Connectors
Real projects and practical evidence of ability.
Selected Work
Work that makes the thinking visible.
A focused view of what Devon has built, helped shape and learned from, and why that experience matters when you work with DEV.
Co-founded venture
BRDGthegap
A company Devon co-founded to explore better ways of connecting people, evidence of ability and opportunity. The work spans proposition, product, research, customer journeys, public artefacts and commercial choices.
- Devon's role
- Co-founder, working across product, proposition and commercial decisions.
- Why it matters to DEV
- It keeps DEV close to the reality of building something people must understand, trust and use.
- Public proposition
- Infrastructure for connecting people, evidence of ability and opportunity.
BRDGthegapPublic proposition
People→Evidence→Opportunity
Productivity proof
Evidence that helps a person show how they work.
Employer signal
A clearer basis for an employer-controlled progression decision.
A structured summary of the current public proposition, not a client result.
The documentary image is supporting context. The proposition and product work lead the section.
DEV / Decision Memo01
The decisionWhich route deserves focus now?
A
B
C
RecommendationChoose the route with the clearest evidence and fastest useful test.
Next 30 days
01
02
03
Frame→Evidence→Options→Decision→Move
DEV method and outputs
Decisions turned into usable outputs
DEV does not end with a conversation. The work is made tangible through clear structures such as the Decision Memo, Decision Brief, Idea Check, Validation Map and First 10 Launch Map.
Each artefact helps a customer see the question, evidence, options and next move. Examples shown are illustrative templates, not paid-client results.
Explore the Decision IntensiveDEV / CLARITYPersonalised working output
DEV Idea Check
READY TO USE01
IDEA IN ONE SENTENCE
02
PROBLEM STATEMENT
03
LIKELY FIRST CUSTOMER
04
CUSTOMER NEED / MOTIVATION HYPOTHESIS
05
3-5 COMPETITORS / ALTERNATIVES
06
WHAT MAKES THE IDEA DIFFERENT OR WHAT IS NOT YET DIFFERENT ENOUGH
07
TOP ASSUMPTIONS
08
TOP RISKS / UNKNOWNS
DEV / EVIDENCEPersonalised working output
DEV Validation Map
READY TO USE01
PROBLEM
02
CUSTOMER / EARLY ADOPTER
03
CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR
04
COMPETITOR MAP
05
MARKET SIGNALS
06
CUSTOMER LANGUAGE
07
VALUE PROPOSITION
08
OFFER DIRECTION
DEV / PROGRESSIONPersonalised working output
DEV First 10 Launch Map
READY TO USE01
THE PROBLEM
02
PRIMARY CUSTOMER
03
EARLY ADOPTER
04
CUSTOMER JOURNEY
05
COMPETITOR LANDSCAPE
06
MARKET SIGNALS
07
CUSTOMER LANGUAGE
08
VALUE PROPOSITION
IGNITE YOUNG MINDS / MENTORING PROGRESSION
01Customer definition
02Competitor research
03MVP thinking
04Testing
05Business model
06First-user planning
07Pitching
Programme experience. Participants are not presented as DEV clients and no outcome is claimed.Programme experience
Ignite Young Minds
At Cambridge Judge Business School's Ignite Young Minds programme, Devon mentored teams through customer definition, competitor research, MVP thinking, testing, business models, first-user planning and pitching.
- Devon's role
- Mentor supporting programme teams through practical venture questions.
- Why it matters to DEV
- The experience informs DEV’s structured approach without presenting participants as DEV clients or claiming commercial outcomes.
The next step