Sitting at your table, not in your inbox
We attend executive committees and strategy sessions as participants. The actual deliverable is shared judgement inside the decision, not a PDF that gets filed by Monday.
Services
Four engagements. Senior only. Strategic level, full stop.
No implementation. No fractional roles. No discovery phases that pad the invoice. Just four sharp engagements for SMB leadership teams and the boards that decide. At the center of every engagement, MCouncil — our proprietary AI — in the hands of a senior Advisor. AI + people.
Services at a glance
Service 01
Strategic Advisory
Every technology decision where it belongs: on the P&L, not in the IT ticket queue. AI, automation, SAP, cybersecurity, resilience and cloud, cross-checked against your bottom line.
See details Service 02Mindset Reframing for Executives
An executive mindset shift on how to implement AI in the company and turn it into measurable value. Includes our flagship program Shift Directivo: in-person in Madrid, max 15 executives.
See details Service 03Board & Council Support
An independent second opinion before committing capital. For multi-million decisions where the board needs external perspective.
See details Service 04 · NewStrategic Advisory with peer review
Same as Strategic Advisory, with an additional layer: a panel of high-reputation external directors who review, validate and challenge every recommendation before it reaches your board.
See details01
Strategic Advisory
We put every technology decision where it belongs: on the P&L, not in the IT ticket queue.
Artificial Intelligence
From isolated experiment to defensible competitive edge with an owner, clear KPIs and a budget line the board can defend.
Automation
Where the hidden margin points sit in your operation, and how to capture them without breaking what already works.
SAP Technology
SAP as the backbone of data and operations, with a roadmap at the level of board strategy. When SAP is in scope, the Advisor activates SLVD, our internal latent-value discovery system, to bring an integrator-independent reading to the table.
Cybersecurity
Risk in P&L language, with preventive decisions and metrics the board understands without translation.
Operational Resilience
Designing the business to keep running through scenarios that aren't yet on the radar, before they are.
Strategic Cloud
Cloud as a lever for speed and flexibility, with architecture decisions that hold up when the business doubles.
What you actually get
Three things nobody else delivers the same way.
The right question, not the fast answer
We redefine the problem before proposing anything. Most technology decisions fail because the question was misframed. Changing the framing is the cheapest saving you will make this year.
Zero conflict of interest
We don't sell the implementation we recommend. No partnerships with software, cloud or integrator vendors. No kickbacks. Judgement is the product.
02
Mindset Reframing for Executives
An executive mindset shift: how to implement AI in your company, where it generates real value, and which decisions are blocking it today.
Who it's for
- C-level leaders, Directors, Founders, councils and boards of SMBs
- Executive committees that want to use AI without sterile pilots
- General managers and COOs facing the "integrate AI in operations" call
- Leadership teams that still don't know where AI starts or stops for their business
What you experience
- Intensive sessions on how AI actually gets implemented inside SMBs
- Use cases traced all the way to margin, revenue and operational savings
- Direct dialogue about your company, not monologues about Silicon Valley
- A decision framework to separate AI that pays from AI that only consumes
What changes
- You leave with a 90-day plan to implement AI where it actually produces value
- The committee stops fearing AI and starts leading its adoption
- The "I don't know where to start" paralysis turns into a roadmap
- The executive regains judgement in front of vendors and consultancies
Flagship program
Shift Directivo
«Your AI strategy is going to multiply your business, if you know how.»
15
executives max per edition
4
editions per year
€1,900
all inclusive + VAT
100%
money-back guarantee
The format
- In-person in Madrid
- Friday night: dinner + CEO keynote
- Saturday 09:00–20:00: full program
- Optional Sunday: golf and networking
- Third Saturday of every quarter
What's included
- Pre-program: mandatory evaluation interview
- 1 month of follow-up: 2 individual 1:1 sessions
- 3 months of email consultations
- Private cohort community
- 100% guarantee, no fine print
What shifts in your leadership team
You don't leave with a methodology. You leave with a different way of deciding.
Fear turns into judgement
The committee stops postponing the AI conversation and starts making its own calls. You stop depending on the vendor of the moment to know where the risk sits and where the margin lives.
