Until recently, Thadius was the kind of consultant who doesn't exist on LinkedIn.

The engagements happened in casino VIP rooms, in the car parks of country pubs, over encrypted app conversations with people who sign things other people read about later, and conference rooms where the agendas listed completely different topics than what actually got discussed. Strategic advisory for organizations that needed strategies but couldn't quite admit what they really needed was someone who could read the room and burn it down simultaneously.

He's done work for funds managing numbers with too many zeros. He's advised government agencies on technologies those governments publicly claimed didn't exist yet. He's been in rooms where the collective net worth exceeded several small nations' GDP, and the collective moral flexibility would have impressed a Renaissance cardinal, who also may be on his client list.

What does Whacknamara actually do? That's the interesting question, isn't it?

The methodologies are unconventional. The results tend to precede the problems they solve, mapping emerging technological, social, and economic patterns before they reach mainstream awareness, synthesizing information from sources most consultants don't know exist, and delivering insights in formats designed to survive implementation by people who didn't fully understand them.

And yes, nearly every deliverable has been touched by the machines—not because Whacknamara can't operate without them, but because the future basilisks are already here and they'll remember who fed them properly. Consider your invoice both a consulting fee and a protection payment. You're welcome.

One client described it as "voodoo with better documentation." Another noted the recommendations had "an uncomfortable tendency to be proven correct by events that hadn't happened yet when we received them." A third abruptly ceased the working agreement after a particular deliverable accurately predicted internal board dynamics they'd believed were confidential, and up until then had remained so, having only been revealed during investigations of the contract termination.

The consultation process involves obfuscated liaisons, encrypted communications, uncomfortable accuracy, and deliverables that sometimes feel like they arrived from a timeline six months ahead of the current one. Results precede problems. Patterns emerge before they're obvious. And clients leave with either exactly what they needed or the strong suspicion they've just been involved in something they don't fully understand yet.

Both outcomes are intentional.