Management consulting · Sydney, Australia
For the problem you've carried for years. The one no adviser will own, and nothing has fixed. What you get depends on what it needs: consulting when you need a decision, a working product when you need the fix. Tax, legal, HR, process, and the systems holding a business together.
You've carried it for years. The accountant points at the lawyer, the lawyer points at the operator, the vendor points at everyone. Each specialist sees a slice; nobody has ever taken the whole thing. That is the problem I take on, whatever shape it wears:
One problem at a time, in three depths. You can stop after any of them. Most clients don't.
Fixed scope, days not months. The client hands over the mess (records, accounts, contracts, documents). They get back the reconciled truth, every number sourced, the options, and a recommendation.
A monthly seat at the table. The problem stays owned. Questions get answered, options keep arriving, decisions get made.
When the fix is a product: an app, an automation, a dashboard that keeps working. The person who diagnosed the problem ships the cure.
Four demonstrations on synthetic data: the mess as it arrives, and the reconciled truth I hand back.
A global franchisor: hundreds of shipping documents, reconciled into one picture.
| Shipment | Containers | ETA | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipment 014 | 1 x 40'HQ | 14 Mar | On time |
| Shipment 013 | 2 x 40'HQ | 2 Mar | Cleared |
| Shipment 011 | 1 x 20'GP | 9 Feb | Delivered |
| Freight exposure, quarter | USD 38,600 | Fixed | Sourced |
Every number traceable, every gap flagged, never guessed.
Illustrative example. Client specifics never appear.
Six weeks of a thread that will not end. One brief ends it.
| Option | Cost | Exposure | My advice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Settle now | Low | Closed | Recommended |
| Defend it | Medium | Uncertain | If you want the principle tested |
| Restructure first | Time | Reduced | Best if more matters follow |
Options always arrive with a recommendation. You decide. You never dither.
Illustrative example. Client specifics never appear.
A team nobody could get to own anything, and the good people leaving.
What the owner lives with
Three exits this year. The owner is working nights to cover what nobody owns.
The same team, with owners and standards
One root cause beneath all five: nobody owned the outcome. The fix is ownership by name.
Diagnosis first, then the roadmap. Weeks 1 to 8: standards, rota and cover, KPIs, recognition, review with numbers.
Illustrative example. Client specifics never appear.
When the fix is software, the person who diagnosed it ships it.
How it runs today
What I ship
Leave & Cover
The person who diagnosed the problem also ships the cure.
Illustrative example. Client specifics never appear.
Supply chain · Global franchisor
Bills of lading, delay notices, quotes: hundreds of shipping documents reconciled into one auditable picture. Arrivals by port and origin, transit times, freight exposure, every number traceable to a source.
Outcome: control over a container programme nobody could previously see.
Workforce · Professional services firm
Years of "not my job": after-hours enquiries unanswered, leave uncovered, timesheets neglected. The diagnosis found one root cause beneath six symptoms; the roadmap rebuilt ownership from the culture up.
Outcome: accountability systems, incentives and standards, and no forced departures.
Compliance · Multi-site food and beverage
Compliance notices, audit exposure and regulatory correspondence collated, answered and closed, each matter tracked to resolution while the business kept trading.
Outcome: exposure closed, correspondence answered, trading uninterrupted.
Years inside operating businesses, not beside them: finance, compliance, systems and workforce across franchised food and beverage, automotive, professional services and enterprise IT. I've sat in the room where the money, the regulator and the people all meet, and I've built the systems that keep it from happening again.
Tell me the problem you've carried longest. Days later you'll know exactly where it stands, and what your options are.
The problem is with me now. I'll be in touch.