Sustainable Catalyst Advisory · Founding Client Program

Bring us a difficult organizational problem

Evidence-led advisory for complex decisions, systems, and transformation

Sustainable Catalyst combines research, systems thinking, quantitative analysis,
modeling, AI-assisted inquiry, and human judgment to help organizations understand
complex problems, compare credible paths forward, and make accountable decisions.
Catalyst Intelligence Platform is the proprietary environment behind the work.

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Diagnostic
From $4,500

Decision Sprint
From $9,500

Complex engagement
From $20,000

Ongoing intelligence
From $5,000/month

Service-Led · Platform-Enabled

From an ambiguous problem to a defensible course of action

Sustainable Catalyst Advisory is not a seat-based software subscription and it is
not a generic consulting practice. Organizations engage Sustainable Catalyst to
investigate consequential questions. The work is executed through Catalyst
Intelligence Platform so evidence, assumptions, methods, models, findings,
recommendations, decisions, and outcomes remain connected and reviewable.

  1. 01
    Frame the problem

    Define the decision, objectives, system boundaries, stakeholders, constraints, uncertainties, and what must be learned.

  2. 02
    Investigate the evidence

    Collect and appraise sources, map claims, identify knowledge gaps, preserve provenance, and test important assumptions.

  3. 03
    Analyze systems and scenarios

    Model alternatives, costs, impacts, dependencies, risks, uncertainty, stakeholder effects, and implementation conditions.

  4. 04
    Recommend and decide

    Translate analysis into findings, options, trade-offs, recommendations, executive materials, and an accountable decision record.

  5. 05
    Implement and reassess

    Build the roadmap, define measures and thresholds, monitor outcomes, and revisit the decision when material conditions change.

Governance across every stage
Evidence
Methodology
Assumptions
Provenance
Review
Decision
Outcome

Advisory Pathways

Start with the organizational question—not a software module

Engagements are organized around the problem the organization needs to solve.
Sustainable Catalyst draws from the broader platform as needed rather than forcing
a client into a predefined tool or methodology.

01

Organizational Diagnosis & Problem Framing

Clarify ambiguous problems, decision boundaries, stakeholders, constraints, competing objectives, evidence gaps, risks, and the questions that require deeper investigation.

Typical advisory output Diagnostic brief, systems map, issue architecture, and recommended work plan

02

Research & Evidence Intelligence

Investigate complex questions, appraise sources, trace claims, compare conflicting evidence, identify gaps, document assumptions, and produce governed findings.

Typical advisory output Evidence package, research briefing, source map, and findings register

03

Decision, Risk & Scenario Intelligence

Compare alternatives, criteria, dependencies, uncertainty, risk, stakeholder effects, implementation conditions, downside exposure, and decision thresholds.

Typical advisory output Decision dossier, scenario comparison, risk analysis, and recommendation

04

Technology, AI, Sustainability & Systems Strategy

Evaluate technology and AI adoption, sustainability and energy choices, infrastructure decisions, data and knowledge systems, governance design, organizational resilience, and cross-functional transformation.

Typical advisory output Strategic options, analytical models, governance framework, and implementation roadmap

05

Implementation, Monitoring & Continuous Intelligence

Translate recommendations into milestones and responsibilities, track evidence and outcomes, monitor external conditions, define warning signals, and identify when reassessment is required.

Typical advisory output Implementation roadmap, monitoring framework, executive intelligence briefings, and reassessment triggers

Engagement Deliverables

The work is tailored to the decision, but the evidence stays connected

Each engagement is scoped around the client problem. Depending on the mandate,
Sustainable Catalyst may combine research, qualitative and quantitative analysis,
modeling, systems mapping, stakeholder intelligence, executive communication,
implementation planning, and ongoing monitoring.

  • Problem and mandate definition
  • Stakeholder and systems mapping
  • Research and evidence review
  • Source, claim, assumption, and provenance tracking
  • Data and statistical analysis
  • Financial, operational, environmental, and sustainability modeling
  • Scenario, sensitivity, and uncertainty analysis
  • AI, technology, infrastructure, and governance assessment
  • Risk, resilience, and dependency analysis
  • Options and trade-off comparison
  • Findings and recommendation development
  • Executive briefing and board-ready decision packages
  • Implementation roadmaps and accountability structures
  • Monitoring, reassessment, and continuous intelligence
  • Governed client workspace when appropriate

Founding Advisory Pricing

Start with a defined problem and scale the engagement as needed

Sustainable Catalyst uses fixed-fee and retainer pricing wherever practical.
Fees are based on problem complexity, research and modeling requirements,
organizational scope, data sensitivity, delivery requirements, and the level
of advisory involvement—not the number of software seats used behind the work.

Organizational Diagnostic

$4,500
starting fee

Focused entry engagement · typically 1–2 weeks

Define the real problem before committing to a larger program.

  • Decision and problem framing
  • Stakeholder and system boundary review
  • Initial evidence and assumption assessment
  • Major risks, dependencies, and knowledge gaps
  • Recommended investigation or decision path
  • Defined next-step scope if deeper work is warranted

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Decide

Decision Sprint — from $9,500

A focused engagement for a consequential, bounded decision requiring research,
analysis, alternatives, trade-offs, scenarios, and a defensible recommendation.

Investigate & Model

Evidence or Modeling Engagement — from $12,500–$15,000

Deeper research, evidence synthesis, quantitative analysis, financial or
environmental modeling, scenario analysis, uncertainty assessment, or other
specialized analytical work.

Transform

Complex Advisory Engagement — from $20,000

Multi-workstream strategic, technological, sustainability, infrastructure,
governance, risk, resilience, or organizational-change engagements requiring
integrated research, modeling, decision support, and implementation planning.

