Nobody builds without a map
I don't quote a build off a phone call. I've watched enough systems get built on assumptions to know how that ends: six weeks of work, a workspace that technically does what was asked, and a team that quietly goes back to the spreadsheet.
So everything starts here. The Workspace Map is a paid piece of work with a written deliverable at the end of it, and it's the only route into a build with me. If you stop after it, you've paid for a document you'll genuinely use. If you carry on, you've already paid your deposit.
The interviews are the actual product
I talk to the owner or studio director, someone who delivers the work, whoever does ops or admin, a freelancer or contractor, and whoever has quietly become the search engine for the whole business.
Then I lay the answers side by side. This is usually the moment the owner sits forward, because they have never once seen those five answers next to each other. No amount of asking an AI to "design my workspace" produces this.
What you get
A written Map, in six sections, in this order — because the money you save comes first, not last.
What we found. Your current state, in your team's own words, quoted.
The tool audit and the cancel list. Every subscription, seat count and annual cost. What overlaps with what, what to cancel, what to keep, and the projected annual saving as an actual number — handed to you before you've committed to building anything.
Where the work breaks. Your handoffs — quote to delivery to invoice — named, with hours a week attached to each one.
The recommended architecture. One page. Databases, relations, teamspaces, who can see what.
The recommendation. Whether to build, what to build, and what happens if you skip each piece. "Don't build yet" is a real option here and it gets used.
What it costs. The quote, with GST shown three ways, and a straight read on your Notion licence position.
Every recommendation traces back to a named finding: here's the problem, here's what it's costing you, here's the thing that fixes it. If the finding isn't in the Map, I don't recommend the fix. It's a report, not a menu.
Already have a Notion workspace?
Same process. The Map just spends more of its time working out what's worth keeping, what has to be untangled rather than migrated, and how attached you are to what you built. Nobody's coming in to bin your work.
Tiers and pricing
Tier | Who it's for | Interviews | Turnaround | Fee (excl. GST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Studio Map | 5–15 staff, one service line | 3 | 1 week | NZ$1,200 |
Team Map | 16–25 staff, or two service lines | 5 | 2 weeks | NZ$1,800 |
Multi-team Map | 26+ staff, or three or more teamspaces or data domains | 8+ | 3 weeks | From NZ$3,500 |
Your tier is whichever of headcount or service lines lands higher — a twenty-person studio running three service lines is more work than a twenty-five-person one running one, and the price should say so.
The detail: fee is paid up front and credited in full against a build booked within 60 days. Includes the stated number of interviews, one round of work and one walkthrough call. Extra interviews NZ$200 each. All prices exclude GST; every quote shows the GST-exclusive figure, the GST amount and the total together, so there's no 15% surprise at invoice.
Not sure yet? Start with the Systems Scorecard — it's free, takes a few minutes, and tells you which tier you'd land in and what it costs.
Nobody builds without a map
I don't quote a build off a phone call. I've watched enough systems get built on assumptions to know how that ends: six weeks of work, a workspace that technically does what was asked, and a team that quietly goes back to the spreadsheet.
So everything starts here. The Workspace Map is a paid piece of work with a written deliverable at the end of it, and it's the only route into a build with me. If you stop after it, you've paid for a document you'll genuinely use. If you carry on, you've already paid your deposit.
The interviews are the actual product
I talk to the owner or studio director, someone who delivers the work, whoever does ops or admin, a freelancer or contractor, and whoever has quietly become the search engine for the whole business.
Then I lay the answers side by side. This is usually the moment the owner sits forward, because they have never once seen those five answers next to each other. No amount of asking an AI to "design my workspace" produces this.
What you get
A written Map, in six sections, in this order — because the money you save comes first, not last.
What we found. Your current state, in your team's own words, quoted.
The tool audit and the cancel list. Every subscription, seat count and annual cost. What overlaps with what, what to cancel, what to keep, and the projected annual saving as an actual number — handed to you before you've committed to building anything.
Where the work breaks. Your handoffs — quote to delivery to invoice — named, with hours a week attached to each one.
The recommended architecture. One page. Databases, relations, teamspaces, who can see what.
The recommendation. Whether to build, what to build, and what happens if you skip each piece. "Don't build yet" is a real option here and it gets used.
What it costs. The quote, with GST shown three ways, and a straight read on your Notion licence position.
Every recommendation traces back to a named finding: here's the problem, here's what it's costing you, here's the thing that fixes it. If the finding isn't in the Map, I don't recommend the fix. It's a report, not a menu.
Already have a Notion workspace?
Same process. The Map just spends more of its time working out what's worth keeping, what has to be untangled rather than migrated, and how attached you are to what you built. Nobody's coming in to bin your work.
Tiers and pricing
Tier | Who it's for | Interviews | Turnaround | Fee (excl. GST) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Studio Map | 5–15 staff, one service line | 3 | 1 week | NZ$1,200 |
Team Map | 16–25 staff, or two service lines | 5 | 2 weeks | NZ$1,800 |
Multi-team Map | 26+ staff, or three or more teamspaces or data domains | 8+ | 3 weeks | From NZ$3,500 |
Your tier is whichever of headcount or service lines lands higher — a twenty-person studio running three service lines is more work than a twenty-five-person one running one, and the price should say so.
The detail: fee is paid up front and credited in full against a build booked within 60 days. Includes the stated number of interviews, one round of work and one walkthrough call. Extra interviews NZ$200 each. All prices exclude GST; every quote shows the GST-exclusive figure, the GST amount and the total together, so there's no 15% surprise at invoice.
Not sure yet? Start with the Systems Scorecard — it's free, takes a few minutes, and tells you which tier you'd land in and what it costs.
