A shared direction
Translate the goals and deliverables into clear priorities, responsibilities and measures of progress.
Implement · AI strategy, meet delivery
One direction.
Every team moving.
Turn the board or CEO’s goals into team-owned plans, new applications and changes in how the business operates.
Your right-hand partner for twelve months of implementation across the organisation.
Discuss your delivery prioritiesUS$69,000+ travel expenses
- 12 on-site half-days over 12 months
- 12 months of real-time support
- Board or CEO partnership across teams
Explore Implement 12 on-site half-days · 12 months
For boards and CEOs with a strategy to implement and teams to bring with them.Implement, the outcome
Make the plan operational.
Plans owned by each team
Help product, engineering, design, sales and customer operations shape their own contributions and coordinate dependencies.
Applications that change the work
Support teams as they build and use the applications that make the new operating environment real.
A possible starting point
A strategy the teams can act on.
A goal such as improving customer onboarding becomes connected plans: sales sets expectations, customer operations defines the journey, design improves the experience, and product and engineering build the supporting applications.
An illustrative example. Your scope is agreed together.Implement, in practice+
A shared delivery view.
Clear owners & deliverables
Dependencies visible across teams
Applications used in the work
Nicolai Thomson
I’ve run the company. I’ve been the CTO.
I’ve carried the sales number.
That’s why the systems I build get used: I know what Monday morning feels like from your chair.
My recent work includes second brains and AI chief-of-staff systems, UKOPRA’s operating platform and financial AI, on top of twenty years as a founder, seller and operator.
I build one thing well: a system that knows what you know, your notes, your decisions and your conversations, and brings the right piece back when you need it.
How we work togetherTwelve months to put plans into practice
Align the work
Agree goals, deliverables, team owners and the first priorities with the board or CEO.
Implement across teams
Twelve on-site half-days over twelve months, with real-time support to build applications and move the plans forward.
Embed the change
Review what is working, address dependencies and make the new applications and practices part of day-to-day operations.
Implement, your investment
The strategy deserves follow-through.
For boards and CEOs with a strategy to implement and teams to bring with them.
Prices exclude VAT where applicable. Scope, support hours and any tool costs are agreed in writing before you commit. Travel expenses are agreed in advance and added to the invoice.
US$69,000
+ travel expenses- A right-hand partner to the board or CEO
- 12 on-site half-days over 12 months
- 12 months of real-time support
- Team-owned plans aligned to agreed goals
- Support to build new applications
- Product, engineering, design, sales & customer operations
A conversation with Nicolai
What does your organisation need to deliver?
Tell me a little about your situation in the short brief below. It takes about three minutes and only I read it. If it looks like a fit, you’ll get a link to book a free half-hour with me. If it doesn’t, I’ll say so plainly and point you somewhere more useful.
30 minutes with Nicolai
A half-hour,
in confidence.
Where most conversations begin.
Share your brief first so I have the context before we speak. You’ll then be able to choose a time on Cal.com. A free half-hour. No card details, no obligation.
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Before you decide
A little clarity.
Do you replace our product or engineering team?
I work alongside your teams as the board or CEO’s right-hand partner. They retain ownership of their plans and delivery; we agree responsibilities, priorities and the support they need.
What does real-time support mean?
Responsive collaboration on the agreed plans and applications across the twelve months. Channels, working hours and response expectations are agreed in the scope; it is not a promise of round-the-clock availability.
Do we have to complete Transform first?
No. Boards usually arrive here after Transform, but if the organisation is ready we can start with a scoping conversation.
How is progress assessed?
We agree the deliverables, owners and measures at the start, then review progress and dependencies as the work develops.
What comes next
Your teams own
the next chapter.
The aim is lasting capability: teams who understand the direction, own their plans and use the applications they’ve helped build. A new way of operating that becomes their own.
Discuss your delivery priorities