The Decision Examination is IHSAN Advisory’s principal engagement. It is commissioned before a consequential decision becomes strategy, transaction, allocation, policy, or irreversible commitment. Its purpose is not to make the decision for the principal. Its purpose is to make the decision more examinable.
A Decision Examination is appropriate when the consequences of being wrong materially exceed the cost of examining the decision again.
Every examination is specific to the decision. Depending on the situation, IHSAN may examine:
IHSAN begins with the decision as it currently exists. We examine relevant materials, reasoning, assumptions and context; speak confidentially with the people necessary to understand the environment; test the structure surrounding the decision; and identify what deserves reconsideration before commitment.
The process is deliberately bespoke. We do not publish a standardized formula for consequential judgment.
The decision remains yours.
At the examination. IHSAN will not formulate the resulting strategy. We will not implement it. We will not participate in procurement resulting from it. We will not accept success fees, referral fees, or any compensation tied to what you decide or how it is carried out. Any further examination is a separate engagement, commissioned only at your request.
That boundary is not a limitation of the engagement. It is one of its principal features.
Consequential decisions frequently involve information that should remain private. Engagements are conducted discreetly. Scope, participation, information access, documentation and communication protocols are established according to the requirements of the principal and the matter under examination.
IHSAN accepts a limited number of Decision Examinations. Scope and investment reflect the consequence, complexity, access requirements and demands of the examination.
Following an initial Decision Examination, you may commission a further examination, or IHSAN may establish a Standing Examination Mandate for institutions requiring continuing access. Each is separate and optional, with its own scope and terms agreed privately. Neither is a condition of the initial examination, and neither carries a share in what you decide or earn.
Decision Examinations begin at USD 50,000. The scope and fixed fee are agreed privately before the engagement begins.
A Decision Examination typically takes about twelve weeks, depending on when documents are delivered and when interviews can be scheduled.