Strategic Sounding Board
Independent counsel for consequential decisions
You get what your position strips away: unfiltered perspective, candid discussion of ideas you can’t fully explore internally, and a place to pressure-test your judgment.
The harder the decision, the fewer truly independent voices around you.
Important decisions rarely come with complete information or an obvious answer.
The people around you have useful perspectives. They also have interests, relationships, and consequences of their own. It’s not personal. It’s structural.
Who this is for
CEOs, founders, and owners
Business unit and division heads
Managing directors and partners
Portfolio managers and senior investors
Private equity operating partners
When you’d use this
A consequential decision has no obvious right answer
You're weighing a senior hire, promotion, succession, or termination
A relationship with a partner, board member, investor, or senior colleague has become difficult
A strategic choice may solve one problem while creating another
An investment thesis needs to be challenged before conviction hardens into attachment
An issue is too sensitive to discuss candidly inside the organization
How it works
An ongoing, one-on-one advisory relationship with someone independent of your organization.
No fixed agenda. We discuss the decisions, relationships, investments, and organizational issues that need your attention.
You have direct access between scheduled conversations when something can't wait.
What we discuss stays between us.
