Independent digital consultancy

Designing better digital products, services and organisations.

We help organisations navigate complexity, improve customer experiences and build better digital solutions through strategy, service design, product development and accessibility.

Four connected areas of expertise

Digital accessibility is our specialist practice.

The challenges we solve

Most digital problems are not where they first appear.

  • 01

    Complex digital services

    Many teams, systems and suppliers contribute to one service, and nobody has the whole picture.

    Strategy & Transformation
  • 02

    Fragmented customer journeys

    Customers meet channels and departments, not the organisation. The seams show.

    Service & Experience Design
  • 03

    Unclear requirements

    Business, IT and suppliers describe the same need differently, and delivery drifts.

    Product & Innovation
  • 04

    Inefficient processes

    Ways of working that grew over time now slow down decisions and delivery.

    Strategy & Transformation
  • 05

    Accessibility barriers

    Findings pile up while ownership, priorities and follow-up remain unclear.

    Digital Accessibility

Our expertise

One practice, four connected capabilities.

Each area stands on its own. Together they let us follow a problem from first question to working solution without handing it between suppliers.

01

Strategy & Transformation

Define the direction, requirements and ways of working.

02

Service & Experience Design

Shape journeys, interfaces and design systems.

03

Product & Innovation

Turn concepts into delivered, evolving products.

Digital Accessibility

Built into every stage, and a specialist practice in its own right.

Each area works on its own or together. What teams learn in delivery feeds back into direction.
  • 01

    Strategy & Transformation

    Understand complex challenges, define opportunities and improve the way you operate.

    Digital strategy and advisory · Business analysis and requirements · Process mapping and improvement · Operating models and governance · Change support

    Explore Strategy & Transformation
  • 02

    Service & Experience Design

    Design effective, coherent experiences across products, services and customer journeys.

    Service design and blueprints · Journey mapping · User research · UX/UI and prototyping · Design systems · Usability testing

    Explore Service & Experience Design
  • 03

    Product & Innovation

    Turn opportunities into valuable products and guide them from concept to delivery.

    Product discovery and strategy · Vision and roadmaps · Concepts and prototypes · Requirements and prioritisation · AI and automation opportunities · Cross-functional leadership

    Explore Product & Innovation
  • 04

    Digital Accessibility

    Create inclusive digital services and a sustainable accessibility practice.

    WCAG and EAA assessments · Strategy and governance · Accessible UX and design systems · Remediation planning · Continuous quality assurance · Training

    Explore Digital Accessibility

How we work

A simple frame for practical delivery.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Understand the context, the users and the real problem before proposing anything.

  2. 02

    Define

    Agree the direction, priorities and requirements with the people who must act on them.

  3. 03

    Design

    Shape the service, product or process, and test it early with real users.

  4. 04

    Deliver & improve

    Support implementation, then measure and refine so improvements last.

Not every engagement uses every step. Many start with one: a discovery sprint, a journey review or an accessibility assessment.

Selected experience

Regulated, complex and customer-facing.

Our deepest experience is in financial services. The same patterns of many teams, strict requirements and demanding users appear across other sectors.

Financial services

Banking, payments and investments. Our deepest experience.

Insurance & pensions

Claims, policy information and pension journeys.

Public sector

Citizen-facing services, portals and digital forms.

Telecommunications

Contracts, account management and digital support.

Transport & ticketing

Travel information, bookings and digital tickets.

E-commerce & digital services

Purchasing, subscriptions and digital media.

Professional background spans digital product development, service and experience design, business analysis and transformation, cross-functional delivery, and emerging technology including AI.

Specialist focus

Digital Accessibility, done as an operating discipline.

Findings are only the start. We help organisations decide what matters, assign ownership, fix problems at their source and keep accessibility part of everyday delivery.

  • Assess

    Understand where accessibility breaks down, across journeys, products, documents and workflows.

  • Improve

    Fix what matters at the component, process or design decision that created it.

  • Maintain

    Ongoing expert support so accessibility survives new releases, content and suppliers.

About A-23A

Founder-led. Hands-on.

A-23A is led by Rógvi Sivertsen, with a background in digital product development, service design, UX and complex regulated environments, including financial services.

You work directly with an experienced consultant. Where an engagement needs additional specialist capability, A-23A collaborates with trusted partners rather than staffing up for the sake of it.

More about A-23A

Portrait of Rógvi Sivertsen, founder and lead consultant at A-23A

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