External Thinking Partner for Business Leaders
Confidential thinking support for business leaders facing complex problems, plans, and decisions
Services
How we help
Ongoing Thinking Partnership
A confidential, ongoing relationship where we act as an external thinking partner to a business leader.
Leaders bring us problems they’re wrestling with, plans they’re developing, or decisions they’re unsure about. We listen, take time to think things through, and come back with perspectives, implications, and considerations they may not have seen.
When it’s useful
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You’re carrying decisions alone
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Issues cut across functions
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Things don’t quite add up
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You want to think clearly before committing
How it works
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Monthly retainer
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Regular conversations as needed
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Time deliberately built in for reflection
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Supporting decisions or delivery
Outcome
Clearer thinking, fewer surprises, and decisions that hold together over time.
Decision or Problem Review
A focused, time-bound review of a specific decision, problem, or plan.
You bring a clearly defined issue. We take time to understand the context, think it through independently, and come back with structured observations on risks, trade-offs, second-order effects, and likely consequences.
When it’s useful
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Before a significant commitment
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When something feels off but unclear why
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When internal views are fragmented
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When you want an independent perspective
How it works
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One defined issue
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Initial conversation
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Thinking gap
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Follow-up discussion or written reflections
Outcome
A clearer decision space and a better understanding of what each option sets in motion.
Periodic Strategic Reflection
A light-touch, recurring space to step back and reflect on how things are unfolding across the business.
This isn’t about fixing problems in the moment. It’s about spotting patterns early, sense-checking direction, and noticing when small misalignments could become bigger issues.
When it’s useful
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As a quarterly or bi-monthly rhythm
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When things are moving fast
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When you want perspective, not urgency
How it works
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Scheduled sessions
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Reflective, not reactive
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No preparation theatre
Outcome
Early clarity, course correction where needed, and fewer reactive decisions later.
Experience across strategy, operations, finance, and delivery - where most real business problems actually live.
ABOUT
Jim
I’ve spent my career working at the points where organisations struggle to join the dots - between strategy and delivery, sales and operations, finance and reality. In different roles, I repeatedly found myself helping leaders understand why things weren’t working as expected, translating between functions, and using data, structure, and plain language to make problems visible and decisions clearer. I was most effective when listening carefully, taking time to think, and reflecting back implications while supporting delivery or outcomes. Today, I do that deliberately, working as an external thinking partner to help business leaders make sense of complex problems, plans, and decisions before they commit to them.
ABOUT
Dominique
My studies took me into law, gaining a LLB (Hons) and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice. Beginning my career in regional practice, I specialised as a personal injury solicitor, before moving to the City where I practiced at a major law firm. Highly empathetic, my joy came from helping my clients to achieve the best possible results. Since leaving the law, I have followed my passion to qualify as a counsellor, specialising in person centred practice. I now combine my deep understanding of people with my commercial skills to help our clients with their people centric goals and challenges.
A calm, independent sounding board for untangling messy business problems and seeing what’s really going on
CONTACT
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