About ChaseTheElephant
The Intellectual Artisan
For 20 years, I've been the person leadership called on when standard solutions didn't exist. While others optimize existing processes, I invent entirely new ones. I work like a composer—long periods of silence punctuated by moments of clarity. Your problem becomes my temporary obsession until the right solution emerges. I'm not a social consultant. I don't do status meetings or collaborative workshops. I do my best thinking alone, usually with classical music, always without interruption. You get solutions designed for reality—your specific reality with its budget constraints, personality conflicts, and beautiful human dysfunction.
Examples of Creative Solutions
Problems where creative blocks and cultural norms were preventing obvious solutions.
The "Staff Shortage" That Wasn't
A nonprofit kept losing good employees after 6-12 months. Leadership kept trying to solve it with higher pay and better benefits. The real problem: invisible work overload. Staff were drowning in administrative tasks that weren't in anyone's job description. The solution wasn't more people—it was eliminating the chaos that was consuming 40% of everyone's time.
The Innovation Team That Couldn't Innovate
A company created an "innovation team" but couldn't understand why they never produced anything innovative. The problem: their approval process required innovations to be pre-approved by committees who couldn't evaluate something that didn't exist yet. The solution was changing the evaluation criteria from "will this work?" to "is this worth testing?"
Why This Approach Works
Most consultants tell you how to fix what you already know is broken. I find the problems you're pretending don't exist. AI gives you textbook answers for perfect scenarios. I design solutions for your actual mess—with your specific people, politics, and constraints. The elephants in your room aren't hiding because they're hard to see. They're hiding because everyone has agreed not to look.