DEEPGRAIN · AN OPERATING CONSULTANCY BUILT FOR THE AI ERA.
The grain is always there. Most have never looked for it.
I've spent two decades inside organisations. Building them, fixing them, watching what makes them hold and what makes them come apart.
After enough of that, you read an organisation before the introductory call is over. Pattern recognition built from real exposure, nothing more.
I work at three altitudes at once: strategy, the function, and the people who carry it. The detail lives on the Method page.
Matthew Bradburn. Founder. Still doing the work myself.
I've built and rebuilt people functions across companies of fifty to six hundred people. Defence, climate, fintech, transit, health, legal, e-commerce. Different sectors, same underlying craft.
I founded and exited People Collective, trained 1,000+ managers across 100+ cohorts, and led PE and M&A advisory work that got portfolio companies exit-ready. The work that travels best is the work that survives the carpenter leaving the room.
Deepgrain is that practice, rebuilt so one person can run it properly. Strategy at the top. Enablement and training across the team. Agents and automations in the workflow. Built function by function, top to bottom. We run the model on ourselves first, then bring it to clients who want something built to last.
- 20+
- Years inside operating teams
- 100+
- Manager cohorts trained
- 7
- Sectors worked in
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The work that survives is the work the client can run without me in the room.
We built the proof on ourselves.
Deepgrain runs on agents I built for this exact work. Jobs that used to need a full consulting team now move faster, lighter, and sharper than anything a deck ever delivered.
We ran the model on our own operations first. Everything we recommend has been used in anger here before it reaches a client.
Workflows processed this month
Handled end to end by agents
From 7 days to resolve
Track record.
1,000+ managers trained across 100+ cohorts.
Clients from 50 to 600 people.
Sectors include defence, climate, fintech, transit, health, legal, and e-commerce.
Previously founded and exited People Collective.
PE and M&A advisory including exit readiness engagements.
“Growing and scaling successfully rests on how you bring in and manage people. Matt provides the guidance every startup needs.”
“Matt has always been my go to advisor. At Multiverse they helped us accelerate hiring and introduce a progression framework that supported our team's development.”
If any of that's true of your organisation, say so.
Thirty minutes tells us both if there's a fit.