WP / 2026 / 04
22 jan 2026

completing the square — a method note.

the canonical statement of the firm’s method. three months to complete, three weeks to hand over, then we leave. with the eight failure modes we have actually observed.

WORKING PAPER
METHOD · v1.0
34 PP
WP / 2026 / 07
26 apr 2026

halal-food traceability across three provinces.

forty-two operator interviews, eleven thousand certification records. how far does a halal certification actually travel from feedlot to retail, and where does it break.

WORKING PAPER
FOUNDATION-FUNDED
40 PP · IMPRINT
drafting
FN / 2026 / 04
14 apr 2026

what a runbook is for.

field note from a sixteen-week platform build. the runbook is the deliverable; the platform is the by-product. eight bullet points and a worked example.

FIELD NOTE
METHOD
6 PP
drafting
CN / 2026 / 03
02 apr 2026

case note · series-b read for a london investor.

how we read a south african logistics platform pre series-b, in four weeks. what we found. what we declined to write. why the working paper went in unchanged.

CASE NOTE
ADVISORY
12 PP
drafting
WP / 2026 / 06
18 mar 2026

sovereign hosting for regulated south african fintech.

a survey of available residency postures: afrihost, hetzner, oracle joburg, in-house. cost, latency, audit posture. tabled by sector.

WORKING PAPER
COMPLIANCE
28 PP
drafting
FN / 2026 / 03
05 mar 2026

the test of an ai engagement.

would the team notice if you took the tool away on a tuesday morning? if yes, it landed. if no, it was a demo. notes from eight enablement programmes.

FIELD NOTE
METHOD · AI
4 PP
drafting
WP / 2026 / 05
14 feb 2026

halal-compatible commercial structures for technology engagements.

how to scope an engagement to avoid riba while remaining commercially legible. paired with islamic-finance counsel. four contract shapes, four worked examples.

WORKING PAPER
COMPLIANCE · HALAL
22 PP
drafting
CN / 2025 / 09
11 dec 2025

case note · audit-ready ledger for a free-state feedlot.

six-week package. excel ledger replaced with tekolo. halal certifier given a read-only audit trail. what we did, what it cost, what we would do differently.

CASE NOTE
PRODUCTISED
10 PP
drafting
FN / 2025 / 11
28 nov 2025

why we will not write a slide deck.

a short field note. the difference between a slide deck and a working paper, and why we will only ship the latter — even when the board would prefer the former.

FIELD NOTE
METHOD · POSTURE
3 PP
drafting

a paper we should write?
commission us.