● Running Start · For the hiring window
You're hiring an AItransformation leader.Give them arunning start.
A 12-week sprint on the Human Layer platform while your search runs. We map how your organisation actually works on the Human Layer Graph, model the impact of AI on top of it, and get you ready: roadmap confirmed, KPIs framed, handover pack built. Your leader lands with the blueprint in hand and spends day one driving change, not working out where to start.
- Term
- 12 weeksa decision gate at the end, nothing renews by default
- Price
- From $8,000USD, fixed scope, priced on the roles we map
- Platform
- The Human Layer Graphowned by your organisation, live long after week 12
- You get
- Map, model, briefwaiting for your permanent hire on day one
01 The window
A leader is only as good as what they inherit.
02 Pricing
Priced on roles, not day rates.
A fixed-scope programme. It starts at $8,000 USD for up to 50 roles and scales with the number of roles we map, with custom pricing above 250. Roles means the distinct roles we analyse, not your headcount: a 500-person company might map to 75. The number you agree is the number you pay.
All prices in USD. An embedded lead to run the sprint with you is an optional add-on, scoped on the call. See what that covers below.
Running Start estimate
Move the slider to your role count. Roles means the distinct roles you choose to analyse, not your headcount.
Up to 50 roles · USD
- The Human Layer Graph: your organisation mapped, owned by you
- The impact of AI modelled role by role, with scenarios and a roadmap
- A role brief and day-one handover pack for your hire
Indicative, to help you plan. Final scope and price are confirmed on a short call. Non-USD figures use indicative rates.
Email us the shape of it and we'll come back with scope, price and timing. Your role count and estimate come pre-filled.
03 The embedded lead · optional add-on
Want it run from inside?
Running Start works as a service: our team builds on the platform, yours confirms rather than compiles. The embedded lead is for organisations that want someone on the ground: a senior Human Layer Lab transformation lead in the seat for set hours each week, running the programme from inside while you search.
On the ground, on the platform, with your team
The shape
- HoursA set number of hours per week, agreed up front
- WhereRemote, hybrid or on site, whatever fits your team
- TermRuns through the 12 weeks, ends at the decision gate
- PriceScoped and priced on the call, on top of the sprint
What they do
- 01Runs the sprint from inside
Drives the ingestion and modelling on the platform, on the ground with your team, for the agreed hours each week.
- 02Consults on the search
Helps define the role's scope, works the hiring plan with you, and weighs candidates against the impact model.
- 03Prepares the ground
Works with your managers and team so the change has allies before it has a leader, and the organisation is ready to move.
- 04Sets your hire up, then steps back
Overlaps with your leader in the final weeks, hands over the baseline, and exits. Nothing renews by default.
04 The sprint
Twelve weeks, while the search runs.
A fixed shape, not an open-ended engagement. The platform does the heavy lifting; your team confirms rather than compiles. A gate at each end, and nothing renews by default.
The scoping call
30 minutes sets the shape: the role count, the perimeter, and what your hire should inherit on day one.
Ingest
We ingest your organisation: the role list, job descriptions, an HR export, however they exist. Imperfect data is the normal starting condition, not a blocker.
→ Your org, on one living graph.Your exports, our engineThe graph goes live
Your organisation, mapped: every role, task, process and tool connected on one living graph. The picture of how you actually run, and the asset everything else builds on.
→ You see how you actually run.Our engine, your managers confirmThe AI impact assessment
The impact of AI, modelled on top of the graph: every role decomposed into its tasks, each scored for exposure and constraint, with the evidence attached.
→ You see where AI actually lands.Our engine, your managers confirmGet the org ready
With the graph and the impact model live, the baseline starts earning: confirm the roadmap, frame the KPIs, set the immediate priorities, and sharpen the role brief against the evidence.
→ A funded plan, with evidence attached.Leadership, in the loopHandover
The handover pack comes together: the role brief rewritten from task-level evidence, the first priorities sequenced, and overlap time for the leader you chose. The graph stays live and stays yours.
→ Your hire lands with the blueprint.Your hire, with overlapThe decision gate
Hand over, extend, or stop. Nothing renews by default, and the map, the model and the brief are yours whatever you decide.
05 The hire
A sharper search. A faster start.
The baseline is a set of things you can hold. Before the contract is signed it sharpens who you choose; from day one it is everything your leader builds on.
Before they sign · what the search gets
Scope, deliverables and KPIs drafted from task-level evidence, so the brief describes the job as it actually is, not a template.
Their first six to twelve months sequenced, so you can show candidates the actual mandate they would be taking on.
The impact model shows the change your organisation actually needs, so you weigh candidates against evidence, not gut feel.
Strong candidates see a mapped organisation and a funded, evidenced plan. The best ones notice the difference.
From day one · what your leader inherits
The full picture of how you run: roles, tasks, processes and tools on one living graph, guiding their planning from the first week.
The impact of AI scored role by role on top of the graph, with the high-leverage starting points evidenced.
Initiatives, deliverables and KPIs sequenced, plus their own role brief and a day-one handover pack.
All of it owned by your organisation. The graph stays live long after week 12.
Built for organisations that check.
SOC 2 Type II. Singapore region infrastructure. The same platform behind every Human Layer Lab engagement.
- Engagement-scoped accessStaff access is scoped to the engagement, never broader.
- Read-only connectionsConnections you can revoke, whenever you choose.
- No training on your dataEver. Your graph stays yours. Full detail in our Trust Center.
05 Questions
Asked, answered.
So do we. Running Start exists to make your hire succeed. The search runs the whole time; the sprint makes sure whoever you choose inherits a mapped organisation and a live roadmap instead of a blank page.
They can, and it will cost you their first quarter. Ingesting roles, tasks, tools and processes into one model is what the platform does. Their judgement is better spent on the decisions the baseline makes possible.
Best time. The sprint defines the role from task-level evidence instead of a template job description, and the impact model shows which skillset your business actually needs. You will hire against what the work really is.
A Human Layer Lab team, on the platform, with your people confirming rather than compiling. If you want the seat held while you search, an embedded lead can run the sprint from inside as an add-on, scoped on the call.
A role list, an HR export and job descriptions in whatever format they exist. Imperfect data is the normal starting condition, not a blocker.
The remaining weeks become their onboarding: overlap time, the handover pack, and a role brief already written. That is the best version of the programme, not a complication.
A decision gate: hand over, extend, or stop. Nothing renews by default. The graph, the model and the brief are owned by your organisation whatever you decide.
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30 minutes. We walk the shape, you name the role count, and you leave with a price, a start date, and enough to decide.