the method
Build with, not build for
Consultants leave decks. I leave working systems and people who can run them. Every engagement starts with the same two steps: a free 20-minute call, then a day that ends with a written map. What happens next is your choice, and advice is as good an ending as a build.
I am always happy to take it, even if it goes nowhere.
advising or building, one rate · rates public on the pricing page
01the two paths
Advice or a build. Both are good outcomes.
A 20-minute call
free, direct with me
Advisory Day
£950, fixed
path a · you implement
You run with the map
in-house, at your pace
Advice, as needed
£950 a day, when useful
path b · I build it
Built by the day
£950 a day
Week One Build
£4,750, fixed
Ongoing support
there if you want it
01 Everything starts with twenty minutes, free, direct with me. Bring the workflow that eats your week and I will tell you honestly whether it is worth fixing.
02 If it is, the next step is a day in your business. You get the map in writing: where AI streamlines, assists or automates, where it should not go, and what to do first. Worth having on its own.
03 Then it forks. Some businesses want advice, some want a builder, and both are good outcomes. Neither path is a rung on the way to the other.
04 Some owners want the plan and the steer, not a builder. You take the map and implement it in-house, on your own timeline, with your own people.
05 Advice stays available a day at a time, whenever it is useful: a sounding board, a second pair of eyes, a straight answer. No retainer, no project, no pressure to build.
06 Others want it built. Some jobs are a day, some are a week, and whatever you ask for I tell you first how many days it will take and how fast you will see it working. Building is £950 a day, and you always know the number before we start.
07 When the job is a week's worth, the Week One Build is one fixed price, whatever the week uncovers: a working draft-and-approve system on your real data by Friday. Book within 30 days of an Advisory Day and that fee is credited in full.
08 Once it is live, ongoing support is there if you want it, never a lock-in. Your team runs it day to day and I keep it healthy underneath, agreed per system. Thirty days' notice either way.
02always true
Whichever path, four guarantees
01
The map comes first
Day one of anything is diagnosis: where AI streamlines, assists or automates, and where it should not go. In writing, before anything is built.
02
Nothing is sent unchecked
Systems draft, rules check every line, and a person approves anything unusual before it moves. From the first demo onwards.
03
Your team ends up running it
Handover is part of delivery, not a line on the invoice. The system stays useful because your people own it day to day.
04
Every step has an exit
Fixed prices where the risk would be yours, the day rate where the work is ongoing, and no lock-in anywhere. You stop the moment it stops earning its place.
The four rules the systems themselves obey are on the home page.
03engagement terms
Terms, in plain English
- Everything agreed in writing before we start. No surprises.
- Fixed-price work takes a 30% deposit to book; the balance is due on delivery. Day-rate work is invoiced weekly, for the days worked.
- No lock-in and no rolling contract: each engagement stands on its own, and you come back because it worked.
- Everything built is yours: the code, the data, the documentation.
- Happy to sign your NDA before we talk detail.
- You get me, personally. Nothing is subcontracted.
- Once we are working together, you have my mobile, not a booking link. Call when you need an answer: getting the job done right matters more than office hours.
- One rate for everything. No discounts: a fixed price buys certainty, not a lower bill.
- The lasting deliverable is capability: your team runs the system, not me.
The rates themselves are public: see pricing.
04your numbers
When would it pay for itself?
Pick the workflow that hurts, put your numbers in, and see when a Week One Build gets its money back. No email gate, and your numbers never leave the page.
The workflow costs you roughly £23,000 a year at your numbers, before anything changes.
a week one build pays for itself in
3 months
then roughly £18,250 back in year one, after the £4,750 build
Straight arithmetic at 46 working weeks, computed in your browser: the numbers you enter are never sent anywhere, and nothing is promised. The honest version of this maths happens on the call, with your real numbers.
Bring me the workflow that eats your week
Twenty minutes, free, direct with me. I will ask the right questions and tell you honestly whether it is worth fixing. No prep needed, no deck expected.