What this is
Sometimes you do not need a leader, you need an answer. A few weeks, a defined question, and a recommendation you can act on or reject on its merits.
What usually brings people here
A board question nobody internally can answer without a conflict of interest. A vendor decision. A performance problem where the diagnosis keeps changing.
What I do
I look, I ask, I tell you what I actually think. No account team, no upsell to a bigger programme.