Consulting Methodology Builder

The methodology already exists in your head. This skill doesn't invent one — it surfaces what you already do, structures it into phases with clear inputs and outputs, and gives it the name and language that turns a service into a system. The work doesn't change. The frame around it does, and the frame is what justifies the premium price.

The METHOD framework runs the build. Map the phases (3-7, no more — 12 phases is a process document, not a memorable methodology). Engineer the name (memorable after hearing it once, ideally relevant to the outcome, definitely not "Our Strategic Consulting Process"). Tag each phase with a name, a one-sentence description, and the key question it answers. Highlight the differentiator — the one phase or principle that makes this unlike the obvious alternative, and the reason you reference it in every pitch. Outline the visual so it can be drawn on a napkin in 30 seconds. Draft the origin story so it has a human reason for existing, not just a marketing reason.

The differentiator phase is everything. Most consultancies have a five-phase process that looks identical to every other five-phase process — discovery, strategy, implementation, optimisation, reporting. The skill pushes hard to identify which phase is actually different about how you work, then builds the methodology's gravity around it. "We spend 30% of the engagement on diagnosis because the obvious problem is rarely the real problem" is a position. "We do discovery" is not.

You get the named methodology with 3-7 phases (input, activity, output, duration per phase), the origin story in two or three sentences, the signature differentiator called out explicitly, a description of the visual that could be drawn into a graphic, three introduction scripts (the one-line pitch, the website services-page paragraph, the 60-second on-stage version), and a pricing implication section that connects the name to value-based or fixed-price billing. Generalists who genuinely do many things get a different treatment — one overarching methodology rather than one per service — but the same memorability test applies before anything ships.