A partner-led practice with an unreasonable depth of experience. We have survived hostile environments, resource scarcity, and the introduction of matrix management. We would prefer not to rank them.
Tailored for a barrel chest. Off-the-rack was not an option.
APPLIED INTELLIGENCE & LITHIC REDUCTION
Dr. Ada Flint
Head of Applied Intelligence · PhD (Paleolithic Degree)
Pioneered the Mousterian Agile Framework: striking a problem repeatedly with a heavy rock until it has sharp, usable edges. The retrospective is conducted at a safe distance.
Holds a PhD in Knapping from the University of Gibraltar and 40,000 years of experience in flake-based architecture[2]. Her doctoral supervisor described the work as cutting-edge, then requested a dressing.
Asks the model for its reasoning, then asks the client for theirs. Only one of them finds this uncomfortable. Has rejected several AI strategies on the grounds that they were unusually well-formatted procurement requests.
Specialism
Prepared-core methodology. Shape the problem before making the expensive strike.
Professional boundary
A model is an apprentice. It is not the partner signing the engagement letter.
MEGAFAUNA & MONOLITHS
Magnus Stone
Managing Partner
Previously led a twelve-person cross-functional squad that took down a woolly mammoth using pointed sticks and clear stakeholder alignment. Scope creep was unusually visible from a distance.
Still thinks Kubernetes is over-engineered compared with a really good pit trap. Believes a monolith is a design choice, not a moral failing. He becomes concerned when it requires its own platform team.
Has strong opinions about unnecessary layers. His chin declined to participate.
Relevant experience
Survived two glacial maximums and a Jira migration. Only one left scars.
Architecture principle
If the diagram needs another diagram, somebody is enjoying this too much.
SYSTEMS, DELIVERY & VOLCANIC WINTERS
Elena Ridge
Chief Delivery Officer
Survived the Campanian Ignimbrite super-eruption and a multi-year ERP implementation. Describes the volcanic winter as “significantly better documented.”
Comfortable in cold environments, including your data center and your CFO. Her delivery record spans resource scarcity, Marine Isotope Stage 4, and a steering committee without an agenda.
Arrives with a decision log, an accountable owner, and a look that suggests she has seen this particular extinction event before. Does not consider a dashboard a substitute for either of the first two.
Escalation policy
Raise the issue before raising the brow ridge.
Operating preference
A runbook that can be found during the incident. An ambitious requirement, apparently.
GROWTH & CROSS-SPECIES OUTREACH
Hugh Mann
Diversity Hire · Homo sapiens Liaison
Our modern-human colleague. Brings a larger professional network and an alarming enthusiasm for personal branding. We are told this is how it went last time.
His first suggestion was a growth strategy. His colleagues found this historically concerning. His second was a Slack workspace, which has been referred to the High Council for review.
Hugh translates between the partners and procurement, explains why a mammoth is not an approved travel category, and insists that “thought leader” is a job description rather than a warning.
Unique contribution
Can obtain a laptop warranty without mentioning an extinction event.
Development objective
Reduce the phrase “let's double-click on that” to a survivable level.
COMPETITIVE POSITIONING
Not a Denisovan.
Often confused with our competitors, the Denisovans. They're fine. Smaller portfolio.
Their Head of Asia-Pacific is exceptionally hard to get a complete picture of. We consider this a brand strategy, not a limitation.
CAREERS
A boutique by attrition.
We are not currently hiring. We are currently extinct. The two are related.
Expressions of interest may be submitted by smoke signal. Candidates demonstrating a working knowledge of incident command, flint selection, or the difference between a strategy and a software purchase will receive particular consideration.
[2] Dr. Flint's Paleolithic Degree has not been approved for use in a hospital. The University of Gibraltar has not approved the Knapping prospectus. HR has asked us to stop describing the extinction event as voluntary turnover.
