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Clarity · direction · execution

How we work together.

First the right question. Then the right path.

Clarity in 30 minutes

No sales pressure. You leave with more clarity than you came in with.

Ingolf Christian Ernst — mentor for entrepreneurial Clarity
Ingolf Christian Ernst · Mentor for entrepreneurial Clarity

No standard package. No off-the-shelf solution.

Every entrepreneur stands at a different point. That is why everything starts with a conversation and the question of what you actually need.

Which door are you coming through?

Three entry points. All lead to the same question.

  • The strategic question

    „Will my business model still exist tomorrow?"

    You sense something shifting but cannot tell what it means for you. You need the question before you invest.

  • The lever

    „I know where I want to go, but not how."

    The direction is set, the path to using AI and delivering on it is missing. You need the lever that actually changes something.

  • The companionship

    „I am on my way, but alone with the decisions."

    You are in the middle of it and want someone who asks the uncomfortable questions and holds up the mirror.

The formats

30 minutes · free of charge

Clarity conversation

We talk about your situation. I ask questions that make you think. You get an honest assessment of whether and how I can help you.

Pick a slot in the calendar

Spread over 2 to 3 weeks · EUR 9,800 net

AI clarity sprint

The thorough route to clarity. I work my way into your business, together we clarify the question that really matters, and at the end you get a written roadmap.

How it runs

  • Kickoff, two hours. We sharpen the question it should be about.
  • One day at your place. I talk to three to five people from your team, not just to you. In parallel I work my way in: numbers, offering, competition, and what is really happening in your industry.
  • Clarity session, one day on site. The core. This is where the direction is set.
  • Clarity map, in writing, in the week that follows.
  • Follow-up conversation four weeks later. Not to sell, but because I want to know what holds.

What that means for you

Two days I am at your place. For you personally: one day of session, plus kickoff and closing. For your company: one day for the conversations, spread across several people. Everything else happens at my desk.

What you have at the end

Where your business stands today. Where AI is your biggest lever and where it is not. A prioritised roadmap: what comes first, what can wait, and what you should leave alone.

Discuss the sprint →

1 day · EUR 5,000 net

Clarity workshop

Your team aligned in a single day. Four to eight decision makers, one strategic question, and at the end a shared view plus three prioritised options for action.

Request a workshop

3 to 6 months · from EUR 3,000 per month

Ongoing clarity

After the sprint or the workshop you know where you are going. The question is then how you get there. I stay at your side: sparring, picking the right tools, training on the job. Two to four days a month is typical.

Discuss the format

Project based · after clarification

Interim role

When you need someone who does not just advise but rolls up their sleeves. Inside your organisation for a while, with a clear mandate. The goal is that your team carries it on its own afterwards.

Enquire

All prices net, plus travel costs for on-site appointments.

What I do not offer

  • No blueprints

    What works for one does not fit the next. I do not sell templates.

  • No tool first

    The question of the tool comes last, not first. Otherwise you optimise something nobody will need tomorrow.

  • No reassurance

    If I see something heading for the wall, I say so. Always leaving room for a deliberate decision, but without diplomatic softening.

I do not write the code myself. When software is needed, I make sure it gets built, usually with Qubidu, which I ran as managing director for thirteen years and still hold a stake in.

And if a person is missing?

Sometimes the direction is set and still nothing moves, because nobody is there to carry it. Then I look for the right person with you, as Senior Partner at PURE Group. Permanent, interim or fractional.

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Further reading

Three pieces on why direction comes before optimisation.

The first step

Everything starts with an honest conversation.

We talk about your situation, your challenges and your goals. I ask questions that make you think. You get an honest assessment of whether and how I can help you.
Let's talk

Free. No obligation. Honest.

Klarheit zeigt, was du gerade brauchst.