Ways to work together
Commission new research, pressure-test a defined question, or license an existing intelligence asset. The route depends on how much of the question and evidence base already exists.
Each route keeps the decision, evidence boundary, output, and stopping point explicit before work begins.
A new question
For a strategic question that needs a purpose-built evidence base, comparison structure, and decision-oriented synthesis.
Typical formats include custom research sprints, market maps, capability landscapes, and deeper wedge validation.
A defined decision
For a target, thesis, or route that already exists and needs a focused evidence check before the next commitment.
Fixed-scope entry points make the question, turnaround, evidence limits, and decision posture clear.
Existing work
For a question already covered by an Ascendo framework, dossier, market map, or decision document.
Scope and terms are set by asset. A licensed work can also become the evidence base for a separately scoped engagement.
For risk, security and assurance teams defining what a system may do to one controlled object, under whose authority, with which consequence owner and recovery path. Start with the open supervisory addendum, then enquire by email about the buyer-side method or the separately licensed supply-side landscape.
Bounded reviews
Market entry / GTM
A fixed-scope diagnostic for a market-entry or GTM hypothesis before a larger validation sprint.
Existing thesis / claim set
A bounded review of an existing market, investment, GTM, board, or AI-assisted research thesis.
One acquisition target
A five-working-day evidence review of one named target before the next diligence commitment.
Commissioned research
Scoped after fit
A bounded investigation built around a strategic, investment, portfolio, or operating decision that does not fit an existing review format.
Scoped after fit
A structured view of a sector, segment, capability landscape, or acquisition theme, with evidence limits and comparison boundaries made explicit.
Scoped after fit
A deeper follow-on engagement when a plausible wedge needs account-entry logic, proof requirements, and safe claims before action.
Intelligence licensing
Selected frameworks, dossiers, and decision documents are available under asset-specific terms. Availability, included files, permitted use, update status, and pricing are stated on the relevant product page.
Autonomous Defensive Action: How Buyers Decide Action Authority and Accountability and Defensive AI: a dated supply-side landscape are standalone assets with separate licensing. They can be used independently even where a local sourcing decision benefits from defining the buyer's action and authority boundary before examining the supply side.
Send a sanitized outline with the decision, subject, deadline, and what would be costly if the conclusion is wrong. If there is a fit, scope, price, handling, and stopping conditions are agreed before work starts.