Define the end state
Move beyond positions and clarify what a successful, realistic outcome actually looks like.
Our approach
Arrive by design—not by chance.
Start with the outcome. Understand the environment. Create options. Then build the path.
Ab extremo incipe
Start at the end.
Every dispute ends. Every negotiation concludes. Every litigation reaches an outcome. Breakthrough works backwards from the end state to identify the decisions, leverage and conditions that will shape it.
Read the environment
Map interests, relationships, pressure, timing, information and centres of influence.
Create options
Develop more than one viable route, preserving flexibility as events and information change.
Shape the path
Sequence decisions and actions so that the preferred outcome becomes progressively more attainable.