Paralysis turns into an executable plan
You walk out with a 90-day roadmap signable at the next meeting. Owners, milestones, budget. Not another "good intentions" document to file under "pending".
Strategic sovereignty back where it belongs
The technology agenda returns to the committee, which is where it belongs. You stop delegating it to the CIO, the CFO or the integrator. It becomes a business decision again, not an IT ticket.
03
Board & Council Support
When a million-dollar decision is on the table, the board deserves a second opinion that doesn't sell what it recommends.
When boards call us
- A multi-million transformation program and nobody wants to be first to challenge it.
- The CEO presents an AI strategy nobody on the board fully understands.
- M&A tech due diligence that shouldn't belong to the bank or the seller.
- The technology conversation has outpaced the board's capacity to evaluate it.
What we bring
- Total independence. We don't sell what we recommend.
- Executive clarity. No jargon. Every word moves the decision.
- The questions nobody asked. The answers nobody wanted to give.
- A qualified second opinion before significant capital is committed.
What we deliver to the board
An outside voice with skin in the decision, not in the sale.
Sharp questions before signing
External reads of transformation proposals, M&A or corporate operations. We surface the weak assumptions and hidden dependencies that internal directors, through proximity, can no longer see.
Independence that holds up to audit
We are not implementation consultants. No contracts with the vendors we review. We don't get paid by the seller's side. You can log it in the board minutes without an asterisk.
Skin in the decision, not the sale
We don't win if the project scales. We win if the decision was the right one in its context. Incentive aligned with the board's fiduciary duty, not with a vendor's pipeline.
04
Strategic Advisory with peer review
The Stradiax layer that sits at your table, multiplied by a panel of high-reputation external directors who review, validate and challenge it. Three layers of judgment before the recommendation reaches your boardroom.
Elevated tier · Independent external review
Layer 01 · MCouncil
Stradiax's proprietary AI system cross-checks your case against twelve baseline analytical dimensions (expanded per case context) (market, competition, finance, legal, operations, culture) in days, not months.
Layer 02 · Stradiax Advisor
A senior Advisor with twenty-plus years on boards, executive committees and general management reviews, calibrates and translates the findings to your reality.
Layer 03 · Peer panel
Two or three high-reputation independent external directors analyze, challenge and validate the recommendation before it reaches your boardroom. Their signature commits their name.
Differential value over standard advisory
Three independent filters before the decision hits your boardroom.
Triple lens before the boardroom
MCouncil (multidisciplinary strategic AI) + senior Stradiax Advisor + external peer panel. Three independent angles stress-test the same recommendation. Three in agreement equals conviction. Three in disagreement means the debate is settled before the vote.
Signed reputational defensibility
External peers sign their validation with their own name. Your board isn't supporting a critical decision on a single source. It's on the record, with identifiable authors, for the minutes and for any subsequent audit.
Decision built to withstand scrutiny
What enters your boardroom has already cleared three filters. The uncomfortable questions came out earlier, not on vote day. You reduce the risk of an independent director spotting a gap you'd have to explain in the minutes.
Our Methodology
Five steps. Same shape every time.
Whatever the engagement (advisory, mindset reframing, or board support), the work moves through the same five stages. No detours. No padding.
1
Listen
We start with the room. The real conversations, the unspoken constraints, the politics that don't make it into the brief.
2
Diagnose
The actual blocker is rarely the stated one. We separate the technology question from the leadership question from the governance question.
3
Reframe
We change how the question is being asked. The right framing makes most decisions obvious. The wrong framing makes every decision impossible.
4
Direct
Clear strategic direction. What to do, what not to do, in what sequence, and why, in language the board can defend.
5
Sustain
Strategy is a habit, not an event. We stay in the conversation long enough for the new mental model to hold without us.
When advisory becomes product
Not only advisory. We build.
Stradiax is not a "decks-only" firm. We have our own products (NeuralPitch, MCouncil) and, in very specific domains, we build custom software for clients when the analysis projects 5× ROI in 90 days. Many of those engagements start right here, inside an advisory mandate.
Curious if Stradiax fits your situation?
The fastest way to find out is a direct conversation. Tell us where your company is, what's on the table, and what you're trying to decide. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.
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