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                            FREELANCE SERVICES FROM 
                            THE PRODUCTIVE PESSIMIST

The Productive Pessimist offers strategic direction in expanded inclusion, rooted in lived experience, and honed through work with non-profit and social enterprise leaders, as well as through leadership roles in recruitment, employability, healthcare, and finance.

Our typical day rate is £350per diem,  with a per hour rate of £45per hour.

We also have a range of pre-packaged fixed cost services:


. Insight & Analysis: £600pm
Tailored for your sector, and your business' immediate areas of concerns, our insight and analysis specialisms include disability and neurodiversity in the workplace, personal and professional transitions, and team breakdowns, although we are happy to cover your organisation's areas of interest, from international finance to local planning decisions.

Insight and Analysis reports will be provided weekly, on a day to suit your organisation.

Your first month is payable on booking, with subsequent months invoiced by ourselves in arrears.   


. Strategic Direction: £250pm
Centred on your organisation's ambitions, and linked to natural capacity, Strategic Direction reports will be provided monthly, with weekly check-ins and support.

Your first month is payable on booking, with subsequent months invoiced by ourselves in arrears.   


. Tailored Responsiveness Plan: £300pm
Bookable by the month, quarter, or annually, our Tailored Responsiveness provides human-centric preparedness for your anticipated issues.

Your first month is payable on booking; if booking quarterly or annually, you will be invoiced in advance of each quarter (eg, Month 1 of Q1 is payable on booking, with the remaining 2 months invoiced on receipt of Month 1's payment, and due within 21 days; Q2 will be invoiced at the start of the final week of Q1, with payment due within 7 days, etc)

. Inclusive Design Service: 1% of build/fit out budget, or £1,000pm
Offering flexible billing, which accommodates the likely requirements of your business, from one-off projects to multiple contracts, our inclusive design service draws on professional experience in construction, including heritage construction, and local government, including planning considerations, and lived experience of disability, neurodiversity, and gendered experience, enhanced by legal familiarity of these areas, ensuring your build, rebuild, or redesign is open and accessible to the widest possible client base from day one.

Inclusive Design, Crisis Inclusion Response, And Package of Insight, Strategic, and Responsiveness Services: £24,000pa
This service requires advance payment for the full year; where multiple years are booked, we can accommodate quarterly billing schedules from Year 2.

As well as providing you with a tailored package of our Insight and Analysis, Strategic Direction, and Tailored Responsiveness services, this full-provision service includes dedicated availability of up to 2 days per month for crisis inclusion response around disability, neurodiversity, mental health, gender identity, and team cohesion challenges at all levels of your organisation, supporting HR teams to compassionately and appropriately address situations before they become difficulties, protecting organisational reputation, and assisting senior leadership teams in acting right for everyone, first time.

Reflective Practice & Reciprocal Mentorship Facilitation: (Remote across the UK, or in person in Lowestoft, Beccles, Great Yarmouth or Norwich): £35 per hour, plus travel expenses for in person. 
Payable in full on booking, minimum booking 2hrs.

Emotional Intelligence Training: £25 per person 
We can accommodate up to 10 people per session.

Our next session will be Monday 22nd June, 9.30am-12.30pm
Email theproductivepessimist@yahoo.com to express an interest; payment is due in full when the session is confirmed (typically a week before the session.)



To arrange a more focused discussion, or to book a service, please email in the first instance:
theproductivepessimist@yahoo.com

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