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8-week business transformation momentum
The Exponential Agency
Actionable strategy for NZ boards and CEOs.
Navigating the three transitions that will define the next decade: business model, energy and AI. Senior Partner only. No analyst pyramid. No unnecessary slides.
Strategic vision and fully-costed policies for NZ’s energy transition · AI Takeoff Playbook used by NZ leadership teams · Rapid business transformation momentum with NZ corporates
What we do
Exponential Services
The world just sped up, again.
This is how we help.
Service · 01
ExO Transformation Sprint
Accelerate your transformation. 8 weeks instead of 3 years and address all the reasons transformation efforts fail
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Corporate Strategy for Exponential Age
High impact strategy without an army of consultants. Clarify priorities with single point accountability and build momentum behind initiatives.
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New Venture Development
Corporates are notorious for killing exciting new ventures before they scale. We've seen this movie before; our playbook balances startup agility with oversight and control.
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Transformation as a Service
On-demand access to executives who have done it before. An un-conflicted partner in your corner, ready to roll their sleeves up.
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Awake Workshop
Patient on life support? Shock, awe and inspire decision makers to embrace the mindset and culture to survive and thrive in the exponential world.
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Trusted by NZ leadership teams.
A sample of the boards, executives and councils we’ve worked with across the three transitions.
Lotto NZ
Digital transformation roadmap
Vector
New venture creation
Forsyth Barr
Growth strategy development
EnviroNZ
Innovation process facilitation
BusinessNZ Energy Council
Awake Workshop presentation
Institute of Directors
Governance presentation
About The Exponential Agency
What we believe.
Three forces will reshape every NZ business in the next ten years: business model disruption, the energy transition, and AI. Most strategy work in NZ still assumes the world is linear. It isn’t.
We’re a small senior team that has operating experience through this before: strategy, turnarounds, new business creation, transformation, AI adoption. We deliver the work with your teams. No pyramid. No 200-slide deck. Mostly workshops, real decisions, and momentum.
01 Senior Partner-only delivery
02 Business model + energy + AI specialists
03 Impact-heavy, paper-light
04 Built for NZ corporates and large family businesses
Proof across the three transitions
Business model
10+ corporate ventures attempted between the two partners
Multi-million-dollar budgets across telco, financial services and adjacent industries.
Energy
$8,739 → $5,417 → $3,125
Household energy cost trajectory from the 33-page Energy Prosperity 2030 vision.
AI
9 moves · 3 phases
The AI Takeoff Playbook — phase-by-phase plays plus a 5-question diagnostic.
Our People
Two partners.
Senior-only delivery. The people in these photos are the people on your engagement.
Rod Snodgrass
Led a telco into becoming a digital services company by disrupting itself. Now invests in founders and businesses that do the disrupting. Experienced director and New Zealand and Australian Fellow Chartered Accountant.
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Duane Fernandes
Advisor to CEOs in horticulture, aviation, energy, financial services and tourism navigating rapidly changing environments. Designed and implemented multiple corporate ventures across industries.
LinkedInInsights
Exponential Insights
Thoughts on exponential technologies, business models, and the future of strategy.
Energy Transformation
Time For Optimism — Cheap Abundant Energy Is Coming
Exploring the transformative potential of emerging energy technologies and their exponential impact on global economies and societies.
Interactive Read
Growth Strategy
Grow or Die — Updated
An updated perspective on organisational growth imperatives in the exponential age, examining why adaptation and exponential thinking are critical for survival.
Interactive Read
Featured Playbook
The AI Takeoff Playbook
Phase-by-phase plays for leaders navigating AI transformation, with a 5-question diagnostic to identify your starting moves.
5 questions · 2 minutes Open
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Start the conversation.
If you’re a NZ board, CEO or senior leadership team navigating business model, energy or AI transition — we’d like to hear from you.
Engagements
Typically run 4–12 weeks. Workshop-heavy, paper-light. Two named partners on every engagement — no analyst pyramid.
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