Independent strategy & operating advisory

Shape the choices. Bend the trajectory.

Need to change your company's trajectory but unsure which choices will do it? I work with CEOs to find the few that matter, make the calls, and put them to work. I also advise investors.

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Dustin Mann
Founder & strategy partner
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Thoughtful strategy. Practical execution.

Where I can help

The decisions that define a next chapter.

Common starting points:

  1. 01

    Post-acquisition strategy and the first 100 days

  2. 02

    Stalled growth or a go-to-market reset

  3. 03

    AI, new-market, partnership, or business-model shifts

  4. 04

    Preparation for a raise, recapitalization, acquisition, or exit

02 / The approach

From insight to action.

I build the fact base, surface the choices, and turn decisions into an operating system.

01 / Understand

Build a shared fact base.

Align leaders on what is true.

02 / Decide

Find the choices.

Identify the few decisions that could shift the trajectory. Make trade-offs explicit.

03 / Operate

Put them to work.

Set priorities, roles, decision rights, metrics, management rhythms, and AI-enabled systems.

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03 / Working together

Senior partnership. No handoff.

I serve as a fractional Chief Strategy Officer, CEO advisor, or portfolio strategy advisor to investors.

I bring 20+ years of experience spanning Monitor Deloitte and strategy and operations leadership. I take on only a few engagements; every CEO works with me directly.

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Across roles and engagements

Experience across many contexts.

Selected organizations from prior work and roles.

  • Monitor Deloitte
  • Doblin
  • Glytec
  • BioIQ
  • Avēsis
  • United
  • Humana
  • Care Innovations
  • Miller Coors
  • AAA
  • FDA
  • Mattel
  • National Hockey League
  • Cooperative of American Physicians
  • PPG

In their words

The work is personal.

“Dustin is a clear thinking entrepreneur with his head in the clouds and his feet firmly on the ground.”
Ralph JudahRetired Senior Managing Director, Monitor Deloitte
“He is a brilliant strategist and big thinker, capable of analyzing complex situations from multiple perspectives.”
John WoodsonFormer direct report, Deloitte Consulting

“I have found him to be a wonderful listener” — Cindy Belcher, former client and former COO, Cooperative of American Physicians

04 / A conversation

If the trajectory needs to change, let’s talk.

You don't need to know the choices yet. We find them together.

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dustin@mannstrategy.com