Service
Category
Teach
Partner
Handover
C3D in Practice
Advisory Retainer
Advise
Primary
Light
Moderate
The retainer relationship is predominantly advisory. C3D shows up through explaining options, walking the client through decision rationale, and providing reference materials they can revisit. The client learns procurement thinking through ongoing conversations.
Fractionalised Procurement
Enhance
Strong
Strong
Strong
All three mechanisms operate at full strength. The client's team is involved in the process, concepts are explained as the work progresses, and every engagement produces templates, frameworks, and documentation built for the organisation.
Enhance
Strong
Moderate
Strong
The assessment process itself is educational. The client's team participates in the profiling and review activities, which surfaces insights they did not previously have. The findings report and recommendations serve as a capability development roadmap.
Enhance
Strong
Strong
Strong
C3D is at its most visible here. The entire purpose of a Function Set-up is to leave the organisation with a working procurement function. Every phase involves teaching, partnering, and handing over. The structured handover at the end is the culmination of continuous capability transfer.
Enhance
Primary
Light
Moderate
The procurement-specific debrief is where C3D operates. The profile report is a standard DiSC output. The D1 Advisory value is in the interpretation: explaining how the client's behavioural style affects their buying, negotiation, and supplier relationships. The client leaves with self-knowledge they can apply immediately.
Probity Services
Advise
C3D does not apply
Probity is an assurance function. The role is to provide independent oversight, not to develop the client's capability. Teaching or partnering would compromise the independence that makes probity valuable.
Buying Resources
Inform
C3D does not apply
Buying Resources is a self-serve product. There is no active engagement relationship through which C3D can operate. The guidance notes included with each template carry some teaching intent, but the continuous, interactive element is absent.
.svg)
.svg)
.svg)