On why it matters how you choose
A practice designed around what clients actually need from consulting.
What distinguishes Saltgrove is not a methodology or a credential — it is a set of deliberate choices about how the work is structured and delivered.
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What makes the difference
Fixed scope, fixed price
Engagements are priced before the work begins. No hourly billing, no scope creep charged at day rates. You know the cost when you commit.
Something useful at the end
Every engagement closes with a written document — a report, a map, a summary. Not slides from a presentation, but a document designed to be read and used.
Senior delivery throughout
The person who leads the initial conversation does the engagement. Work does not flow down to less experienced staff once the project begins.
Grounded in the Thai context
Bangkok-based, with direct experience of how organisations in Thailand — both domestic and internationally-linked — actually operate and make decisions.
No ongoing dependency created
Engagements are designed to be complete in themselves. The outputs are yours to use without further engagement. We do not structure work to make follow-on retainers feel necessary.
Direct conversation at every stage
Questions and concerns go to the person leading the engagement, not through a project manager or account team. Communication stays clear throughout.
On expertise
Experience that is specific, not general
Saltgrove's work has focused on three types of engagement since 2017: coordination reviews, stakeholder mapping, and planning facilitation. The practice has not grown by adding service lines. That focus means the people doing the work have encountered the relevant problems many times, across different sectors and organisation types.
Experience with similar engagements in Thailand also means understanding the cultural dynamics that shape how teams talk about friction, how leadership groups navigate disagreement, and how decisions are actually made versus how they appear to be made.
What this looks like in practice
On process
A structure that holds without becoming rigid
Each engagement type has a clear shape — preparation, working sessions, written output — but the content adapts to the organisation. We design each working session around the specific team and situation, not a standard workshop template.
The preparation phase matters more than most clients initially expect. Reading background documents, understanding the context, and thinking carefully about where the real issues are likely to sit makes the working sessions significantly more productive.
Engagement shape
Initial conversation
Scope, fit, and scheduling confirmed. No commitment to proceed.
Preparation
Background review, interview scheduling, session design.
Working sessions
Interviews, facilitated sessions, or both, depending on engagement type.
Written output
Report, map, or summary delivered to agreed format.
On value
Priced transparently, delivered completely
The three engagement prices are published on the solutions page. This reflects a deliberate choice: pricing should be clear before the conversation, not revealed at proposal stage after time has been spent on both sides.
The prices cover the complete engagement — preparation, sessions, and the written output. Travel outside Bangkok is the only cost that might be added, and only where relevant and agreed in advance.
What is included in every engagement
On the alternative
Saltgrove versus the typical approach
| Aspect | Typical consulting approach | Saltgrove |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Day rates or hourly billing, revealed at proposal stage | Fixed price per engagement, published in advance |
| Who delivers the work | Senior consultant sells; junior team delivers | Same person leads, designs, and delivers |
| Engagement length | Open-ended or with renewal incentives built in | Defined from the start; closes with a deliverable |
| Output | Presentation deck, often not revised after delivery | Written document designed to be used, not just received |
| Local knowledge | Often applied as a generic overlay to global frameworks | Practice built on direct experience in the Thai context |
| Follow-on work | Structured to make retainers feel necessary | Outputs are self-contained; no dependency created |
On what sets us apart
Distinctive features of the practice
Written outputs designed to be read
The documents Saltgrove produces are written for the people who will use them, in plain language, without jargon or framework padding. They are short enough to read in a sitting and structured so the most important observations are easy to find.
Willingness to decline engagements
If the initial conversation suggests the problem is outside our scope, or that a different kind of support would serve the organisation better, we say so clearly. This keeps the practice honest and the work quality consistent.
Transparent about what we are not
Saltgrove does not provide financial advisory, legal, or medical services. We are organisational consultants with a specific set of engagements. That clarity helps clients know exactly what they are commissioning.
Network without dependency
Where an engagement surfaces a need that sits outside Saltgrove's scope, we can point to other practitioners or resources. We do not refer clients to partners for commercial reasons — only when it is genuinely the right direction.
On our track record
Eight years of focused work
80+
Engagements completed
8
Years operating in Bangkok
14
Sectors worked across
3
Core engagement types, unchanged
On taking stock
A thirty-minute call costs nothing and clarifies everything.
We talk through what your organisation is working on, and discuss whether any of the three engagements would be useful. No obligation from an initial conversation.
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