What was said
What this says
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Amara Obi's check-in with Els Van Damme was calm. Els reported no complaints, agreed to name more users for the licence headroom and accepted an early new year renewal QBR. Renewal intent was not tested directly.
What happened: Amara walked Els through adoption about five months after go-live. Usage is rising, a couple of client managers are power users, and nightly refreshes are completing cleanly.
Customer view: Els said the recent support queries were sorted quickly and she had no complaints. She volunteered that the associate team could use the brain.
Commercial: The customer is well inside the 15-user licence, so adding people is headroom rather than an upgrade. Els accepted an early new year renewal QBR, ahead of the contract end date next year.
Watch: Els said nothing about value, price or alternatives, so renewal intent is untested. The access list is still owed to Amara.
Themes
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026Who was there
BG-Demo
Them
Follow-up
Next steps
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Amara Obi to send renewal QBR dates to Els Van Damme this week.
- Els Van Damme to send Amara a list of extra users to onboard.
Risks
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Els gave no view on value or price, so renewal intent is untested ahead of the contract end next year.
- Usage is led by a couple of client managers, which is a mild key-person exposure.
Opportunities
As at Fri 9 Oct 2026- Els will list associate team members for access, using headroom within the 15-user licence.
Transcript
- Amara ObiMorning, Els. Thanks for taking the time. How's the week been treating you?
- Els Van DammeGood morning. Busy, but good. What did you want to go over today?
- Amara ObiSo we're coming up on five months since you went live back in March. I wanted to walk through how adoption's tracking and see how the team's finding the brain in practice.
- Els Van DammeOkay, good. What are the numbers saying?
- Amara ObiHere's what the numbers say: your team is using it regularly, questions are going in week on week, and the monthly trend is solidly upward. People are discovering it and coming back. That's exactly what we want to see.
- Els Van DammeGood to hear. Who's driving most of that activity?
- Amara ObiYou've got a couple of your client managers who are power users: they're pulling together client fee data, deadline visibility, that sort of thing. But there's real headroom there. You're well inside your 15-user licence, so there's plenty of room to bring in more people.
- Els Van DammeRight. Who else should have access? Could be useful for the associate team.
- Amara ObiExactly. Who else should have access is the question to ask. Get me a list and we'll get them on board. Easy lift.
- Els Van DammeWill do. How's the data looking from your end?
- Amara ObiData's fresh. Nightly refreshes completing cleanly, no staleness issues that we can see. You've had a couple of support queries come in over the last month, nothing serious, but I want to make sure those landed well.
- Els Van DammeYeah, they got sorted quickly. No complaints.
- Amara ObiPerfect. So, looking ahead, your contract runs through 5 March next year. We should get a proper renewal QBR in the diary for early in the new year. How's that looking for you?
- Els Van DammeThat works for us. Early new year is fine.
- Amara ObiBrilliant. I'll get some dates over to you this week. And in the meantime, if you want to bring those additional people on, just let me know. Happy to jump on it. Any other questions?
- Els Van DammeNo, I think that covers it.
- Amara ObiGreat. I'll speak soon. Best, Amara.
- Els Van DammeThanks, Amara. Cheers.