Services
We tailor our offering to your needs and budget.
Every engagement is scoped to a clear outcome and a timeframe: no open-ended retainers, no dependency by design.
From your problem to a defined output
Diagnose
Start with the problem, not a predefined service.
We identify what is getting in the way, where the risk sits and what outcome would make the biggest difference.
Founder call + focused diagnostic
Proposal
The right combination of expertise and a clearly defined output.
Defined outputs examples
Deliver
A fixed-scope engagement with a clear finish.
- Build
- Embed
- Hand over
We deliver alongside your team, build the capability around the work and hand it over deliberately.
Owned by your team.
Three practices behind our engagements
Operations
Operations leadership
Running the company day to day, an operating rhythm that holds, organisation design and the programmes that cannot be allowed to drift.
Read about the operations practice →Commercial
Commercial and procurement
A focused offer, revenue that repeats without founder heroics, complex deals led properly, and margin that survives the growth.
Read about the commercial practice →Security
Security and AI governance
AI governance, the controls that cut the most risk, and the evidence a buyer or a regulator asks for—built in, not bolted on.
Read about the security practice →Fractional Operating Partner
When: you need a senior operator but aren't ready for a full-time COO.
What you get
- Ownership of the operating agenda
- Leadership cadence
- Cross-functional execution
- Capability handover to your team
Where to start, by the problem you have
Operations
Fractional COO support
A senior operator owning the operating agenda part-time, when a full-time COO is not the right next hire.
Read about fractional COO support →Operations
Startup operations consulting
Operating model, decision rights, cadence, planning and the execution systems underneath them.
Read about operations consulting →Operations
Post-funding operations
The quarter after a seed or Series A, when options multiply faster than the company can choose between them.
Read about post-funding operations →Change
Startup restructuring
Reshaping structure, ownership and cost without stalling the delivery you still have to make.
Read about restructuring →Commercial & security
Enterprise readiness
Security questionnaires, procurement, contracting and the evidence a larger buyer asks for.
Read about enterprise readiness →Security
Startup security and risk
Practical security, risk and resilience at the point where growth starts to depend on it.
Read about startup security →Commercial
Commercial operations
Partnerships, revenue operations, negotiation, renewals and control of what the company spends.
Read about commercial operations →Programmes
Funded programme delivery
Milestones, governance and evidence for grant and innovation-funded work that has to withstand scrutiny.
Read about funded programme delivery →Evidence
Operator track record
What the three partners built, scaled and protected inside technology organisations before Groundwork.
See the operator track record →Not sure which one you need?
That's what the first call is for. Tell us where the company is and what feels shaky, and we'll point you to the right starting move.
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