Engage

When to engage. How work begins. Where it ends.


This is a fit when

  • a system is about to be approved, changed, or scaled
  • things technically work, but friction keeps accumulating
  • AI or tooling is influencing decisions in unclear ways
  • reversing course later would be expensive or political

If none of these apply, this is likely not a fit.

This is not a fit for ongoing operational support or tool maintenance.

How work starts

All engagements start with a short call to determine fit.

  • 15 minutes
  • no discovery, no advisory, no preparation
  • used only to confirm whether engagement makes sense

Get in touch to schedule a 15-minute fit call →

What engagement can look like

Engagement takes one of the following forms:

Situational review

  • examining a system as it exists today
  • identifying bottlenecks, constraints, and implicit decisions
  • clarifying what is already locked in vs still changeable

The goal is clarity before a decision is locked in.

System simplification

  • reducing unnecessary complexity
  • simplifying flow across people, tools, and environments
  • adjusting structure without disrupting what already works

AI interaction setup

  • defining how people and AI systems interact
  • clarifying where decisions live
  • setting boundaries for assistance and delegation

Build–deploy–handoff

  • designing and building an initial system
  • deploying it into real use
  • documenting ownership for handoff

Long-term ownership is expected to live elsewhere.

Where work ends

Engagements are bounded.

  • no ongoing operational ownership
  • no long-term system maintenance
  • no open-ended advisory role

Once scope is complete, ownership returns to you.

Contact

I work without a standing pipeline. If an intro call isn’t scheduled within 48 hours of initial contact, the thread is closed.

If it looks like a fit, schedule the 15-minute call.