Do you need to achieve more with less, in business, innovation, government, regulation?
Are your strategies and policies achieving what you want, at the right cost?
Are others innovating ahead of you?
Are your models, structures, products or services falling behind?
Do you need to understand Net Zero / the Energy Transition better?
Is your sector changing fast?
Are you in a decreasing market?
Do you need an independent, innovative approach?
The pace of technological change is accelerating. New approaches are needed, innovative products or services, products to be sold as (or with) services, structured in targeted ways. Markets are changing, and new ones await the most dynamic businesses.
Specialist in trouble shooting and business transformation.
Innovative strategies for companies, products / services, technologies, markets, IP.
Solving technical, commercial, operational and organisational challenges.
Selecting the best investments and improving returns on them.
International energy transition expert.
Business advisor, consultant, NED, coach, trustee.
Typically, only 1 in 20 investments flourish; 2 in 20 just pay back investments:
We can increase these proportions and returns.
Can we discuss your needs? Contact details here.
Typical achievements
Serial inventor and entrepreneur in diverse technologies and services.
Strategy that captured 1/3 of the market in 2 years for a warehousing and distribution startup.
Strategy and technical improvements to shorten time to market and improve both profitability and competitive advantage, for a chemical industry startup.
Efficiency improvements of 30-300% within 3 months for diverse manufacturing and services businesses.
For more, see the Achievements page.
Does any of these apply to you?
Investor seeking the right investments, market understanding
Assessing and transforming:
- The potential for the technology;
- Reviewing the markets they are addressing;
- The team and its understanding;
- The market’s trends, innovation and challenges;
- Funding needs and forecasts.
Company seeking market entry, strategy, funding, help with challenges
Assessing and transforming:
- Your position both technically and commercially;
- Market dynamics and the company’s response;
- Product / service mix;
- Processes, materials costs, operational costs etc.;
- Business and market differentiation.
Energy industry (large-scale) player, developer etc.
Assessing and transforming:
- Lack of grid access for developments;
- Scale and profitability of projects / developments;
- Plans, analyses and forecasts;
- Which new sectors have greatest potential;
- How to move proactively into medium-term opportunities.
Can we discuss your needs? Contact details here.
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Investor seeking greater and surer returns, investee support and troubleshooting
Assessing and transforming:
- The team and its expertise;
- Markets, marketing, sales;
- How they are addressing each market;
- Other opportunities with their capabilities;
- Challenging and guiding the team.
Start-Up seeking growth, diversification, new ideas etc.
Assessing and transforming:
- The best markets for the products / services;
- How best to fit them for each market;
- Delivery, growth, product / service development strategies;
- Funding and IP strategies;
- Challenges outside your team’s skillset or experience.
Energy system / network operator, regulator, gov’t, analyst etc.
Assessing and transforming:
- How to stop system and/or network costs growing;
- The development of sufficient large-scale, long-lived, multi-capable plant;
- The suitability of regulations and/or market design;
- How to improve regulations and/or market design with minimal cost and disruption;
- How best to benefit all stakeholders and consumers;
- What a 2050 energy system should look like, how best can we get there;
- Plans, analyses and forecast;
- Whole-system, long-term thinking.
