Anchored to the Transformation Compass diagnostic, it covers maturity assessment, architecture review, technology strategy, board-level communication, and retained advisory through delivery.
The framework
The Transformation Compass scores six dimensions on a 1-5 rubric and maps the result onto five maturity stages. Where the Compass Lite uses twelve indicative questions, the paid Diagnostic uses thirty rubric-anchored indicators, with cross-functional input and a half-day synthesis workshop.
Six dimensions
EA
Documented architecture in active use for investment decisions. Standards adhered to. Target-state articulated.
SI
Pilots with a productionisation pathway. Innovation measured by business outcomes, not pilots launched.
OE
Core processes documented, measured, and continuously improved. Operational data trusted and used daily.
SR
Security designed in at architecture inception. Business continuity tested under realistic stress.
SA
Adoption measured beyond go-live. Stakeholder maps maintained and used in change planning.
LC
Visible executive sponsorship. Decision rights and SLAs for transformation explicitly defined.
Five maturity stages
01
Functions running independent transformations with no shared architecture. Investment patterns reflect departmental priorities, not enterprise direction.
02
Multiple successful pilots, none scaled. Productionisation pathway absent or undefined. Investment continues; enterprise capability does not emerge.
03
Strategy is documented and broadly understood. Direction without momentum. The slide deck is right; the delivery is not yet matching.
04
Functions sharing architecture, data, and operating models. Integration is the dominant pattern. Investment decisions cross departmental lines.
05
Transformation is the operating mode, not a programme. The organisation generates and absorbs change as a continuous capability. Stage 5 is the destination.
The engagements
Each engagement is anchored to the Compass and produces a defined set of deliverables. We do not ship strategy decks that do not change a decision, and we do not bill for thinking time that produces nothing visible.
The anchor diagnostic. Thirty rubric-anchored indicators across six dimensions, scored with cross-functional input, synthesised into a one-page Compass map and a priorities memo.
Deliverables
Best for
First engagement. Confirms or sharpens the suspicion the client already has about where the transformation sits, with enough rigour to justify the next decision.
Full current-state assessment, future-state architecture, and phased delivery plan. The output is a roadmap structured around the binding constraints surfaced in the Diagnostic, with explicit sequencing and dependencies.
Deliverables
Best for
Boards and executive teams ready to commit to a programme. The Diagnostic tells you where you are; the Roadmap tells you how to get to where you want to be.
Investor narrative, board presentation, and strategy communication framework. Translates a transformation strategy into the specific language each audience needs (executive team, board, investors, regulator).
Deliverables
Best for
Leaders preparing for a board strategy review, fundraise, regulator engagement, or major announcement. Often commissioned alongside a Sentiment Compass to ensure the narrative lands as intended.
Ongoing strategic advisory on a defined scope. Used by leaders who want a calibrated outside read on monthly transformation decisions without commissioning a full engagement each time.
Deliverables
Best for
Active transformation programmes where the buyer wants continuous calibration, not a one-off engagement. Often follows a Diagnostic or Roadmap.
Get Started
Twelve questions, six dimensions, an indicative MTL stage in five minutes. If the readout helps, commission the full Diagnostic. If it doesn't, you have a free indicator and we have learned something.