01 — Benefits
What makes a Sablehearth
engagement different.
Fixed scope, a single consultant, a document you own at the end. There are no moving parts beyond the agreed engagement letter.
Back to Home02 — Overview
Six things that matter
01
Fixed scope, fixed fee
Every engagement has a flat price agreed before it starts. There are no variable billing hours, no surprise additions, and no scope that expands without a new agreement.
02
One consultant throughout
The named consultant leads every session from start to finish. Your team builds working familiarity with one person — not a rotating cast from a larger firm.
03
Deliverables you own
Documents produced during the engagement belong to the client, in editable formats. There is no platform lock-in, no licensing arrangement, and no content withheld.
04
No retainer dependency
Engagements end cleanly. There is no expectation of a continuing relationship, no renewal mechanism built into the contract, and no incentive for the consultant to extend the work beyond its agreed scope.
05
Facilitation, not prescription
The consultant draws out the team's own knowledge and frames it clearly. The outputs reflect the client's thinking — not a generic template with the company name inserted.
06
Bangkok-based, in-person capable
All working sessions can be held in person at your offices or at the Sablehearth premises in Huai Khwang — which tends to make the sessions more productive than remote-only alternatives.
03 — In Detail
Each benefit, explained plainly
Experienced facilitation
The consultant leading your engagement has facilitated structured working sessions across a range of industries in Thailand and regionally. That background means sessions are productive — not meandering — and the resulting documents reflect genuine operational thinking rather than surface-level responses to standard questions.
A structured process that adapts
Each engagement type — decision log, department charter, operating embedding — has a defined structure that has been refined across multiple client engagements. That structure provides predictability. But it is also adapted to the specific context of each client's business, so sessions do not feel like a form being filled in.
Unhurried, considered work
The engagements are paced deliberately. The two-week and five-week formats allow time for reflection between sessions, for drafts to be reviewed properly, and for the team to arrive at wording that they genuinely stand behind rather than wording they accepted under time pressure.
Transparent, flat pricing
Each engagement is priced simply: ฿5,800, ฿20,400, or ฿31,800 depending on the scope. No variable billing. No additional fees for additional sessions within the agreed scope. The engagement letter sets out exactly what is included and what falls outside.
Clean, usable outputs
The documents produced during each engagement are designed to be used — maintained, updated, and referenced by the team after the consultant has left. That means they are formatted clearly, written in plain language, and structured so that the team can make additions without needing to re-brief anyone.
04 — Comparison
How this differs from the alternatives
Typical consulting arrangements
- Variable billing by the hour or day — final cost unclear at the start
- Multiple consultants rotating through — continuity depends on firm, not person
- Deliverables often large, complex, and difficult for the client team to maintain
- Ongoing retainer or follow-on work often built into the engagement model
- Generic frameworks applied to the client's context rather than the other way around
Sablehearth engagements
- Flat fee agreed before the engagement begins — no ambiguity
- One named consultant throughout — the same person in every session
- Simple, editable documents designed to be maintained by your team
- Engagement ends cleanly — no retainer, no renewal expectation
- Working sessions draw on your team's knowledge — outputs reflect your business
05 — Distinctive Features
What sets the work apart
The maintenance note
Each engagement includes a short maintenance note — a plain-language guide for the team on how to keep the deliverable current after the consultant has left. This is not offered as a standard feature by most consulting practices, which tend to focus on delivery rather than handover.
Engagement letter clarity
The engagement letter is written to be read, not filed. It uses plain language, short sentences, and clearly numbered clauses. Both parties sign the same document. If something is not in the letter, it is not in the scope.
Session preparation included
Every session is prepared for. The consultant sends a short agenda before each session and a brief summary note after. The client team should arrive knowing what the session is for, and leave knowing what was agreed and what comes next.
PDPA-aligned data practices
Personal data gathered during engagements is handled in line with Thailand's Personal Data Protection Act. Data retention is minimal, and no client information is shared with third parties or used in anonymised case studies without specific written agreement.
06 — Track Record
A modest record, steadily built
47
Engagements completed
6
Years in practice
12
Industries served
3
Engagement formats
07
See which engagement fits your situation.
A short initial conversation is usually enough to identify whether one of the three engagements makes sense for where your team is at.
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