The Plucky Method
Six months. Monthly workshops. A strategy built by your team — synthesised by me.
Most consulting engagements work like this: you brief a consultant, they disappear for a few months, and return with a document. It looks great.
The language is polished. The framework is sound. And then the team who has to implement it asks: 'Who wrote this? This isn't how we work.'The Plucky Method solves that problem from the start.
Step 1
Discovery
We meet. I learn your organisation: your team's strengths, your strategic context, your constraints, and what success looks like in five years. This session sets the foundation for everything that follows.
Step 2
Scoping
Together, we agree on what the strategy needs to achieve, the sections it requires, and which stakeholders are most relevant to each. This becomes our shared map for the engagement.
Step 3
Monthly Workshops
Each month, I facilitate a workshop focused on a specific section of the strategy. Only the stakeholders relevant to that section attend, which keeps the time commitment manageable. Workshops typically run for two hours.
Step 4
Synthesis
After each workshop, I take the findings and synthesise them
into a written section of the strategy. This is where 30 years
of experience earns its keep: distilling your team's best thinking into clear, structured, actionable content.
Step 5
Review & Approval
Your team reviews the section. Feedback is incorporated.
The executive responsible reviews. Once in principle approval is received, we move to the next section. No surprises.
No backtracking. We build the strategy or plan steadily in short, manageable sprints.
Step 6
Final Delivery
All sections complete. Executive summary and addendums added. Final strategy presented to your leadership team. It’s ready for your board, your council, or your membership exco. The absolute win? Your team is ready to implement the plan they co-created.
Why co-creation beats outsourcing
Because your people built it together, they understand it, believe in it, and are ready to
implement it — without needing anyone to explain it to them.
Each section is reviewed and approved in principle. There are no expensive surprises at the end of six months.
Six equal monthly invoices make this accessible within a single financial year budget. No large upfront commitment required.
Common questions
For once, I'd just like to spiral into control. (Good news: that's exactly what this process is for.)