You know AI should be transforming your business. You just can't articulate exactly how.
We surface what you can't yet put into words — and give you working tools. Not a roadmap. Not a strategy deck. Working tools you use tomorrow.
Every Engagement Is a Success Map
A Success Map is a 1/3/6 month plan specific to your situation. It covers one area of your business you want to transform — and it has a defined endpoint. At Month 6, you own the methodology for that scope. That's a feature, not a concession.
First Conversation
Immediate Clarity
We use reverse prompting to draw out what you already know but haven't structured. You leave with clarity on your actual needs — and a working prototype.
Your Success Map
Three Phases to Ownership
Extract
Month 1-2Experience the methodology. Get immediate value.
You work alongside Consortium on real problems from day one. Reverse prompting surfaces what you know and discovers what you need. You leave with working tools, a configured project environment, and proof points.
“We have proof points that this methodology works for our specific situation.”
Embody
Month 2-4The methodology becomes your workflow.
The shift: you start doing the work yourself. Consortium moves from working alongside you to being available for harder problems. Routine work is in your hands. Tools get refined based on how you actually use them.
“We have clear, demonstrable value — and it's becoming part of how we operate.”
Evolve
Month 4-6You own the methodology. You're independent.
You are the primary actor. You're creating your own tools, applying the methodology beyond the original scope, transferring the approach to your team. Consortium's role is strategic advisor for complex or novel challenges.
“We have a sustainable trajectory of value that compounds over time — and we own it.”
At Month 6, You Own It
The success map completes. You own the methodology for this scope. No perpetual retainer. No dependency. You decide what's next:
- Go deeper— further mature the same business function with a new success map
- Go broader— apply the methodology to a different domain
- Done— you're independent, and you have what you need
Each success map earns the next through delivery. There's no lock-in.
Shaping, Not Optimizing
Traditional consulting optimizes what you have. We help you shape what's newly possible.
| Traditional Consulting | Consortium |
|---|---|
| Incremental improvement | Step-function change |
| Plans for a future that may not happen | Working tools from first conversation |
| Multi-month engagements before value | Immediate value, compounding over time |
| Perpetual dependency | Independence in months |
| Methodology hidden behind NDAs | Open-source, transparent |
Client Evidence
“Prevents getting lost. Way more fun than McKinsey.”
McKinsey alum. Started with engineering optimization — discovered an entirely new casual game product line was viable. AI methodology made it possible.
Bootstrap company. Couldn't afford a senior marketing director. Shaped AI workflow enabling a junior associate to execute senior-level pillar/cluster SEO strategy.
Thousands of clicks, hundreds of thousands of impressions in first 2 months. Each content piece: 2.5–3 hours total.
Content startup
Started with engineering coaching. CEO joined the sessions. Expanded to Chief of Staff, then 11-year Operations veteran. One function became cross-functional. Individual became organizational.
Mid-market food tech company
$3,500/Month per Success Map
Each success map covers one area of your business you want to transform. ~6 months from first conversation to ownership. You decide how many to run.
Fixed cost. No lock-in. No perpetual retainer. Each success map earns the next — proof points at Month 1, demonstrable value at Month 3, sustainable ownership at Month 6.
Someone you trust told you about Consortium. They experienced it firsthand. Now experience it yourself.