Services

Different problems. One disciplined way of thinking.

The service may be a review, a repair, a negotiation strategy or a problem that has no obvious label. The common thread is independent challenge, clear evidence and a practical outcome.

01

Challenge

A disciplined second opinion before a decision becomes a commitment.

Independent challenge is useful when a position feels settled but the stakes justify testing it properly. The review follows the evidence, identifies assumptions and asks what would have to be true for the accepted position to fail.

  • Independent reviews and second opinions
  • Red-team and decision stress-testing
  • Assumption and evidence testing
  • Counterargument development
  • Pre-mortem and risk review
02

Fix

Find the real cause of friction, then make the work easier to do properly.

Broken processes are often treated as people problems. The work starts by understanding how decisions, hand-offs, incentives and accountability actually operate, then redesigning the path around the outcome required.

  • Process and procedure review
  • Governance and accountability design
  • Decision pathways and escalation points
  • Recurring dysfunction analysis
  • Practical corrective action plans
03

Automate

Use AI where it improves the work, not where it merely looks impressive.

Automation is designed around the task, the information risk and the people who will use it. The objective is better knowledge work: faster evidence review, clearer outputs and fewer avoidable manual steps.

  • AI opportunity and risk assessment
  • Workflow and document automation
  • Local large language model deployment
  • Knowledge retrieval and source traceability
  • Human-in-the-loop review design
04

Negotiate

Turn positions into a coherent, evidence-backed strategy.

Negotiation support focuses on readiness, alignment and the strength of the argument. The 10th Man can help develop claims, test responses, organise evidence and expose weaknesses before the other side does.

  • Negotiation strategy and readiness
  • Enterprise bargaining support
  • Claim development and prioritisation
  • Evidence and counterargument preparation
  • Stakeholder alignment and briefing
05

Solve

For the problems that do not fit neatly into a consulting category.

Some issues cut across operations, governance, people, systems and competing interests. This work brings those strands together, defines the real problem and creates a path out of inertia.

  • Complex operational problems
  • Stalled project recovery
  • Competing-position analysis
  • Decision and option structuring
  • Targeted implementation support
06

Assure

Independent scrutiny before important work meets an external audience.

Assurance provides a final, evidence-led challenge before a proposal, report or position reaches a board, executive, membership, regulator or negotiating table.

  • Decision and business-case assurance
  • Evidence and source assurance
  • Governance assurance
  • Board and executive paper challenge
  • External-readiness review

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