Stop scattering your potential.

Decode what makes you different, then decide how to put it to work on something that matters.

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I scattered too much of my potential for too long.

After walking away from corporate finance at 27, I spent a decade trying to win games that weren’t mine: startups, a hostel, a blueberry export business, a travel blog. It’s been an interesting life, but a scattered one.

Chris at the booth of one of his early startups

One of many scattered (ad-)ventures.

Then two things happened. First, my son’s birth in 2021 also birthed my obsession with how to nurture his nature. Second, AI got good enough to find the pattern in a lifetime of my own data.

Together, they helped me see what I was made of — and what I was made for. This. Innate Edge.

I decode what makes people different, then help them decide how to put it to work on something that matters.

It shouldn’t take as long as it took me. And more people should be doing more extraordinary work with what makes them different.

So that’s who I’m looking for.

If you’re up for a challenge that makes the most of what you’re made of, apply and let’s see.

Chris Blachut

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Decoding is not coaching.

Coaching helps you move better. Decoding finds your best move.

Ongoing support One fixed engagement
Accountability Direction
Motivation Alignment
Emotional work Pattern from evidence
Better at the current game The game that’s yours

How it works.

1

Collect

I collect and sort as much data about you as I can get — assessments, outside feedback, interviews, your work.

2

Converge

I narrow it all down to one pattern that fits everything and suggests a new direction that fits it.

3

Decide

You commit to your pattern and to a challenge worth going after with it.

4

Compound

You act, with each step building on the last and honing your edge.

Everything about you lands in one place.

01 Collect

Collect

I collect and sort as much data about you as I can get — assessments, outside feedback, interviews, your work.

What you get.

Operating Manual

A decision guide for what to take on, hand off, or stop.

Your Challenge

The one challenge worth pointing your edge at — something only you could build, that tests what you’re made of and makes a difference. You stop wondering whether you’re on the right path and start building it.

More useful AI

Drop your Operating Manual into any AI tool and it advises you specifically, not in generic boilerplate.

Me

You get someone on your side who’s innately invested in helping you make a difference with what makes you different.

The payoff

Focus

Your options narrow to the few that fit you.

Energy

Harder work that energizes instead of drains.

Pride

Something that matters, that you’re proud of.

$6,000

One engagement, usually 6 to 8 weeks. No subscription, no retainer.

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Find the game you’re made to win.

Katharine

Katharine spent a decade-plus in banking while side-interests piled up — teaching, travel, writing — and no lane fit.

AFTER:

The decode showed they weren’t competing interests — they were one engine: she sees the structural traps others miss, then builds the way out. When her bank laid her off, she didn’t scramble. She landed her first independent client and started building on the edge banking had underused for ten years.

Roman

Roman built and exited healthcare ventures. Everyone pushed “the next big startup” — it didn’t fit, and neither did retirement.

AFTER:

The decode showed Roman’s recurring move: assemble the right people, create enough trust for motion, then step back. He’s now building The Override around that edge: a more meaningful alternative to retirement, board seats, or another default next chapter for accomplished executives.

After the full Decode

“I had a general gist of what makes me unique, but I couldn’t articulate it. Chris put it together, and the way it captured all the common threads made so many things click. Now I have a tool that never forgets the essence of who you are.”

Paul · Entrepreneur

After just the X-Ray

“Shortly after we spoke, a friend asked me to come out of design retirement. I approached it completely differently — I let myself be only the catalyst. It was one of the most fun projects I’ve done, and probably the best logo I’ve ever created.”

Alyssa · Designer

“Far from a waste of time. It highlighted character traits I’ll hold front and centre in my next business.”

Teagan · Photographer

“A real ‘wow’ for me. The core tension you identified resonates more than I expected, given the limited data you had to work with.”

Christian · Brand advisor

Is Innate Edge Right for You?

Choose which fits you better.

Choose the sides that feel true.

The answer is a signal, not a score.

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How it starts.

  • You apply. A short form: what you’re hoping to see or decide.

  • I reply. I read every application. If there’s a real chance the work will be useful, I send the X-Ray questions.

  • The X-Ray. Nine questions, about fifteen minutes. You get a pattern you’re not seeing — and a look at how I work.

  • We talk. About what it surfaced, and where it points.

  • The Decode. If we both want it.

Decode what makes you different and decide how to use it to make a difference.

If you’re ready and you feel the fit, apply now.

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