Strategic Avoidance Consulting
We help enterprises unlock sustainable inaction at scale. Fortune 500 clients trust Cowardly Consulting to operationalize hesitation and align stakeholders around doing absolutely nothing.
Our Methodology
We proactively de-prioritize any initiative that risks producing a measurable outcome. If it can't be ignored, it can be rebranded.
Every action item is shepherded into a follow-up workstream owned by a cross-functional working group that has yet to be convened.
Decisions are revisited quarterly to ensure no momentum accrues. We call this "iterative alignment." Stakeholders call it "again?"
About Us
Decisions successfully avoided last quarter
Client satisfaction (among those who responded)
Difficult conversations initiated on purpose
Founded by a team of conflict-averse professionals, Cowardly Consulting has grown into the nation's leading strategic avoidance firm. Our proprietary FLEE Framework (Fear, Lateral-thinking, Evasion, Exit-strategy) has been adopted by organizations worldwide who prefer the path of least resistance.
We believe that not every problem needs to be solved. Some problems just need to be outlived. Our consultants bring decades of experience in looking the other way, changing the subject, and scheduling follow-up meetings that never happen.
Services
Why manage risk when you can simply avoid it entirely? Our analysts identify threats and then help you pretend they don't exist.
Our patented "Let's Table This" methodology ensures no decision is ever made prematurely. Or on time. Or at all.
When things go wrong (and they will), our team ensures responsibility is evenly distributed across as many departments as possible.
We craft corporate messaging so ambiguous that no one can technically disagree with it. Synergy. Innovation. Forward-thinking. See?
Every meeting, project, and commitment needs an exit strategy. We plan yours before you even walk in the door.
We'll keep an eye on your KPIs — from a safe distance. If numbers go down, we'll schedule a meeting to discuss scheduling a meeting.
Testimonials
"We brought Cowardly in to lead our digital transformation. Eighteen months later, we have a 47-slide deck, four steering committees, and zero changes in production. The board is thrilled with the alignment."
"Before the FLEE Framework, my team was solving problems left and right — it was exhausting. Now we hold a pre-alignment sync to scope a workshop to chart a roadmap for Q3. I haven't made a decision in months. Game-changing."
Contact
Have a challenge you'd rather not face? We're here to not face it with you. Reach out and one of our avoidance specialists will get back to you when they feel like it.