Work with VMBARS

Bring a consequential decision.

VMBARS works with organizations and selected individuals when the stakes are real, the tradeoffs are not yet clear, and the result needs to move from analysis into action.

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How engagements take shape

Start with the smallest useful intervention.

The right scope depends on the decision, the people affected, the evidence already available, and what must happen after the answer becomes clear.

Engagement fit

Clear owner. Real stakes. Willingness to act.

VMBARS is most useful when someone owns the decision, the people affected can be identified, and there is a genuine path from insight to action.

  • A consequential decision, system, or growth challenge
  • A defined owner and access to relevant stakeholders
  • A reason the work matters now
  • A willingness to test, decide, and follow through
Choose why you’re reaching out

Bring a consequential decision

Strategy, investment, operating, organizational, or stakeholder choices where the tradeoffs need to become clearer.

Bring an investment thesis, leadership transition, partnership choice, or conflicting priorities. We can clarify the decision and build a practical response.

Build or improve a system

Recurring work that needs more structure, reliability, or leverage.

Bring a research workflow, operating cadence, growth challenge, or outreach process. We can map the weak handoffs and design a system to test.

Executive coaching / individual support

Selected leaders and individuals navigating consequential transitions, choices, or execution challenges.

Bring a new role, career or ownership transition, or a high-stakes decision. We can examine the options and define a more reliable path forward.

Speaking, workshops & facilitation

Keynotes, workshops, leadership sessions, and facilitated conversations tied to VMBARS ideas.

Share the audience, occasion, and outcome you want. For event hosting, moderation, or emceeing, specify MC TETE in your message so the request stays distinct.

Contact MC TETE for hosting or moderation →

Media, research & collaboration

Podcasts, interviews, writing, research partnerships, and institutional collaborations.

Share the question, audience, and proposed contribution. We can assess fit and a useful way to work together.

Living VMBARS

Nominate someone, respond to a published feature, or discuss participation in the series.

Tell us about a concrete decision and how its value reached others. Include a public source or relevant link when available.

Anything else

Relevant inquiries that do not fit the categories above.

Tell us what is happening and what help would be useful. We will consider the clearest next step, including a resource or referral.

Start with context

What would a useful next step look like?

We’ll review the context and respond with the clearest useful next step. That may be a conversation, a resource, a referral, or a scoped way to work together.

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What the work can produce

A response shaped around the problem.

Scope and deliverables are agreed together. These are illustrative outputs, not fixed packages or claims of client results.

A decision brief

A clear choice, the people affected, competing options, assumptions to test, and the evidence needed before commitment.

Example: the first 100 days →

A contribution plan

Audience-specific follow-up, volunteer ownership, reusable assets, and a sequence that carries relationships beyond an event.

Example: value after the event →

Selected prior work

Anonymized examples of leadership transitions, acquisition analysis, liquidity planning, incentive design, and portfolio governance from Mallet’s prior experience.

Explore selected work →