the door is open
Got a problem worth solving? Let's get to work on it.
&us open is a standing invitation. Hand us a challenge you have been circling and we will give it fresh thinking to push it forward. It is free, and there is nothing to buy at the end of it.
No fee
No pitch to sit through
No obligation, ever
Yours to keep
let's make
* The same team trusted by
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The EconomistJohnson & JohnsonMacmillanLVMH
What it is
A free hit of new thinking for a problem on your plate.
We make things for a living. Ideas, prototypes, provocations, brought to life fast. No team runs at full tilt every week, and when we have room we would rather point that energy at a real client problem than let it sit idle. So we are opening the doors. Tell us what you are wrestling with and we will get to work on it.
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You bring the problem
Something stuck on your list. A live project that needs another brain. A question you cannot quite crack. Whatever it is, hand it over.
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We set up a quick call
We get back to you within two working days to set up a short call, so we understand what you are really after before we start.
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We bring the thinking
The spark you were missing, the angle you had not spotted, something solid to react to. Yours to keep, no strings.
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the honest bit
Why would anyone do this for free?
Fair question. This is how we meet people. We would rather show you what it is like to work with us than send you a deck about it. So we give first, on a real problem, with no invoice attached.
If it clicks and you want to do more together, brilliant. If not, you keep the thinking and we have met someone new worth knowing. Either way is a good outcome for us.
The kind of thinking we bring
We answer with a provocation, not a proposal.
Hand us a problem, and we'll reframe it and generate expansive ideas to explore a new direction. A few we have been chewing on lately:
What if your pension felt more like the life it's buying you?
What if the shop knew what you needed before you did?
What if eating alone felt like the best seat in the house?
Who it is for
Built for people carrying more problems than hours.
If you lead marketing, innovation or growth in a large organisation, you know the feeling. A backlog of things that deserve real thought, and rarely the space to give it. &us open is a place to put one of them down and let someone else pick it up.
- Chief Marketing Officers with more ideas than time to chase them down
- Heads of Innovation looking for a spark from outside the building
- Insight and strategy leads who want their thinking pressure-tested
- Growth and proposition teams with a problem that has gone quiet
Who you would be working with
Real people, not a faceless inbox.
A small senior team who like rolling up their sleeves. Bring a problem and these are the people who get stuck into it with you.
In good company
Just the right amount of creativity and challenge to get us moving.
Martin Thackray, Innovation Lead, Post Office. On rebuilding the Post Office's digital and innovation capability with &us.
Why we do it
Because we genuinely love a good problem.
There is no hidden meter running. When we have room in the team, we would rather spend it giving something useful to a client than keep it to ourselves. It is how we get to make, to flex, and to meet people working on things that matter. We run a handful of these at a time, so we can give each one proper attention. Bring us yours and see what comes back.
Bring us a problem
Tell us what you are wrestling with.
Be as rough or as ready as you like. A sentence is enough to get us started, and we will fill in the gaps when we talk.
Once you have sent it over, we will be in touch to arrange some time to connect and explore your challenge in more detail.
- Free, with nothing to buy at the end
- We reply within two working days
- The thinking is yours to keep, either way
By sending this you are happy for &us to get in touch to arrange a call about your problem. Nothing more.