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XP ConsultingFree Brief

Free strategy brief

Tell us where you are stuck. Get a plan back in writing.

Describe the problem in your own words and send one document. A person reads both and replies with a three-step plan for your situation — within 3 working days, with no call to schedule and nothing to sit through.

  • A real three-step plan, in writing.
  • Read by a person, not filled in from a template.
  • No sales pitch. The plan is yours whether or not you work with us.

How it works

Three steps, all of them on paper.

  1. 1

    You tell us where you are stuck

    A short form in your own words, and one document. The more honest the picture, the more specific the plan.

  2. 2

    A person reads it

    Not a template and not a model. We look for the real bottleneck, which is often not the one that hurts most.

  3. 3

    Your brief arrives

    Within 3 working days: a written three-step plan you can act on this week. It is yours to keep.

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Request your strategy brief

Institutional or personal — both fine. This is where our reply and your reference go.
Pick the one that fits best. It decides how the plan is framed.
Two or three sentences in your own words is plenty.
A resubmission, a funding call, a viva, a term start. If there is no date, say so — that is an answer.
Optional. Supervisor feedback, a previous submission, an editing service, a writing group. Knowing what has not worked keeps the plan from repeating it.
Optional, and fine to leave as “still exploring”.
Whatever shows the problem best: an abstract, a draft chapter, a reviewer report, a course outline, a grant draft. One file, PDF or Word. It is what makes the plan specific to you.

Up to 20 MB here. Anything larger goes through the secure upload link in our reply.

Encrypted in transit — deleted 30 days post-project