Challenge
Independent reviews, second opinions and red-team assessments that test what everyone else accepts.
Learn moreIndependent thinking. Practical outcomes.
Every organisation
needs a 10th Man.
An external perspective to challenge thinking, uncover risk, improve processes and help you make better decisions.
Services
Practical support where it counts.
Focused, independent and tailored to the decision, problem or process in front of you.
Fix
Process and governance reviews that remove friction, clarify accountability and make work function better.
Learn moreAutomate
Practical AI integration and workflow automation designed around the work, the risk and the people.
Learn moreNegotiate
Strategy, claim development, evidence preparation and counterargument testing for complex negotiations.
Learn moreSolve
Focused support for difficult operational problems, stalled projects and decisions that do not fit a neat category.
Learn moreAssure
Independent assurance before important work reaches a board, membership, regulator or negotiating table.
Learn moreWhy a 10th Man?
Consensus isn't evidence.
The 10th Man brings an independent voice into important conversations. Not to manufacture disagreement, but to find what may have been missed.
If the accepted position is sound, the review should say so. If it is not, you should know before the consequences become expensive, public or difficult to reverse.
More about the thinkingUnderstand
Reconstruct
Challenge
Verify
Improve
Why work with The 10th Man
Independent
No internal agenda.
Evidence-led
Conclusions follow the evidence.
Practical
Real-world solutions.
Focused
Concentrate on what matters.
Direct
You work directly with me.
AI-amplified
More analytical capacity, not less judgment.
Private AI & data security
Private AI. Your data stays under your control.
Sensitive work should not have to pass through public AI services. Local and client-controlled AI environments can provide analytical scale while keeping information inside defined boundaries.
- Local document analysis and source traceability
- Client-hosted, client-site and air-gapped options
- Human review, interpretation and accountability
How I work
Clear method. Direct accountability.
No layers. No junior consultants. You work with the person doing the work.
Establish
Define the real question, the boundaries and what a useful answer must achieve.
Examine
Reconstruct the evidence, decisions, assumptions and points of friction.
Challenge
Test the position, attack weak assumptions and examine credible alternatives.
Deliver
Verify material findings and turn them into clear, practical next steps.
Independent Reconstruction Review
How did we get here?
A disciplined reconstruction of documents, correspondence, decisions and records to establish what happened, what was known, what was represented and what needs to change.
Ready for a different perspective?
Let's talk.
A confidential introductory discussion is a good place to start.