HOW I WORK
From question to decision, in five deliberate steps.
Every engagement follows the same underlying process, scaled to fit the scope of the question — a short project, or an ongoing partnership.
Define the question
Every engagement starts with clarifying the actual scientific or strategic problem — not the version of it that arrived in the first email, but the question underneath. This usually happens in a focused scoping conversation about the decision you're facing and what a genuinely useful output would look like.
Analyse the evidence
Relevant literature, data, technologies and scientific context are evaluated with full methodological rigour — the same standard applied to work that has to hold up under scrutiny, whether that's a defended thesis or a due-diligence review.
Identify the gaps and risks
Uncertainty, limitations and translational challenges are named explicitly rather than smoothed over. This is often the part of the work that matters most — the risk that was invisible from inside the programme.
Generate strategic insight
Scientific findings are translated into practical implications: what this means for the decision in front of you, what it changes, and what it doesn't.
Deliver decision-ready output
A clear, structured deliverable, built for the audience and the decision it needs to support — whether that's a technical team, a board, or an investor.
ENGAGEMENT SHAPES
Fitted to the scope of the question.
Some questions need a single focused deliverable; others benefit from an ongoing scientific sounding board. Engagements are structured accordingly — as fixed-fee projects, retainer partnerships, or bespoke consulting scoped to the work.
Fixed-fee projects
A defined deliverable against a defined question — an evidence brief, a landscape report, a scientific narrative.
Retainer partnerships
Ongoing scientific capacity for teams without an internal scientific strategist, drawn on as questions arise.
Bespoke consulting
Scoped to a specific programme, technology, or decision that doesn't fit a standard shape.