Conversations that don't sit in one discipline.

i.  The question underneath the question

What people bring here is rarely the question they came in with. It is the thing one layer down.

• The hire that everyone says is great but your gut keeps stalling on.
• The deal you keep redrafting because the real question is whether to do the deal at all.
• The decision you have been narrating in your head for six months.
• The thing your co-founder said that you have not decided whether to forgive.
• The lawsuit you do not want filed but the alternative is worse.

ii.  The five practices

1. Law.

   Admitted to the High Court of Malaya (RLB Advocates & Solicitors). The matters that reach me are rarely short of lawyers; they are short of someone to say what the thing is actually about. Most of it settles before anything is filed.

2. Software.

   Founder, Axon Avenue PLT. Three live products: Saraf (autism education), MatSelamat (court document generator), Proxi (operator interface).

3. Personality data.

   HEXACO and archetype work. Pattern recognition you cannot turn off once it is there. It sits underneath much of what gets discussed here.

4. Writing.

   Two books in motion (UNDISTORTED and Say It For Me). Writing is how I work out what I think before saying it.

5. Music.

   Operator of Sync Primitive (record label). Production credits under two artist names. Tempo, taste, and what to cut transfer to the other work more than people expect.

Epigraph

If the conversation in your head has already happened twice, it should probably happen out loud.

Not the right person for AI tooling reviews or pitch coaching. For anything else worth an hour, the schedule is below.

iii.  Schedule of formats

For a year-long thread, see The Year →

¹ Rates reviewed yearly.