Room for
the Elephant

Strategic advising

Advising
that builds.

Closing the gap between the people doing the work and the people deciding about it.

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What you get

Name the elephant.
Then fill the gap.

Every project has an elephant in the room, the thing nobody wants to say. Naming it is the start. Closing the gap it leaves is the work.

  1. Find the real problem.The question underneath the question.
  2. Hear every side.Fair to everyone, so decisions stick.
  3. Say the hard thing, kindly.Honest without burning bridges.
  4. See the whole system.How the parts connect, and where it breaks.
  5. Build the fix.Procedures, tools and training people actually use.

How it works

From the ground up

Advising doesn't stop at a recommendation. Every engagement runs the same four stages, and you can start or stop at any of them.

  1. 1
    Name itFind the gap between the people doing the work and the people deciding about it.
  2. 2
    Design itTurn it into a clear procedure, the data behind it, and the reasons why.
  3. 3
    Build itMake the tools, training and records that carry the procedure.
  4. 4
    Hand it overLeave a working solution the people closest to the problem can run.

In practice · Water

One gap, all four stages

  1. 1 · NamedCrews judged flushing by the jet. The cleaning happens in the main.
  2. 2 · DesignedA five-step procedure that measures velocity in the main.
  3. 3 · BuiltA field app, an eight-lesson training and a one-page field sheet, plus a biofilm simulator.
  4. 4 · Handed overFree tools for any operator, with remote setup and licensing.
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Open to

Remote
contracts

  • Water-data software implementation and configuration
  • Monitoring programs, procedures and data workflows for utilities and consultancies
  • White-label licensing of the UDF tools
  • Operations support, not engineering

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in the room?

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