Monthly engagement
A $20,000 per month (EX GST) engagement with BridgePoint: an ongoing strategic technology partnership, not a block of purchased hours.
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Strategic Technology Partnership
BridgePoint & Good Directions · BP-GD-2026
A different way of working
A strategic technology partnership between BridgePoint and Good Directions.
Peter — we want to continue working with Good Directions, and we see a genuinely valuable opportunity ahead. For that to work, we’d like to change the nature of the relationship. The proposal is set out section by section below — work through each, then sign at the end. Nothing is committed until you sign.
- Investment
- $20,000
- per month · EX GST
- Model
- Partnership
- not a labour unit
- Dedicated
- 8 hrs
- per week
- Strategic
- Projects
- not tasks
- 1 The engagement
- 2 The dedicated resource
- 3 Projects, not tasks
- 4 Two clear layers
- 5 Signatures
Section 1 of 4
The engagement
A $20,000 per month strategic engagement — not a purchase of hours.
What it includes
An ongoing strategic technology partnership; delivery of significant projects and initiatives; access to BridgePoint’s senior technical and development capability; a dedicated operational resource; and BridgePoint’s management and oversight of that resource.
Not a labour unit
BridgePoint itself is not being purchased as a labour unit. There is no underlying hourly rate and no pool of hours to consume, and BridgePoint timesheets are not measured against the monthly fee.
The measure
Success is measured one simple way: is BridgePoint creating enough value for Good Directions to justify the $20,000 monthly investment?
Section 2 of 4
The dedicated resource
The one part of this that is defined in hours — and where those hours stop.
Eight contracted hours
BridgePoint engages a specific, named person to provide 8 hours per week of dedicated operational support to Good Directions. These eight hours are defined and contracted, for the regular task-based work Michael needs help with.
BridgePoint employs them
BridgePoint handles the entire employment relationship — engagement, payroll, leave, performance, continuity and day-to-day management. Good Directions gets a known person and predictable weekly capacity without employing or managing anyone directly.
The key distinction
The dedicated person’s 8 hours are contracted. BridgePoint’s strategic contribution is not measured in hours. If Good Directions consistently needs more than eight hours of operational capacity, we discuss that separately rather than letting it consume the strategic relationship.
Engaged on commitment
We approach and engage this person only once the wider agreement is committed, so we can offer them a genuine, properly defined role rather than asking someone to hold capacity while the arrangement remains uncertain.
Section 3 of 4
Projects, not tasks
How BridgePoint’s own time is directed.
Directed at projects
BridgePoint’s own time is directed primarily at meaningful projects — technology, development and improvements that materially move Good Directions forward. Identifying and prioritising those opportunities is part of what Good Directions is engaging us to do.
No manufactured hours
If Good Directions chooses not to progress significant projects in a given period, that does not create an obligation for BridgePoint to manufacture an equivalent number of task-based hours.
Support at the edges
We can still step in to support Michael where something is urgent or genuinely needs BridgePoint’s expertise, but that sits around the edges of the relationship rather than defining it.
Section 4 of 4
Two clear layers
The structure, and what we’re committing to.
Operational layer
A dedicated person providing 8 predictable hours of task-based support every week.
Strategic layer
BridgePoint taking ownership, bringing ideas, providing senior capability and delivering meaningful projects — considerably more valuable than treating BridgePoint as another source of technical labour.
A genuine commitment
We want the Good Directions relationship and are prepared to make a significant commitment to it. In return, we need a structure that lets us operate as a strategic technology partner rather than an hourly-rate contractor.
Final step
Signatures
Type your full name to sign, or draw your signature below.
For BridgePoint
Ben Wilson
Ben Wilson · Director, BridgePoint
Signed for Good Directions
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Strategic Technology Partnership
BridgePoint & Good Directions · Ref BP-GD-2026
- 1. Monthly engagement. A $20,000 per month (EX GST) engagement with BridgePoint: an ongoing strategic technology partnership, not a block of purchased hours.
- 2. What it includes. An ongoing strategic technology partnership; delivery of significant projects and initiatives; access to BridgePoint’s senior technical and development capability; a dedicated operational resource; and BridgePoint’s management and oversight of that resource.
- 3. Not a labour unit. BridgePoint itself is not being purchased as a labour unit. There is no underlying hourly rate and no pool of hours to consume, and BridgePoint timesheets are not measured against the monthly fee.
- 4. The measure. Success is measured one simple way: is BridgePoint creating enough value for Good Directions to justify the $20,000 monthly investment?
- 5. Eight contracted hours. BridgePoint engages a specific, named person to provide 8 hours per week of dedicated operational support to Good Directions. These eight hours are defined and contracted, for the regular task-based work Michael needs help with.
- 6. BridgePoint employs them. BridgePoint handles the entire employment relationship — engagement, payroll, leave, performance, continuity and day-to-day management. Good Directions gets a known person and predictable weekly capacity without employing or managing anyone directly.
- 7. The key distinction. The dedicated person’s 8 hours are contracted. BridgePoint’s strategic contribution is not measured in hours. If Good Directions consistently needs more than eight hours of operational capacity, we discuss that separately rather than letting it consume the strategic relationship.
- 8. Engaged on commitment. We approach and engage this person only once the wider agreement is committed, so we can offer them a genuine, properly defined role rather than asking someone to hold capacity while the arrangement remains uncertain.
- 9. Directed at projects. BridgePoint’s own time is directed primarily at meaningful projects — technology, development and improvements that materially move Good Directions forward. Identifying and prioritising those opportunities is part of what Good Directions is engaging us to do.
- 10. No manufactured hours. If Good Directions chooses not to progress significant projects in a given period, that does not create an obligation for BridgePoint to manufacture an equivalent number of task-based hours.
- 11. Support at the edges. We can still step in to support Michael where something is urgent or genuinely needs BridgePoint’s expertise, but that sits around the edges of the relationship rather than defining it.
- 12. Operational layer. A dedicated person providing 8 predictable hours of task-based support every week.
- 13. Strategic layer. BridgePoint taking ownership, bringing ideas, providing senior capability and delivering meaningful projects — considerably more valuable than treating BridgePoint as another source of technical labour.
- 14. A genuine commitment. We want the Good Directions relationship and are prepared to make a significant commitment to it. In return, we need a structure that lets us operate as a strategic technology partner rather than an hourly-rate contractor.
Ben Wilson
Ben Wilson · BridgePoint
Peter Knight · Good Directions