MAURICESTUDIO
Tools & canvases / Open-access commercial design
The practical tools, guides and canvases we use to improve the work — free to download, with our compliments. Working material, clear decisions and the traps worth avoiding.
The toolkit
Deconstruct sprawling, intangible consulting capabilities into fixed-scope service modules.
Helps you define explicit input criteria, fixed delivery milestones, and clear exclusions to eliminate scope creep.
Printable A3 Canvas + Step-by-Step Guide.
Map the emotional and operational touchpoints of your client lifecycle.
Identifies points of anxiety, confusion, and friction, designing signature moments of unexpected care and white-glove communication.
Printable A2 Canvas + Implementation Guide.
Replace dense narrative audit reports with a single-page executive decision artifact.
Displays current risk posture, residual exposure, and prioritized remediation actions in a format board members can read in two minutes.
Keynote / PowerPoint + Design Blueprint.
Evaluate and prioritize your firm's capabilities to build a balanced service catalog.
Plots your services across operational frequency and executive value to determine what to package as retainers, sprints, or low-cost entry offers.
Printable A2 Canvas + Scoring Guide.
Structure evidence-backed case studies that score maximum points in procurement matrices.
Turns vague case study paragraphs into visual single-page placemats highlighting challenge, methodology, quantified impact, and client verification.
InDesign / Figma / PowerPoint Template.
Protect senior partner capacity from unwinnable, low-margin RFPs.
Provides a quantitative scoring system to evaluate incoming tenders against strategic fit, buyer relationship, and margin targets.
Interactive Spreadsheet + Evaluation Guide.
Choose where AI genuinely improves the work, and where it should not be used.
A decision sequence, evaluation plan and printable pilot canvas for testing value, failure modes, human review and data boundaries before deployment.
7-page PDF guide + printable working canvas + source notes.
Expose hidden delivery costs and test whether a service can support the business around it.
Clear margin definitions, a checked pricing example, scope sensitivity and a printable cost model without confusing revenue, capacity or profit.
7-page PDF guide + printable working canvas + source notes.
Make value visible, uncover relationship friction and help clients choose the right next step.
An evidence-led review, service-recovery prompts and a printable continuity plan that treats renewal, handover and a clean exit as legitimate outcomes.
7-page PDF guide + printable working canvas + source notes.
Reduce founder bottlenecks while preserving clear accountability and escalation.
A decision inventory, authority-boundary worksheet and bounded delegation trial with explicit exceptions, assurance and a tested escalation path.
7-page PDF guide + printable working canvas + source notes.