Not every problem needs the whole fractional engagement. Special Projects is the à-la-carte menu — a single, targeted operational fix taken on its own, or an AI-native build of something that doesn't exist yet. Each one is scoped and priced on its own, and taken on when it's a right fit.
Take one piece
Targeted operational engagements
When the problem is narrow and defined, I take it on as a standalone project — without standing up the full fractional engagement.
Meetings that don't move
Build the Operating Rhythm
Goal-setting, staff meetings, and quarterly reviews that produce decisions instead of status.
Working software, not slideware. Tools that put AI inside a real workflow, measured on whether they removed the work.
Systems
The Thing That Didn't Exist
Internal systems a company needs before it can justify hiring for them. Scoped, built, and handed over documented.
Interfaces
Make the Invisible Visible
Dashboards, displays, and real-time surfaces that show the state of a business at a glance, instead of buried in a report.
Scoped
One at a time
Priced
One at a time
Right-fit only
Taken when it fits
Case study · make the invisible visible
The M.O.R.E. Wall
Illustrative, AI-generated image of the M.O.R.E. Wall in use.
A live, moderated audience-participation display for a 400-person conference — built by one person, over four weekends, on about $25 of hosting. Attendees answer the active prompt on their phone; once a moderator approves it, their words hit the big screen in about two seconds.
Two kinds. Targeted operational engagements — standing up a PMO, building the operating rhythm, recovering a stalled program, or automating internal work — taken on their own when you don't need the full fractional engagement. And AI-native builds: tools, internal systems, and real-time interfaces that don't exist yet.
How is it scoped and priced?
One at a time. Each project is scoped and priced on its own, and taken on only when it's a right fit — there's no catalog and no standing rate card.
What if I need ongoing operations help, not a one-off?
Then it isn't a special project — it's a fractional engagement. Start with the Operating Diagnostic, which finds what's actually in the way before anyone commits to ongoing work.
Are AI-native internal tools real working software?
Working software. AI-native tools are measured on one thing: whether they actually removed the work. If a tool doesn't return hours or replace a manual process, it didn't do its job.
Can you show an example?
The M.O.R.E. Wall — a live, moderated audience-participation display built for a 400-person conference, by one person over four weekends, on about $25 of hosting. The same scope quoted as freelance work came to 23–29 engineering hours. See the case below.
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