The enquiries are genuine. Most start the same way — a vague problem description and not enough context to begin real advisory work.
A consultancy firm may operate in any specialist area — advisory, operations, education, business improvement. The pattern is similar across all of them: genuine interest arrives as first contact, but without the context needed for a meaningful first conversation.
Prospects know they have a problem. They cannot yet articulate it in a way that moves the engagement forward. The consultant has to extract the basics — what they are trying to improve, what the current situation is, what constraints exist, what timeline they are working to. Each time. For every new enquiry.
A busy consultancy can spend hours each week on first-layer extraction before any real advisory work begins. That is not advisory work. It is avoidable administration.
The Enquiry Filter Meridian handled first-layer intake and guided prospects through a structured path — gathering the practical details the consultancy needed before a consultant invested time. The Lead Qualifier Value Scout separated genuine advisory opportunities from early exploratory contact.