Three engagements, one judgment.
Briefings, advisory, and audit — shallowest to deepest. The unifying idea is verification against evidence: auditing the distance between what you've been told and what is true. Start wherever the question is.
Briefings & speaking
What the state of the art actually is, what it does, and what it means for this organization — delivered so an executive team can act on it, not just be impressed by it. An independent read, from someone with no product to sell you.
Explicitly includes conference keynotes and internal-event speaking.
- conference keynotes
- executive briefings
- internal events
- board sessions
A talk or briefing calibrated to the audience — from a conference keynote to a closed session with your executive team.
- A live session, in person or remote
- Slides tailored to your organization's situation
- A short written summary of the take-aways
A single session — 45 to 90 minutes, plus prep.
Advisory
AI strategy, architecture review, and build-vs-buy — plus helping teams form an accurate working model of the tools they're already using, so they trust them exactly as far as the tools deserve, and no further.
Ongoing or fixed-scope. The output is judgment you can act on, grounded in how these systems actually behave.
- AI strategy
- architecture review
- build vs. buy
- team working model
A working relationship on a specific decision or a standing question — reviewing a direction, an architecture, or a team's understanding of its own tools.
- Working sessions with the relevant people
- A written recommendation with the reasoning shown
- Optional follow-through as decisions land
From a focused two-week engagement to a standing monthly retainer.
Audit
Independent review, delivered as a written report. What gets reviewed is not always code: a vendor's claims about their product, a proposed AI roadmap, a team's working model of a tool already in production, or the production system itself.
Name the object and I'll review it against the evidence. Findings are delivered as a written report — which is what makes an audit procurement-legible.
- a vendor's claims
- a proposed AI roadmap
- a team's working model
- the production system
A scoped, independent review of a defined object, done from the outside with no stake in the answer being reassuring.
- A written report of findings — the deliverable
- Each finding traced: what, why it matters, what to do
- A walkthrough of the report with your team
Scoped to the object — commonly two to six weeks.
Priced in the open.
A public rate card pre-qualifies better than a form does. The direct-client rate card is below; channel and partner pricing is arranged separately and is not published here.
Direct-client rate card
Day rates and typical engagement pricing for briefings, advisory, and audit. Opens as a PDF in a new tab.
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