Advisory Practice

We enhance your ability to mitigate the effects of cybercrime by bolstering your organisational cyber resilience and creating secure environments through the most efficient and economical methods, technologies, and strategies. We help bootstrap and new project or course correct one that is heading in the wrong direction.

Fractional CTO / CISO

Our fractional CTO / CISO service allows companies to access the expertise of a CTO / CISO on a flexible basis, tailored to their specific needs and budget constraints, making it a practical solution for many small and medium-sized businesses seeking to leverage technology for their growth and success.

  • Part-Time Commitment: We typically work on a part-time basis, which could range from a few hours per week to a few days per month, depending on your specific needs.
  • Cost-Effective: This arrangement is often more cost-effective for companies that don't require a full-time CTO / CISO but still need high-level technology advice and strategy. It allows them to tap into CTO / CISO expertise without the expense of a full-time salary and benefits.
  • Strategic Guidance: The fractional CTO / CISO serves as a strategic advisor, helping you make informed decisions about technology investments, innovation, and long-term planning. We can provide insights on technology trends, best practices, and industry standards.
  • Technology Assessment: We can assess your current technology infrastructure and processes to identify areas for improvement or optimisation and can recommend changes and upgrades to enhance efficiency and competitiveness.
  • Team Mentoring: In some cases, we may work with the existing technology team, providing mentorship and guidance to help them improve their skills and achieve your technology goals.
  • Risk Management: We help mitigate technology-related risks, including cybersecurity threats, compliance issues, and data privacy concerns. We develop strategies to protect the your technology assets.
  • Objective Perspective: Our clients find we often brings an objective perspective to the organisation, free from internal biases, which can be valuable in decision-making.

Bootstrap a New Project

What is it?
Execution  of change is what we do. We take the 35-page strategy document that you’ve paid the wrong price for and tell you what we’re doing on day 1, day 30, day 60, day 90.  We believe  change is a constant and as such “execution” fashioned in a certain optimised way, is ,not in of itself a milestone on a plan – it’s a business usual activity from day 1. We deliver this way of working and bootstrap you execution and delivery capability quickly, immediately and with energy.

Why do it?
You’re already committed to a book of work and don’t have the bandwidth to quickly mobilise – hire us and we’ll spin up your project  and governance immediately.

Rescue a Failed Project

What is it?
We’ve all been involved in projects that are not delivering against their original objective in the time  thought to be appropriate or for the budget originally allocated. We course correct this by employing skills execution change agents into you project.

Why do it?
Time, Budget, or Quality.  There’s an old saying that you must pick 2 out of three because  you can’t have them all. It’s rubbish – you can. Whether you’re not hitting the timescales,  you’re over budget and  there no apparent end to monthly burn or the quality of the product or outcome is below par, you should hire us for 6 weeks and we’ll course correct, re-baseline and get you back on track.

Companies who trust us

We can help define what success looks like to your business and what your customers need.

We then shape the best products, teams and processes to deliver digital products that delight.