Advisory · Workshops · Capability
Give me the problem, I'll find the angle everyone missed
You get clarity where there was noise, permission to act where there was paralysis — a voice in the room that makes everyone align on a decision they can defend.
The Jester
The fool who's secretly the smartest in the room
The court jester was the only one allowed to tell the king the truth. That's the truth you get — an independent, evidence-led voice in your room that surfaces the uncomfortable questions, connects what no one else has connected, and gets your smart people talking to each other again.
The Problem
Complex decisions under pressure — where data, stakeholders, and strategy collide. Most organisations don't lack information; they lack the analysis and the confidence to act on it.
The Guide
An independent, evidence-led voice. Senior advisory that connects data, strategy, and story — translating big-picture complexity into language each stakeholder can act on.
The Success
Organisations with the capability to make better decisions independently over time — not dependent on an external advisor, but stronger because of one.
Choose Your Path
Ways Jester adds value
Hear the Jester, work with the Jester, or bring the capability in-house. Every step leaves you more capable than the last.
Fractional · Project
Advisory
Complex decisions, senior guidance — you get a seasoned advisor inside your team for as long as the decision needs, no longer.
One-time / Cohort
Workshops
Build capability in professionals who aren't technical but need to work confidently with data, strategy, and AI.
Monthly Recurring
Jester Hat
Your AI answers with an independent, seasoned voice — every response draws on a knowledge base connected to the tools your team already uses.
The Flywheel
The engine that keeps compounding
Hear the Jester, engage the Jester, then bring the capability in-house. Each stage builds on the last — and leaves you stronger.
Hear the Jester
A webinar or talk. You see how a messy problem gets reframed — and what changes when someone independent is in the room.
Engage
A workshop or advisory engagement. Your team leaves with capability they can use the next day — and keep.
Advise
A fractional retainer embeds an independent voice in your decision-making — ongoing, available when it counts.
Graduate to the Hat
Bring that capability in-house. Recurring access to the frameworks and thinking, connected to the AI tools your team already uses.
Refer
The capability keeps compounding — your people get more valuable, and the people around them get better too, because good work travels.
Why Jester
The independent voice you can trust with the hard stuff
You get a strategic, data-literate partner who turns evidence into direction, and direction into results you can action — every decision grounded in evidence, never opinion.
About MalcolmRegional data platforms
Community groups, agencies, and researchers now work from the same public wellbeing data — one source of truth, open and improving over time.
EDNZ Award 2024
Best Practice Award for Innovation & Primary Research — regional recognition for survey methodology that other regions now reference.
Gartner advisory background
Boards and senior leaders get strategic decisions they can defend — the complex data has already been translated into plain language.
25-year career, 4 countries
Patterns you would miss are spotted early — insights forged across very different worlds, applied to your context.
You bring the problem; you leave with the angle everyone missed — and the story that gets everyone moving on it.
Ready to make better decisions?
Schedule a consultation and walk away with a clearer view of your next decision — and how to act on it.