The Artisan Strategy Collective

Bring your experience to the table.

The Artisan Strategy Collective brings experienced independent consultants into our work with Fortune 500 companies and private equity-backed businesses, when strategic direction has to become something the organization can run.

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The Collective is a curated roster of talented independent consultants, connecting them with solo consulting projects, introducing them to full-time roles, and bringing them together to serve larger-scale consulting engagements.

Luke S., member

We have advised businesses. We have worked inside them.

Both sides shape the work we do and the people we bring together.

Member spotlight

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Turns organizational complexity into operating models and governance that leaders can actually run, across international development, public finance and technology.

Former BCG project leader who has directed over $300M in strategic initiatives and led an organizational assessment for a $60B development finance institution.

Marisa B.

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Takes corporate and private equity clients from commercial diligence through integration and value creation, in medtech, healthcare services and AI infrastructure.

Former BCG consultant with a bioengineering PhD, who has since served as an interim VP of M&A and as managing partner of an investment practice.

David M.

Portrait of Addison R.

Grows food and beverage businesses, from go-to-market and commercialization through acquisitions, across protein, supplements and wellness.

Former L.E.K. consultant who has since been a general manager, a VP of international business development, and the founder of his own company.

Addison R.

Working with Artisan

The problem shapes the approach.

We work on messy, difficult business problems. The work starts with understanding the business and stays close to the people doing it.

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Craft, informed by experience

We start from what we have seen work and what we have seen fail, then shape the approach around the business in front of us.

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Judgment where it is hard

Most of the work sits in the messy parts: competing priorities, missing information, and decisions that have to be made anyway.

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Partnership through the work

We stay close to the people who have to live with the decisions, through the whole of the work and not just the recommendation.

Join the Collective

We would like to hear from independent consultants with both strategy and operating experience: time in an internal strategy role or at a strategy firm, and a role where you have operated.

Members are considered for individual assignments, team engagements, and introductions to full-time roles. Appearing on this page is your choice.

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