Independent AI strategy
and advisory

Think more clearly about what AI changes — before you decide, while you're solving something, or when you want to know what's now possible.

This is not an implementation agency. I don't sell software, deploy agents or build automations as a service. My value is independent attention — I listen, question, investigate and help you see what may not be visible yet. You stay responsible for your business, your implementation and your decisions.

Advising clients across three continents for over 15 years

Jacqueline has advised entrepreneurs, leaders and multimillion-dollar companies across the USA, UK and South Africa. Her work has been recognized by Marie Forleo, Ramit Sethi and Mark Manson.

What brings you here?

Three reasons people call
Brave Advisory.

Not three service packages. Three different moments where independent AI advisory helps — and a dedicated page for each.

Door One

I have a decision to make.

“We're considering doing something with AI. Before we commit, I want another set of eyes on it.”

An AI vendor proposal, a workflow automation, an agent, a new platform. I look at what's being proposed and help you see what deserves attention before you decide — not after.

Explore AI Decision Advisory
Door Two

I have a problem to solve.

“Something isn't working properly. Could AI help us solve this differently?”

A bottleneck, a recurring frustration, an expensive inefficiency. We start with what's actually going on — not with what to automate.

Explore AI Problem Advisory
Door Three

I want to see what's possible.

“Nothing is necessarily broken. I want to know what AI could make possible here that we're not seeing yet.”

Your business, your expertise and your knowledge, as they already are. The aim is one or two possibilities worth taking seriously — not fifty ideas you'll never use.

Explore AI Possibilities

I don't implement. I illuminate.

You retain responsibility for your business, your implementation and your decisions. My value is independent strategic attention — brought to whichever of these three moments you're in.

Across all three doors

Same practice. Different situation.

ListenQuestionInvestigateConnect the dotsNotice patternsChallenge assumptionsIdentify gapsSee possibilitiesNotice consequencesBring human judgment

The distinction isn't in how I work. It's in what you bring: a decision, a problem or a possibility. Where cybersecurity, legal, financial or other specialist expertise is required, I'll say so — I'm not a substitute for it.

01About Jacqueline
Jacqueline

I am fascinated by what becomes possible when human intelligence thoughtfully engages with the capabilities of “artificial intelligence.” I call this Augmented Intelligence.

The work behind it

After a decade working with multi-million dollar companies and visionary entrepreneurs around the world as a marketing consultant, marketing director and creative director — guiding leaders, campaigns and creative projects — I now direct AI to do what was previously impossible. I work with leaders and teams to show them what becomes possible when AI is applied with intention, without losing what makes the work, and them, human.

I use AI extensively in my own work: to research, think, synthesize, organize knowledge and turn what once lived only in my imagination into tangible reality. I also keep the most meaningful parts of my process for myself — deliberately. The joy and the growth come from doing that work myself.

How I work

My background crosses strategy, marketing, creative direction, facilitation, teaching, research and systems thinking. My formal education is in Psychology and History. I enter complicated situations, listen closely, connect things that have been sitting in separate boxes, notice what's missing, and turn that understanding into something useful.

What this is, and isn't

I'm not an AI engineer, and this isn't an implementation agency. I work a layer above that: intention, possibility, judgment and consequences. Sometimes the answer is technology. Sometimes it's redesigning how information is organized. And sometimes good judgment means deciding not to automate something simply because we can.

02Praise

What can happen in one conversation?

For over a decade I applied this same thinking, strategy and judgment to business consulting, marketing and creative direction. Now I direct AI — and teach others to do the same. These testimonials speak to that judgment, not to AI specifically.

Seeing the real problem

Jacqueline got right to the heart of my biggest business problem — which was giving me nightmares — and gave me a solution in one phone call. She knows how to cut through the noise and save you so much time and headaches.

Carolynn Ananian
Carolynn Ananian
Entrepreneur, USA

Jacqueline zoned right in on three major areas for improvement and new revenue streams, with fantastic, concrete suggestions and action steps that I could actually take.

Sarah Van Loon
Sarah Van Loon
Systems Consultant & Bookkeeper, USA
Getting unstuck

Jacqueline can make the difference between being stuck for two months or two days — and that difference matters a lot. If you're a top performer chasing big things, she's one of those people you want by your side.

Primoz Bozic
Primoz Bozic
Entrepreneur & Consultant, Slovenia

Working with Jacqueline helped me accelerate in ways I didn't realize before. The difference between where I was and where I am now is night and day.

Naveen Dittakavi
Naveen Dittakavi
Software Entrepreneur & Business Advisor, USA
Spotting the opportunity

During a massive product launch, she suggested one action — that required little effort on my part — that brought in almost $20k extra revenue.

Jason Zook
Jason Zook
Serial Entrepreneur & TEDx Speaker, USA

Jacqueline is extremely creative in her approach. She added remarkable value to our bottom line and our online presence — a true community builder and an invaluable asset.

Glenn Jakins
Glenn Jakins
Inventor & Serial Entrepreneur, USA
Confidence to act

Jacqueline came to our session already having researched our company and created several optional plans. Instead of feeling intimidated, I felt excited, confident and ready to take action.

Cara Hollenbeck
General Manager, USA

Jacqueline has single-handedly increased my vision and confidence, leading directly to savings of thousands of dollars within the first few months.

