What Mycelium does

Mycelium is a London-based organizational consulting firm, founded in 2015, that designs and installs what it terms "Connective Infrastructure" — the underlying rhythms, protocols, and pathways that determine how an organization behaves when reality diverges from plan. Its proprietary methodology targets four intervention points: reality sensing, signal routing, decision holding, and learning integration. The firm codifies its approach through a library of over 50 individual, pair, and group protocols delivered via a four-phase engagement model (Diagnose, Design, Install, Support).

The company monetizes exclusively through professional services engagements with enterprise and public-sector clients. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; the entry point is a complimentary Flow Scan diagnostic followed by a Flow Brief written summary, designed to qualify prospects before paid work begins. The go-to-market motion is consultative and relationship-led, with marketing driven primarily by website content, named case studies, and client testimonials from leaders at NHS, eBay, Novartis, Sky, Meta, OFGEM, Simply Health, and Morningstar. The firm is founder-led (Michael Matania, Founder; Bilal Nasim, Managing Director), privately held with no disclosed external funding, and operates from a single London headquarters (86-90 Paul Street, EC2A 4NE) with 27 employees, delivering engagements across the UK and the US.

Customer engagement durations are multi-month and often multi-year, with the firm claiming quantified outcomes including a 16% improvement in leader strain recognition at NHS, a 31% improvement in leadership decision clarity at eBay, and 97% participant readiness at Novartis during a major US footprint consolidation. Long-term client retention is evidenced by its Sky partnership since 2018.

Name

Mycelium

Legal name

Mycelium Group

Website

https://myceliumgroup.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mycelium is a London-based boutique consultancy that designs and installs proprietary "Connective Infrastructure" — 50+ protocols across four intervention domains — for enterprise and public-sector clients undergoing transformation, leadership, or change-management initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Mycelium generates revenue through professional services engagements that follow a structured methodology: Diagnose (identifying flow breakdown points and costs), Design (defining rhythms/protocols/pathways), Install (implementing changes with the people who need to use them), and Support (ensuring changes hold under pressure). The starting point (Flow Scan and Flow Brief) is offered free, with paid engagement following for full implementation and ongoing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mycelium is a professional services firm that installs "Connective Infrastructure" inside enterprise organizations through a library of over 50 individual, pair, and group protocols. The work is delivered via a structured four-phase engagement (Diagnose, Design, Install, Support) and addresses four breakdown points: reality sensing, signal routing, decision holding, and learning integration. A free Flow Scan diagnostic and Flow Brief summary serve as the entry point before any paid engagement begins.

Product overview

Mycelium is a consulting services firm that provides Connective Infrastructure solutions. The offering consists of a free Flow Scan diagnostic, a Flow Brief document, and a comprehensive Connective Infrastructure installation service built around a library of over 50 protocols. The core methodology addresses organizational flow breakdowns through four intervention points: Reality sensing, Signal routing, Decision holding, and Learning integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flow Scan A free structured diagnostic conversation that identifies where Reality, Signal, Decision, or Learning are weakening inside an organization, providing clarity on the problem and prioritization recommendations before any paid engagement begins.
• Flow Brief
• Connective Infrastructure engagement
• Protocol Library

Quantifiable outcome

• 16% improvement in how effectively leaders recognised and responded to strain in real time at NHS
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte: Big Four professional services firm with a Human Capital practice that delivers organizational transformation, change, and leadership advisory to enterprise clients in similar industries.
• McKinsey & Company: Global management consulting incumbent with large Organization Practice that competes for transformation and change management budgets against Mycelium's enterprise buyers.
• Boston Consulting Group: Global strategy and transformation consultancy that targets the same enterprise leaders and transformation sponsors Mycelium serves, with deep organizational change capabilities.
• Bain & Company: Global management consulting firm with an Organization practice that competes for large-scale change and leadership engagements across Mycelium's enterprise segments.
• Accenture: Global consultancy with Talent & Organization / Change practice competing for the same transformation, leadership development, and change-adoption budgets Mycelium targets.

Direct peers

• Heidrick & Struggles: Leadership advisory firm providing executive search, leadership consulting, and culture shaping services that overlap directly with Mycelium's leadership development and connective infrastructure work.
• Egon Zehnder: Global leadership advisory firm with practices in executive search, leadership development, and organizational culture that overlap with Mycelium's executive-level connective infrastructure engagements.
• Korn Ferry: Organizational consulting firm offering talent management, leadership development, and organization transformation services that directly overlap with Mycelium's protocol-driven change approach.
• Center for Creative Leadership: Non-profit leadership development and research organization that delivers leadership programs and change capability-building to enterprise clients, overlapping with Mycelium's people leader and transformation offerings.
• Spencer Stuart: Executive search and leadership advisory firm whose organization & leadership consulting work competes for the same transformation sponsor and people leader budgets as Mycelium.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-mycelium-project

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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