/Practice 01 — Positioning, narrative, brand architecture.

Strategy as a
written document.

We start engagements with a single deliverable: a strategy document we'd be happy to print. No decks, no slogans, no workshop residue.

/01 · Method

How a strategy engagement runs.

Three movements. Every engagement, every client.

/ 01
Read everything first.

Three weeks of internal interviews, document review, and quiet observation. We come back with a list of contradictions before we come back with a position.

Audit
/ 02
One sentence, defended.

The output of the strategy phase is a single positioning sentence and a 12-page document explaining why it isn't the obvious one.

Position
/ 03
Brand portfolios, mapped.

For organisations with sub-brands, products, or service lines: we map the architecture and recommend what stays, what merges, what retires.

Architecture
/02 · Deliverables

What you receive.

Tangible outputs from a typical strategy engagement. Scope is shaped to the brief.

Stream A

  • Positioning document
  • Narrative framework
  • Brand architecture map

Stream B

  • Messaging hierarchy
  • Audience segmentation
  • Competitor topology

Stream C

  • Verbal identity guidelines
  • Naming engagements
  • Stakeholder briefings
/03 · Engagement

Specifications.

Typical numbers. Each engagement is sized to the brief.

Duration
8–16 wks
Strategy + craft
Team
3–5 people
Senior throughout
Engagement fee
from £40K
Fixed-price proposals
Engagements / yr
4–6
By design, not ambition

Need strategy work done properly?

We take four to six engagements a year. The diary opens twice — January and July.

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