Data science, BI & decision intelligence
Dashboards do not create decisions. A KPI contract, an owner, a cadence and a threshold create decisions. We build the routine, then the interface.
Launch model
Core
Boundary
We publish method and uncertainty with every model output.
Accountable principal
Sim Cuthbert
When to engage
Four observable triggers.
- 01Executives ask for the same number three different ways.
- 02Forecasts exist but are not used in planning.
- 03Reporting volume grows while decision speed falls.
- 04No one can state the definition of a headline metric.
What we deliver
Modules, artefacts and ownership.
Client inputs, dependencies and the operating owner are agreed before the first sprint, not discovered during it.
- Forecasting and optimisation
- Experimentation and causal measurement
- KPI design and semantic layers
- Power BI and Tableau engineering
- NLP and text intelligence
Ways to begin
Fixed scope, stated exclusions.
Proof
Programme intelligence for a national broadband rollout
A programme data platform with an explicit KPI contract, reconciled site status model, governed pipelines and an executive intelligence layer with alerting.
Delivered by our principal while at a national delivery organisation.
Read the full outcomeRisk and assurance
Security, privacy, AI assurance, accessibility, data quality and human oversight are tested as acceptance criteria on this practice — not appended as a closing report.
- Standards
- WCAG 2.2 AA, Essential Eight and ISM mapping where in scope.
- Data residency
- Australian by default; offshore processing named and approved in writing.
- Support boundary
- We publish method and uncertainty with every model output.
- Response standard
- Principal response within one business day, AWST.