Heath Armstrong
Heath Armstrong
Podcaster & Online Entrepreneur, USA
All-round credibility

Jacqueline is a phenomenal marketing strategist and content marketer. When you hire her you can expect creativity and a passion for the work. She uses her background in Psychology to significant advantage — you are truly dealing with a top performer.

Michael Mercer
Michael Mercer
Creative Director & Entrepreneur, USA

These come from a decade of thinking, strategy and consulting. The judgment is the same; now I direct AI, and show others how to as well.

Carolynn Ananian
“gave me a solution in one phone call” — Carolynn Ananian
Jason Zook
“almost $20k extra revenue” — Jason Zook
Primoz Bozic
“stuck for two months or two days” — Primoz Bozic
“excited, confident and ready to act” — Cara Hollenbeck
Sarah Van Loon
“concrete suggestions I could actually take” — Sarah Van Loon
Heath Armstrong
“savings of thousands of dollars” — Heath Armstrong
Naveen Dittakavi
“the difference is night and day” — Naveen Dittakavi
Glenn Jakins
“a true community builder” — Glenn Jakins
Michael Mercer
“you are truly dealing with a top performer” — Michael Mercer
Carolynn Ananian
“gave me a solution in one phone call” — Carolynn Ananian
Jason Zook
“almost $20k extra revenue” — Jason Zook
Primoz Bozic
“stuck for two months or two days” — Primoz Bozic
“excited, confident and ready to act” — Cara Hollenbeck
Sarah Van Loon
“concrete suggestions I could actually take” — Sarah Van Loon
Heath Armstrong
“savings of thousands of dollars” — Heath Armstrong
Naveen Dittakavi
“the difference is night and day” — Naveen Dittakavi
Glenn Jakins
“a true community builder” — Glenn Jakins
Michael Mercer
“you are truly dealing with a top performer” — Michael Mercer
03AI & Me

Thinking publicly about what it means to live and work with AI

A separate, editorial space — related to Brave Advisory, but not one of its commercial offers. Where I explore the larger human questions underneath the practical work: agency, responsibility and what should stay ours as these systems get more capable.

AI & Me — Coming Soon
Before you choose

The questions people ask first

Which door is right for me?

If something specific is about to be decided — a vendor, a tool, a policy — that's Decision. If something is broken, slow or expensive right now, that's Problem. If nothing is wrong but you're curious what you're not seeing, that's Possibility. If you're still not sure, book anyway — we'll work it out in the first five minutes.

I don't know anything about AI. Is this too early for me?

It's exactly the right time. You don't need to know which tool you want, or whether AI is even the answer. You need to know your own situation. I'll bring the knowledge of what's now possible.

What actually happens in the 45 minutes?

We start with your situation, not with technology. What are you trying to achieve, where is time and knowledge leaking, what do you already have. Then we look at what's newly possible — and, just as importantly, where human judgment and relationship need to stay central.

You don't need to prepare anything. Come with the thing that's on your mind.

Are you going to try to sell me a big implementation project?

No. Every one of the three doors ends with a session and a written synthesis, not a proposal. If something worth building surfaces, we'll talk about it — that might be a scoped project with me, or it might be a referral to a technical specialist. Often the honest answer is that you don't need to build anything at all.

Your testimonials are about marketing, not AI. Why should I trust you on this?

A fair question. Those testimonials are about my thinking, strategy and consulting — the judgment of cutting through noise and finding the real problem. That's the same faculty this work runs on. What's changed is what I now direct: I direct AI daily to research, synthesize, organize knowledge and ship things that used to need a whole team.

Do you have any formal AI training, or is this just experience?

Both. Alongside daily hands-on use, I completed OutSkill's 3-Day Generative AI Bootcamp — you can view my certificate here.

But formal training is only part of the picture. The real qualification is a decade of judgment work — cutting through noise, finding the real problem — applied daily to AI since it became genuinely useful.

Is this for individuals or organisations?

Both. I work with founders and independent professionals on their own thinking and capacity, and with leadership teams on how their organisation decides, builds and gets work done. The format is the same across all three doors; the scope of what you bring differs.

What does “recognized by Marie Forleo, Mark Manson and Ramit Sethi” mean?

In 2012, I was selected from nearly 400 entries as one of 10 winners of a full Marie Forleo B-School scholarship.

In 2015, I won Ramit Sethi's $1,000 Pitch Contest. “Jacqueline's pitch was the best, hands down,” Ramit wrote. “She built a website and took the time to write a mouth-watering pitch. Sold.” He highlighted my “show, don't tell” approach and the fun execution as key reasons the pitch stood out.

In 2019, I was one of 16 applicants selected from more than 300 to advance to the second phase of Mark Manson's hiring process. In his private correspondence with me, he described my application as “incredibly impressive.”

These moments reflect a pattern that has shaped my work for more than a decade: understanding what matters, seeing possibilities others may miss, and turning insight into something clear, compelling and useful.

“Jacqueline's pitch was the best, hands down. She built a website and took the time to write a mouth-watering pitch. Sold.”

Ramit Sethi
New York Times Bestselling Author & Host of Netflix's How to Get Rich
Not sure which door?

Start with a conversation.
We'll find the right one together.

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