Clear answers before you take the next step.

Cultural Intelligence Studio is a founder-led strategy, creative development and AI-enabled support studio. It helps artists, creative entrepreneurs, event organisers, community organisations and independent businesses turn promising ideas into clearer, stronger and more achievable work.

C.I.S. supports artists and creative entrepreneurs, event organisers and cultural programmes, community organisations, CICs and charities, and ambitious independent businesses and brands.

No. C.I.S. also works with founders and independent businesses whose work benefits from cultural understanding, creative thinking, clearer positioning and practical strategic development.

Support can include strategy and positioning, research and cultural intelligence, brand messaging and communications, creative and project development, marketing and audience growth, and selected AI systems and workflows.

No. A clear outline of your idea, challenge or opportunity is enough for an initial conversation. C.I.S. can help identify what needs to be clarified before a larger piece of work begins.

Yes. The C.I.S. Starter Reviews provide a tightly scoped first step for idea clarity, project and funding readiness, or immediate marketing direction. A Strategy & Growth Sprint is available when the priority needs more developed support.

You can use the two-minute Project Diagnostic or describe your current challenge in an enquiry. C.I.S. will recommend the most proportionate starting point rather than forcing the work into an unsuitable package.

Your enquiry is reviewed personally. If C.I.S. appears to be a suitable fit, you will receive a proposed next step—usually an initial conversation or a clearly defined starting service. If another route would serve you better, the studio will say so honestly.

Fees depend on the scope, complexity and level of support required. The current five-client pilot starts at £125 for a focused Starter Review. Larger projects and ongoing partnerships are priced after the intended outcomes and deliverables have been defined.

Turnaround is agreed before work begins. Starter Reviews are designed for delivery within three to five working days, depending on the selected review. Larger engagements receive a schedule shaped around their scope and dependencies.

Yes. The intended outcome, scope, deliverables, timetable and relevant boundaries are clarified before project work begins.

Yes, where agreed. Some engagements end with a focused review or strategy, while others continue into content, project resources, campaign development, refinement or ongoing partnership support.

It is C.I.S.’s signature action, learning and decision system, created from the findings of a review or strategy engagement. It organises the next 90 days into Understand, Test and Decide stages while connecting focused priorities with evidence, cultural context, responsibility and review points.

The Idea Clarity & Validation Review and Project & Funding Readiness Review include a tailored 90-day roadmap. Selected Development Assessments, Strategy & Growth Sprints, website intelligence reviews and larger strategy engagements can include a more detailed version when stated in the agreed scope. The Marketing Direction Starter uses a focused four-week roadmap.

Yes. Its priorities come from the evidence, risks, assumptions and objectives identified in your review. The structure provides consistency, but the actions and decisions are specific to the work being examined.

It is prioritised, evidence-conscious and realistic about capacity. Actions are connected to why they matter, who is responsible, what result is intended and what should be learned before the next commitment. It also distinguishes immediate work from ideas that should be deferred.

Yes, where separately agreed. A roadmap may stand alone as a clear next-step document, or lead into implementation support, a progress review or a wider engagement. The recommended route depends on the work and the level of support required.

No. It identifies strengths, assumptions, evidence gaps and sensible next tests. It cannot guarantee demand or commercial success.

No. It is a diagnostic review of one supplied concept or draft. It does not include bid writing, a full project plan, budget creation, submission or funder liaison.

No. It provides focused direction, channel priorities, a four-week roadmap and tailored prompts. Content production, design, posting, advertising and campaign management are outside the Starter scope.

Each review covers one clearly defined idea, project, draft or immediate marketing objective. Wider or multiple priorities require a separately scoped engagement.

AI may support research, synthesis and production workflows where useful. It does not replace founder judgement, client context or human review. Final responsibility for the quality and relevance of the work remains human-led.

No. Tools may increase depth, consistency and capacity, but the work is shaped by your context, reviewed by the founder and developed against the agreed purpose and scope.

No. C.I.S. can strengthen clarity, readiness, positioning and decision-making, but cannot guarantee demand, funding, sales, attendance or project success.