Strategic advice for owner-led businesses
I help experienced business owners protect what they have built and find their place in the AI economy.
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The situation
You have been shown the tools. You have read the articles. You have very likely sat through a demonstration or two. What you have not been given is a straight answer about what any of it means for your company, from somebody with nothing to sell you.
Most owners I meet have been told a dozen different things they ought to be doing, usually by somebody who happens to sell one of them. So nothing gets done properly and the money follows whatever was suggested most recently.
What I do
My role is to help you understand what is genuinely changing in your sector, and to make confident strategic decisions about the future of the business.
That might mean repositioning the company. It might mean a new service, or capturing valuable knowledge that currently sits in a handful of experienced heads, or improving what it is like to be your customer. Sometimes it is an opportunity for a new digital product that nobody had thought of. The work is deciding which of those is yours.
How we might work together
A private conversation about your company. What is changing in your sector. Where the real opportunity sits and where the risk sits. Where the business leans too heavily on you. Then the two or three strategic priorities I would put in front of you next, and a written summary to keep.
A standing arrangement for owners making decisions about growth, technology and the future of their business. One substantial strategy meeting each month and a shorter call to keep things moving. Access to me when a decision will not wait. Introductions to the right specialists, and a proper look at any new idea before you commit the company to it.
Every so often a conversation turns up a real opportunity. An app, an internal platform, a customer portal, an automated service, a digital product nobody had thought of. I lead the strategy and the commercial case, and a technical partner leads the build.
About Felix
I have spent the better part of thirty five years in UK marketing, principally across professional services, manufacturing and technology. That depth of experience, of understanding how businesses buy, how decisions are actually made, and what it takes to earn a conversation worth having, is the foundation of everything I offer.
I work with a small number of businesses at a time, and the person you speak to is the person who does the work.
Felix Clarke FRSA MBA
Get in touch
Tell me a little about your business and we shall arrange a time to talk. If you would rather simply telephone, that is usually quicker.
03333 604 102