The Leadership, fractional and embedded
- When
- Delivery needs an owner, not another tracker.
- What
- Three to six months embedded with you. I run the function and leave a team behind that can keep it running.
- Outcome
- A working team and a working system.
Data · Systems · Business Operations · Transformation
Clear Decisions.Hardened Delivery.
Advisory and fractional leadership for the bigger calls on data, systems and operations. I help you make the call, and then I make sure the work gets done.
In This Issue
I · Why Work With Me
I work on the bigger calls in data, systems and operations, the ones that move cost, risk and timing. When a programme has stalled, my job is to bring the picture back into focus and then get the work done.
For more than a decade I've run this kind of work: data migrations, new systems going in, replacements, reporting and analytics, and the operating models around them. I've built teams, swapped out platforms, and pulled programmes back together when leadership and delivery had drifted apart.
I run Stratford Ellis, my consultancy, as Lead Data Consultant, with a small team behind me. Based in London, working wherever the work is.
III · How I Work
How I work.
Five ways to bring me in, shaped around the kind of call you're sitting with. Advisory, fractional and fixed-scope work across data, systems, operations and transformation.
The Engagements
Pick the one that fits where you're stuck.
The Kickstart, a fixed-scope reset
- When
- The programme has stalled and momentum's gone.
- What
- Five to ten days to get everyone reading the same brief, settle the open questions and reset the plan.
- Outcome
- A plan the team has actually agreed to.
The Partnership, principal-in-residence
- When
- You want someone steady to think things through with as the work moves.
- What
- An ongoing advisory relationship at the pace you need, focused on the calls you can't park.
- Outcome
- More confidence in the decisions you're making.
The Briefing, strategic briefings
- When
- A team needs to agree what they're talking about before they can move.
- What
- Focused sessions on a single data, systems or operations question, built for your team.
- Outcome
- Common ground, and a better set of next steps.
Office Hours, a 90-minute strategy session
- When
- You've got one decision and want an outside view, quickly.
- What
- A focused session for executives, founders and leaders on a single call you're weighing up.
- Outcome
- A clear next step and a short written follow-up.
Contact
Ready to get
delivery moving?
A short call is usually the fastest way to see if there's a fit. You'll get more out of the questions I ask than from anything I pitch.