HITMˣE® for Startups

Humans In The Machine is for any person, leader, or organisation wanting to become enthusiastic about the future, wanting to change but lacking the clarity, creativity and conviction to do so with courage.

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Founder

From startup to mission-driven upstart.
Build something customers love and investors grasp.

You have a early-stage business or are an investor. You’re building fast in a complex world. We help you sharpen your thinking, advisory and diagnose what’s blocking progress, turning a venture into a Minimum Lovable Product with a clear path to market.

Problem: Startups don’t stay up. Founders are too often fixated on selling up to realise the market's lasting value. A 90% growth in acquisitions instead of going public means a less healthy, less competitive marketplace. (Yale)

Consulting fails founders by treating startups like small corporates. HITMˣE® cuts through that: clear-eyed diagnosis, targeted problem‑solving, systems thinking and story telling.

Every startup hits a point where execution slows down. Schedule a free “Reveal & Release” consultation to identify where your current execution is stalling and begin the process of fixing it.

What if we imagined tech’s role in a new consensus?

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“Cross-functional collaboration yields worse revenue outcomes” (Gartner)

Systems:

Don’t just collaborate, systemise cooperation.

Don’t measure impact in isolation, recognize intangible and personal impacts through integrated accountability.

Don’t ignore, adopt proven systems for human-centred design and innovation making use of common languages.

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“Brands need to move on from effectiveness and solve for influence” (McKinsey)

Stories:

Don’t stifle difference, embrace independence.

Don’t burden BAU processes, find inflection points to bring teams together and formulate outcomes-based models.

Don’t re-org, re-design to reflect a more nuanced view of contribution and set-out the right degrees of freedom.

A new tech consensus built on cultures of enthusiasm.

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Stories

Systems

Don’t stifle difference, embrace independence.

Don’t just collaborate, systemise cooperation.


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In a complexified world, we help people find their courage and make change last.

Let’s work together.