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Start an SCI investigationNo polished brief required

Bring us the question. We will define what must be investigated.

What this first step does

It turns a broad market ambition into an evidence question SCI can examine.

You will not be asked to choose a large programme before the relevance, evidence boundary and useful first output are clear.

Start an investigation

Bring us one real commercial question.

Tell us what you provide, where you can deliver and what your team needs to understand. We will define the evidence required and recommend the smallest useful starting point.

Selected starting point: Programme 03: Engage
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Next, review the prepared brief and choose Send. Nothing is sent until you do.

What happens after you send it

A defined first decision—not an assumed commitment.

SCI reviews the question against the market, evidence available and work your team is currently repeating.

  1. 01Scope the question

    Agree the offer, audience, geography, exclusions and decision the investigation must support.

  2. 02Test the evidence

    Establish which evidence already exists, what must be investigated and where the limitations sit.

  3. 03Define the first output

    Specify what your team will receive, how it will be used and the earliest useful review point.

  4. 04You decide

    Nothing proceeds until the scope, responsibilities and evidence boundaries are understood.

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