The Engagements
None of them is a funnel for the other. The Diagnostic is not a teaser for the Blueprint. The Blueprint is not a trial for the Architecture. Each engagement produces a written document and closes.
The starting point for every engagement is the intake form. Submissions are reviewed personally by Bruce Eickelman. If the engagement is a fit, you will receive a response within 4 working days.
Engagement 01
One conversation. One written report. Delivered within 4 working days. Not sooner.
The Structural Diagnostic produces a written Presenting Condition Assessment. It names what is structurally wrong, identifies the fault producing it, and quantifies the annual cost of continued inaction. It is written to the same standard as the full Blueprint.
It is not a teaser. A client who implements the Diagnostic’s findings and never returns has still received a complete piece of work. That is the standard it is written to.
The fee is credited in full against The Blueprint if you proceed within 30 days.
Engagement 02
Five structured working sessions over 30 days. Seven physical wire-bound documents. Each session has a specific output. If a session produces no document, it didn’t happen.
The documents are yours permanently. They do not expire. Clients return to them six and twelve months after delivery because the structural logic they contain does not change.
Decision Brief
The deferred decision named, structured, and signed. Closed for 12 months.
Noise Removal List
5–10 hours per week reclaimed from Monday.
Identity Statement
Three operating rules. Every opportunity is instantly a yes or a no.
Constraint Ledger
Your non-negotiables in writing. Not aspirations. Commitments.
Weekly Operating Template
A designed week. Monday is no longer a surprise.
12-Week Plan
Three priorities. Hard milestones. Named outcome.
Safeguard Protocol
Pre-decided responses to the seven most common stall patterns.
Engagement 03
Full structural correction over 90 days. All seven Blueprint artifacts plus the Decision Sequence Map — a complete operating architecture for a business that needs more than a single decision resolved.
The Architecture is for founders whose structural problem is systemic rather than isolated. Multiple deferred decisions. Congested authority across the organisation. A succession or transition that requires the entire operating model to be rebuilt, not patched.
Every session is conducted personally by Bruce Eickelman.
Engagement 04
For ownership transition, leadership succession, and exit preparation. 120 days. Nine physical documents including four separate Decision Briefs and the Decision Sequence Map.
The Succession Intensive is for founders who are preparing to exit, transition ownership, or hand operational control to a successor — and who understand that the structural work required to make that transition clean cannot be done in a single session or a weekend retreat.
The $14T succession wave currently moving through Australian and US small-to-medium business is the largest structural challenge most founders will face. This engagement is designed for that specific context.
All Seven Blueprint Artifacts
The complete Blueprint document set, produced first.
Decision Sequence Map
Every significant decision in the transition sequenced, with dependencies mapped and triggers defined.
Four Succession Decision Briefs
The four highest-stakes decisions in any succession named, structured, and closed.
All fees, deliverables, what’s included, and payment terms in one place.
Bespoke Engagement
Every structural problem is different. If the standard engagements don’t map cleanly to your situation — intersecting faults, an unusual succession structure, a partnership dispute, or a scope that sits between two engagements — this practice accepts a small number of bespoke arrangements each year.
The starting point is a conversation. After that, a short written questionnaire is issued to gather the specifics. From there, a custom scope and fee are proposed in writing. Nothing is open-ended. Every bespoke engagement closes on the same standard as the four above.
Discuss a Custom EngagementEvery submission is reviewed personally by Bruce Eickelman. If the engagement is a fit, you will receive a response within 4 working days. If it is not, you will be told that too.
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