Continue

Implementation Advisory — from $5,000/month

Ongoing support translating recommendations into milestones, governance,
accountability, operating decisions, measures, and implementation reviews.

Monitor

Continuous Intelligence — from $5,000/month

Recurring evidence monitoring, strategic intelligence, reassessment,
executive briefings, signal tracking, and decision-environment updates.

Enterprise

Dedicated Platform & Institutional Programs — custom

Dedicated Catalyst environments, integrations, larger transformation programs,
custom governance requirements, or independent enterprise platform licensing
are scoped separately when the organizational need justifies them.

How final fees are set

Published amounts are starting points for founding clients. A written scope defines
the mandate, questions, deliverables, assumptions, client responsibilities, timeline,
commercial milestones, and fee before paid work begins. Larger or unusually complex
engagements are quoted individually.

Engagement Process

A clear path from organizational problem to accountable action

Sustainable Catalyst starts with the decision or problem rather than selling a
software deployment. Each engagement has an explicit mandate, scope, evidence base,
review process, deliverables, and commercial terms.

  1. 01

    Bring the problem

    Describe the decision, challenge, opportunity, affected organization, desired outcome, known constraints, and timing.

  2. 02

    Scope the mandate

    We clarify the questions, stakeholders, evidence needs, analytical methods, data sensitivity, deliverables, timeline, and appropriate engagement type.

  3. 03

    Investigate and analyze

    Sustainable Catalyst conducts the research, evidence review, modeling, scenario work, systems analysis, and structured synthesis required by the mandate.

  4. 04

    Recommend and decide

    Findings, uncertainty, alternatives, trade-offs, recommendations, dissent, and implementation conditions are presented for human review and decision.

  5. 05

    Implement and monitor

    Where useful, the engagement continues into implementation support, outcome monitoring, recurring intelligence, and reassessment as conditions change.

Governed Advisory

Evidence, uncertainty, methods, and human responsibility remain visible

Sustainable Catalyst is designed for consequential work where the basis of a
recommendation matters. The platform supports disciplined inquiry without hiding
assumptions or transferring responsibility to an automated system.

Traceable

Recommendations retain their basis

Sources, claims, assumptions, methods, calculations, limitations, models, findings, reviews, and revisions remain connected.

Governed

Consequential work follows controlled workflows

Access, methodology, review, dissent, decision authority, retention, export, and data-return expectations can be defined as part of the engagement.

Human-controlled

AI assists; people remain responsible

AI may assist retrieval, organization, comparison, drafting, coding, and analysis. Sustainable Catalyst does not treat automated output as an independent decision-maker or authority.

Responsible boundary

Sustainable Catalyst Advisory supports research, strategy, assessment, analysis,
modeling, governance, decision preparation, and implementation planning. It does
not replace licensed legal, medical, tax, investment, accounting, certification,
compliance, engineering sign-off, or other regulated professional advice where
those services are legally or professionally required.

Start an Advisory Conversation

What does your organization need to understand, decide, or change?

Tell us about the organizational problem, decision, investigation, transformation,
or monitoring need. The first conversation is used to determine whether Sustainable
Catalyst is a fit and whether the right starting point is a diagnostic, decision
sprint, deeper analytical engagement, implementation program, or ongoing intelligence relationship.

Public inquiries begin through Sustainable Catalyst. If an engagement requires a
private Catalyst workspace, authenticated access, private documents, and engagement
activity remain inside the isolated Catalyst Intelligence application rather than WordPress.

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Do not submit confidential source material through the public WordPress page.
Sensitive or private material should be provided only after an appropriate secure
workflow has been established.


Sustainable Catalyst Advisory

Start or continue an advisory engagement

Bring Sustainable Catalyst a difficult organizational problem. Catalyst Intelligence Platform provides the private, governed environment used to connect evidence, analysis, models, recommendations, decisions, implementation, and ongoing intelligence.

Advisory is the service. Catalyst Intelligence is the operating environment. New organizations begin with a scoped advisory conversation. Active clients use Catalyst for governed engagement work and delivery.
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Engagements are scoped to organizational need Private client access is invitation-based No shared WordPress credentials Human responsibility remains explicit

The public Sustainable Catalyst site starts the advisory conversation only. Client provisioning, private documents, engagement data, account access, and governed application activity remain inside Catalyst Intelligence. Platform access may be included where appropriate to the engagement; public contact does not automatically create a tenant, subscription, or paid account.

Commercial Model

Advisory is the product. The platform is the leverage.

Sustainable Catalyst is building a service-led business in which organizations pay
for rigorous investigation, analysis, recommendations, implementation support, and
continuing intelligence. Catalyst Intelligence Platform makes that work more
reproducible, connected, governable, and scalable.

Fixed-fee engagements

Diagnostics, decision sprints, research programs, modeling projects, and strategic engagements are scoped around outcomes and deliverables rather than billable software usage.

Implementation and retainers

Organizations can continue with implementation advisory or ongoing intelligence when the decision requires sustained support, monitoring, or reassessment.

Enterprise platform access

Dedicated Catalyst environments and independent licensing remain available for institutional clients whose internal teams need persistent access, integrations, or custom governance.

Sustainable Catalyst Ecosystem

One advisory practice backed by a broader research and analytical system

Sustainable Catalyst Advisory can draw on the Knowledge Library and Research Librarian,
Workspace, Workbench, Research Lab, Site Intelligence, Decision Studio, and Platform Core
to assemble the research and analytical capabilities required by a client problem.
Catalyst Intelligence Platform connects those capabilities inside the private engagement.

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Sustainable Catalyst Advisory

Bring one serious organizational problem

Start with the question leadership needs to understand, decide, or act on. We will
determine the smallest useful engagement, define the evidence and analytical work
required, and build a clear path from uncertainty to accountable action.

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