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Experienced production support when the stakes are real.

Consulting and advisory support for studios and production leaders working through complex delivery, organisational or leadership challenges.

Bring the problem. Use a free discovery call to work out the right next step.

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Free · 30 minutes

Find your starting point

Where do you need help?

  1. A focused production problem

    Delivery, milestone or workflow friction that needs an outside view.

    Explore the Health Check
  2. A broader organisational challenge

    Scaling, operating models or delivery systems that need to change.

    Book a free discovery call
  3. Ongoing senior production support

    Leadership and advisory help as the situation evolves.

    Book a free discovery call

Start with the problem, not the service.

When to bring us in

The challenge reaches beyond one team’s task list.

Ali Durrant with other attendees beside the Develop:Brighton 2022 event banner.
Ali Durrant at Develop:Brighton 2022.

Where we can help

Work on the conditions behind delivery.

The right scope depends on your studio. These are areas we can explore together.

Production strategy & operating practice

Connect priorities, ownership and reporting. Review operating models, portfolio decisions and the initiatives competing for the same people.

Production strategy · Portfolio management · Initiative prioritisation

Delivery, milestones & risk

Examine readiness, dependencies and production friction. Use reviews and pre-mortem planning to surface the decisions a team needs earlier.

Milestone reviews · Roadmaps · Risk reduction

Leadership, scale & change

Support senior leaders through organisational change, studio growth or restructuring, with practical advice on team structure and production leadership.

Executive advisory · Scaling · Restructuring

Partners & live production

Work through co-development relationships, external delivery and Live Ops rhythms. Improve how remote and hybrid teams coordinate their work.

Co-dev / external development · Live Ops · Distributed teams

Glenn Brace, Elevation Head of Studio at nDreams.

Glenn Brace

Experience that earns trust

Through difficult development cycles

“…his observations, help, support and recommendations had the most positive impact at both a team and an executive level.”
Glenn BraceElevation Head of Studio, nDreams
Read Glenn’s full testimonial

Your next step

Not sure which kind of support fits?

Bring the production problem rather than trying to diagnose the service yourself. A free call can establish whether the next step is a Health Check, focused intervention or advisory support.

Book a free discovery call

Free · 30 minutes

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How engagements work

Choose the support the situation needs.

Remote-first, with onsite work or workshops considered where useful. We agree the scope and outputs before work begins.

  1. Focused intervention

    Bounded work on a defined production or leadership problem, with an agreed aim and a practical next step.

  2. Review / diagnostic

    An assessment of the evidence, with explicit findings, recommendations and priorities.

  3. Advisory support

    Continuing decision support for a leadership team or senior producer as the situation develops.

  4. Embedded / retained support

    Fractional production or operations leadership where the need, scope and commercial model justify it.

A defined starting point

Start with a conversation or a focused review.

For wider work, discovery helps establish a suitable scope and proposal.

Fixed scope · Remote

Game Production Health Check

A focused assessment of production risks, workflow bottlenecks, ownership and communication.

£450

Explore the Production Health Check

What you receive

  • A concise executive report covering strengths, risks and immediate improvement opportunities.
  • A 60-minute debrief to work through the findings.
  • Priority recommendations and suggested next steps.
Discovery call
Free30 minutes to explore the need and fit.Book a discovery call
Consulting session
£250 / one hourFocused advice for a studio, leader or production team.View session booking and payment details
Retained consulting
From £1,500 / monthScope and involvement agreed around the studio’s needs.Discuss retained support

Need a roadmap, milestone-readiness or risk-register review, production leadership advice, or a co-development consultation? Bring the question to discovery so we can agree the boundaries and outputs.

Your next step

Talk through the problem before choosing the format.

Use discovery to discuss the scope and the kind of involvement your studio needs.

Book a free discovery call

Free · 30 minutes

What the work should leave behind

A clearer way forward. One your team can own.

The aim is a practical change your team can continue, with stronger production judgement and less reliance on external support.

Your next step

Bring the production problem. We can work out the right next step.

Tell us what is happening, where the pressure sits and which decision needs support.

Book a free discovery call

Free · 30 minutes

Send a consulting enquiry

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