Work we do beyond the page.

We work with editorial teams on the structural questions that determine whether published writing is worth the attention it asks for. This is not copyediting. It is a conversation about what a publication is for, what it is not for, and whether those two things are currently distinguishable from the work it produces.

We have particular experience with the tension between publication frequency and publication quality — specifically, with organisations that have adopted a content calendar before deciding what they actually want to say.

We do not ghostwrite. We do not produce content on behalf of clients. We help teams produce better content themselves.

A structured assessment of how a team's digital environment — their tools, communication norms, notification defaults, and meeting culture — relates to the quality of the work the team produces. Not a technology audit. A cognitive environment audit.

The output is a written report that describes what we found, why it matters, and what changes are worth making first. We are specific about trade-offs: every recommendation includes an honest account of what it costs to implement it and what it will not fix.

This engagement is most useful for teams that already suspect something is wrong with how they work but have not been able to name it precisely.

A half-day or full-day working session for teams who want to make considered, collective decisions about how they communicate, which tools they use, and what they expect from each other in terms of availability and response. This is not a productivity training. There are no frameworks to memorise and no system to install afterwards.

The session is structured around a set of questions the group works through together, with facilitation that keeps the conversation honest and moves it toward decisions rather than observations. Teams leave with a written record of what they agreed, not a slide deck of what we told them.

Works best with teams that have decision-making authority over their own tools and norms. Less useful for teams whose tooling is fully mandated from above.

We write long-form essays on commission for publications and organisations whose subject matter intersects with ours — digital tools, attention, the design of working environments, the psychology of how people engage with technology. We write under our own names and in our own voice. We do not write under client names or produce content that will be attributed to someone else.

Commissioned essays go through the same editorial process as work we publish on Eychgras. We will tell you honestly if a brief is not something we can write well, rather than produce something that isn't.

We maintain the right to publish commissioned work on Eychgras after an agreed embargo period, typically six months.