Three Phases, One Conversation
Seeding
We ask strategic questions that draw out raw material — what you know, what you've tried, what's frustrating you. This isn't a questionnaire. It's a conversation where your expertise gets structured in real time.
Cultivation
We connect fragments. “You said X about your engineering process. That contradicts Y about your product roadmap. Which is true now?” Patterns emerge that you couldn't see from inside the problem.
Shaping
Fragments become artifacts. A working thought partner. A game design companion. A strategic PM. Not a plan for the future — a working tool you use today.
The Discovery Dimension
The methodology doesn't just structure what you already know. It surfaces requirements you didn't know you had.
“I did not necessarily envision this as AI telling us what deals are at risk, but we should totally be doing that.”
“We don't have the vocabulary to tell you what we need.”
The Three-Part System
Journey
Where you're going
The 5-phase maturation model. We built it 9 months ago. Behavioral science just validated it.
Methodology
How you get there — this page
Reverse prompting. Strategic questions that surface knowledge and discover needs.
Experience
Proof it works
Project Creator — our open-source tool — used live in your first conversation. You don't hear about the methodology. You experience it.
Why This Is Different
Traditional consulting optimizes what exists. We shape what's newly possible.
| Traditional Consulting | Consortium |
|---|---|
| Diagnose, then recommend | Surface, then build — from first conversation |
| Methodology hidden behind NDAs | Open-source on GitHub |
| Dependency (keep paying for advice) | Independence (own it in months) |
| Plans for future transformation | Working tools today |
A CEO with McKinsey background called it “way more fun than McKinsey.” That's because it IS fundamentally different — not optimization with AI, but shaping capabilities that weren't possible before.
From First Conversation to Ownership
First Conversation
Surface what you can't articulate. Leave with clarity and working tools.
Your Success Map
A 1/3/6 month plan covering one area of your business you want to transform. Three phases to ownership:
Extract
Month 1-2Experience the methodology. Get immediate value.
Work alongside Consortium on real problems. Leave with working tools and proof points.
“We have proof points that this methodology works for our specific situation.”
Embody
Month 2-4The methodology becomes your workflow.
You start doing the work yourself. Consortium moves to being available for harder problems.
“We have clear, demonstrable value — and it's becoming part of how we operate.”
Evolve
Month 4-6You own the methodology. You're independent.
You are the primary actor. Creating your own tools, applying the methodology beyond the original scope.
“We have a sustainable trajectory of value that compounds over time — and we own it.”
At Month 6, You Own It
The success map completes. You own the methodology for this scope. Go deeper — mature the same function. Go broader — apply to a different domain. Done — you're independent.
$3,500/month per success map. Each one earns the next through delivery. No lock-in. No perpetual retainer.
Open-Source Methodology
The tool we use in first conversations — Project Creator — is open-source on GitHub. You can see exactly how it works before you ever talk to us.
This is transparency competitors can't match. Traditional consulting hides methodology behind NDAs. Tool vendors hide implementation behind procurement. We show you everything.
github.com/Consortium-team/project-creatorWhat Clients Say
“Prevents getting lost. Way more fun than McKinsey.”
“40 emails → one conversation. This is insane.”
“We don't have the vocabulary to tell you what we need.”
Reverse prompting gave them that vocabulary — and a Success Map — from that first conversation.
A mid-market food tech company started with engineering. CEO joined. Expanded to operations. Methodology scales beyond its starting domain.