Jan BruchHuman Technologist
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Build.

I work with founders and leadership teams at the moments when the old way stops working.

Start here. The Definition Sprint.

Two weeks. For founders and leadership teams facing a consequential AI or organizational decision.

We map the workflows, the decisions and the constraints. You leave with a costed go or no-go specification.

“Do not build it” is a complete, paid result. Nothing is built and no live data is touched during the sprint. Fixed scope, fixed fee, agreed before work begins.

Reposition the company

When the story no longer carries the business, or the company has outgrown its category.

a story that carries · a category of one · seen by the right people

The problem: we are genuinely good at what we do, and the wrong people call. Or nobody calls.

The outcome: a position the right buyers recognize as theirs, and a story that carries it.

Six weeks.

First question: who calls you today, and who should?

Architect the venture

When the idea is consequential and nothing that carries it exists yet: the brand, the capital, the team, the path.

a vision people join · a pitch that raises · a venture that stands

The problem: we know what we want to build. We do not yet know the shape that makes it fundable, sellable and survivable.

The outcome: the offer, the story and the first customers in one coherent design.

Four to six weeks.

First question: what has to be true in twelve months for this to have been worth it?

Become AI-native

When isolated tools are making fragments faster, but the organization still cannot remember, learn, or compound.

a company that remembers · speed that compounds · people who adopt it

The problem: everyone here is using the tools, and nothing compounds.

The outcome: an operating model where what the organization learns is kept, found and used.

Usually begins with the Definition Sprint.

First question: where does knowledge currently die in your company?

Rebuild the builder

When the old way that stops working is your own: the persona, the conditioning, and the success that built everything so far.

know who you are · express it in everything · lead from it · by invitation

The problem: you built it, and the way you work no longer fits what it became.

The outcome: a working rhythm, toolset and role that fit the company you actually have now.

Runs alongside any engagement, or as private mentoring, by invitation.

First question: what do you still do that only you can do?

Private mentoring

A small number of founders receive longer-term personal and strategic accompaniment. By invitation.