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NO MYSTERY. NO SURPRISES.

Here's Exactly What Happens When You Say Yes.

Every step. Every milestone. Every deliverable — before you commit to anything. If you're reading this page, you're doing the right due diligence.

WHAT THIS PAGE ANSWERS

30

Minutes — the length of your first conversation. That’s all it takes to know if this is the right fit.

1–2

Weeks to start after the discovery call and a confirmed scope. No long intake process.

0

Pitch decks on the call. Just a direct conversation about your transformation challenge.

100%

Fixed fee for advisory engagements. Price is agreed before work begins. No surprises.

Fixed fees agreed upfront

Start within 1–2 weeks of agreement

Defined deliverables — not open-ended consulting

If it's not right, we'll tell you on the call

STEP ZERO

The Discovery Call Is Not a Sales Call.

The discovery call is a direct, unscripted conversation between you and Nono. You describe the transformation challenge — where you're stuck, what's failed, what you're trying to achieve. Nono listens, asks the questions that surface the real problem, and tells you honestly whether an engagement makes sense and which service fits.
 

No pitch deck. No pre-packaged solution presented before the problem is understood. If the fit is right, you'll leave the call with clarity on what the engagement looks like, what it costs, and what you'll have at the end. If it's not right, Nono will say so and point you in a better direction.

WHAT THE DISCOVERY CALL IS AND IS NOT

A pitch deck presentation

NOT THIS

We don’t present to you. You present to us — your challenge.

A 12-step onboarding process

Practical

No lengthy intake forms or pre-call questionnaires.

A pressure close

Practical

We’re not trying to sell you in 30 minutes. We’re trying to understand you.

THIS

A direct conversation about your problem

30 minutes. Your challenge. Nono’s honest read on what you need.

THIS

An honest assessment of fit

If we can help, we’ll tell you how. If we can’t, we’ll tell you that too.

THIS

Clarity on cost before any commitment

You’ll leave knowing what it costs and what you get.

If we can help, we’ll tell you how. If we can’t, we’ll tell you that too.

THE FULL JOURNEY

From First Contact to First Deliverable

01

01 — DAY 1

Book the Discovery Call

Use the scheduler on our Contact page. Choose a 30-minute slot that works. No preparation required come with a clear description of your challenge and what a good outcome looks like.

⏱ 2 minutes to book

02

02 — DAY 1–7

The Discovery Conversation

30 minutes with Nono. You describe the challenge. Nono listens and asks direct questions. You both assess whether this is the right fit. If it is, Nono outlines what the engagement looks like.

⏱ 30 minutes

03

03 — DAY 7–14

Proposal & Scope

Within a week of the discovery call, you receive a clear written proposal scope, duration, deliverables, and fixed fee. Everything you need to take to your board for approval. No surprises.

⏱ 5 days to proposal

04

04 — DAY 14+

Engagement Begins

Once scope is agreed and the engagement confirmed, we schedule a kick-off session and the work begins. Advisory engagements have a defined week-by-week structure from day one.

Start within 2 weeks

WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE

Week by Week — No Guessing Required

Advisory Engagement

AI Governance Diagnostic

(4 weeks · Fixed scope · Delivered to your board)

Week 1

Discovery & Mapping

Stakeholder interviews, current-state documentation, and identification of where decisions are being made (and who’s making them).

Week 2

Gap Analysis

SPACE Test applied to your AI tools. FILTER Framework applied to your transformation pipeline. Governance gaps identified and mapped.

Week 3

Synthesis & Recommendations

Findings consolidated. Recommendations developed. 90-day action plan structured and validated with key stakeholders.

Week 4

Board Presentation & Handover

Board-ready report delivered. Nono presents findings and recommendations directly to your leadership team. Action plan handed over.

Fractional CDO Retainer

Ongoing Engagement Rhythm

Monthly cadence - 6 or 12 month commitment

Month 1

Onboarding & Baseline

Stakeholder mapping, strategy review, decision audit. We establish where the organization is before we advise on where it should go.

Monthly

Strategic Sessions

Dedicated session with Nono — strategy review, initiative evaluation, decision governance, vendor assessment. On-call access between sessions.

Quarterly

Board Reporting

Board-ready transformation progress report, including AI adoption status, governance health, and priority recommendations.

On Call

Decision Support

Access to Nono and the contractor network for time-sensitive decisions — vendor evaluations, governance questions, leadership alignment challenges.

6 or 12 Months

Review & Renewal

Formal engagement review at the end of each commitment period. Most clients renew. Some convert to a deeper advisory model.

WHO DOES THE WORK

Senior-Led. Specialist-Supported.

Every engagement is led by Nono Bokete — not handed to a junior consultant after the sales call. Nono brings 20+ years of senior advisory across mining, financial services, supply chain, and retail in Southern Africa, the UK, and the USA.
 

For engagements that require specialist capacity beyond Nono's direct delivery, we draw from a vetted contractor network — data scientists, developers, project managers, and domain specialists assembled specifically for what your engagement needs. We never deploy a generalist when you need a specialist.

Maximum 15 contractors deployed at any time. Small by design. High-attention by commitment.

Engagement Lead

Nono Bokete

Founder · Chief Data Officer

Data Scientists

(On demand)

Developers

(On demand)

Project Managers

(On demand)

FS Specialists

(Domain experts)

Mining Experts

(Domain experts)

Change Managers

(On demand)

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

The Questions We Get Asked Before Every Call

These are the real questions that come up when someone is seriously considering an engagement. We'd rather answer them here than have you sit on an unanswered objection.

DATA SENTINELS

Dare to Deliver

Transformation failures are decision-making problems dressed up as technology problems.

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