Reality Correspondence
The complete DGF Method.
The public method shows seven stages. The interior discipline has twelve. The difference is not secrecy; it is resolution. The principal experiences the method as a coherent sequence; the House holds each stage with precision.
I
Entrustment
The matter is received in confidence, by name. Discretion, boundaries, and the terms of consideration are agreed before any examination begins.
II
Reality Review
What actually exists is established from first sources — ownership, obligations, participants, and the true circumstances of the matter — distinct from what has been described.
III
Reality Correspondence
Where the described reality and the actual reality diverge, and the practical implications of the gap.
IV
Continuity Interview
A private conversation with the principal, conducted in the register of the matter. The House listens for what would be at risk if the situation were treated only as a transaction.
V
Continuity Review
The House considers what deserves to be carried forward, what should be renewed, and what may be released. Strategic alternatives are compared, including the path of doing nothing.
VI
Identity Review
What the matter carries beyond its financial dimension — memory, meaning, participation, and belonging.
VII
Stewardship Review
What continuity now requires of the principal, family, and any trusted advisers coordinated around the matter.
VIII
Continuity Report
A signed written document prepared for the principal — the signature work of the House.
IX
Strategic Alternatives
The available paths, honestly compared — including the path of doing nothing, and paths that would return the matter to a more appropriate hand.
X
Specialist Coordination
The lawyers, banks, auditors, curators, and trustees to be engaged, in what sequence, around a single continuity plan.
XI
Execution
The matter is carried out by the appropriate professional advisers, with the House holding the continuity point of reference.
XII
Renewed Continuity
What has been carried forward is now alive in the new form. The relationship with the House continues, quietly, by name.