Suited executives seated around a polished table in a warm, wood-panelled boardroom with a chandelier and fireplace, with a Talkerstein Consulting Group nameplate on the door in the foreground

TALKERSTEIN

/ˈtɔː-kər-ʃtīn/ n.

An embedded strategic partner to founder-led businesses; brought in to make the hard calls, then build the systems behind them.

A way of working that replaces vendor sprawl with single-point accountability across strategy, design, automation, and execution.

A standard of follow-through: promises kept, decisions implemented, infrastructure that holds up over years—not campaigns.

  • Best Emerging Filmmaker
    Emirates Film Festival (Dubai, UAE)

  • 3rd Best Film
    United Nations Commission on Human Rights

  • Best Film Awardee
    Asia Pacific Youth Micro Movie Festival (Tsim Sha Tsui, Hongkong)

  • New Generation Asean Short Film Awardee
    Asean Japan Center, Tokyo Expo (Shibuya, Tokyo)

  • Special Honorable Mention for Film
    KISFFO (Karditsa, Greece)

  • Runner Up
    HCG Young Designers' Competition

  • Finalist
    Nippon Paints Asia Young Designer Award

Our Services

Our Award Wining Team

We are a small, senior team. Each person owns their domain, their decisions, and their outcomes.

Rishon — Painted portrait of Rishon Talkar, Principal & Managing Partner, standing in a dark suit beside a desk with a Canadian flag in an ornate study
Rishon Talkar

Principal & Managing Partner

Raviv — Painted portrait of Raviv Talkar, Partner for Relationships & Systems, standing in a three-piece suit in a book-lined study
Raviv Talkar

Partner, Relationships & Systems

Arthur — Painted portrait of Arthur Smelyansky, Chief Technology Officer, in a dark suit against a deep-toned study backdrop
Arthur Smelyansky

Chief Technology Officer

Rems — Painted portrait of Rems Castro, Head of Design & Brand, seated in a dark suit beside a gilt-framed painting
Rems Castro

Head of Design & Brand

Dev Wable, Lead Engineer — Painted portrait of a bearded man in glasses and a dark three-piece suit, seated in an ornate study with a globe, bookshelves, and red drapery
Dev Wable

Lead Engineer

Franky — Painted portrait of Franky Arrocena, Head of Growth & Marketing, standing in a three-piece suit in a classical study
Franky Arrocena

Head of Growth & Marketing

Jade — Painted portrait of Jade Manlutac, Software Engineer, holding a rolled document in an ornate study
Jade Manlutac

Software Engineer

Ingrid Silfverberg, Brand & Visual Designer — Painted portrait of a woman in a dark suit holding a rolled plan by a window overlooking a landscape, framed art on the wall
Ingrid Silfverberg

Brand & Visual Designer

Cheska Tubog, Automation & Systems Architect — Painted portrait of a woman in a dark blazer over a magenta top, hand on hip, in a study with bookshelves and laboratory glassware
Cheska Tubog

Automation & Systems Architect

Batel — Painted portrait of Batel Talkar, Brand Ambassador, a red-haired woman in a dark period dress and pearl necklace in a richly detailed study
Batel Talkar

Brand Ambassador

Chavi Wagowsky, Brand Ambassador — Painted portrait of a dark-haired woman in a green velvet blazer with gold hoop earrings, in an ornate study with glassware
Chavi Wagowsky

Brand Ambassador

The Principles That Guide Our Work

These principles are not slogans. They are standards drawn from Ethics of our Fathers, guiding how we think, decide, and take responsibility for the work entrusted to us.

Leopard — Detailed blue pen-and-ink drawing of a leopard's face in an ornate Celtic-knot border; the "Bold like a leopard / moral courage" principle

עַז כַּנָּמֵר

Bold Like a Leopard

Moral Courage

We do not avoid hard truths. We speak honestly, confront real problems, and make decisions others hesitate to make — not out of arrogance, but responsibility. Clarity requires courage, and leadership begins with truth.

Leopard — Detailed blue pen-and-ink drawing of a leopard's face in an ornate Celtic-knot border; the "Bold like a leopard / moral courage" principle

עַז כַּנָּמֵר

Bold Like a Leopard

Moral Courage

We do not avoid hard truths. We speak honestly, confront real problems, and make decisions others hesitate to make — not out of arrogance, but responsibility. Clarity requires courage, and leadership begins with truth.

Leopard — Detailed blue pen-and-ink drawing of a leopard's face in an ornate Celtic-knot border; the "Bold like a leopard / moral courage" principle

עַז כַּנָּמֵר

Bold Like a Leopard

Moral Courage

We do not avoid hard truths. We speak honestly, confront real problems, and make decisions others hesitate to make — not out of arrogance, but responsibility. Clarity requires courage, and leadership begins with truth.

Eagle — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of an eagle's head over a mandala of feathers; the "Light like an eagle / perspective & wisdom" principle

קַל כַּנֶּשֶׁר

Light Like an Eagle

Perspective & Wisdom

We seek understanding before action. By rising above noise and detail, we see how strategy, systems, and people truly connect. Decisions made with perspective last longer than those made in haste.

Eagle — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of an eagle's head over a mandala of feathers; the "Light like an eagle / perspective & wisdom" principle

קַל כַּנֶּשֶׁר

Light Like an Eagle

Perspective & Wisdom

We seek understanding before action. By rising above noise and detail, we see how strategy, systems, and people truly connect. Decisions made with perspective last longer than those made in haste.

Eagle — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of an eagle's head over a mandala of feathers; the "Light like an eagle / perspective & wisdom" principle

קַל כַּנֶּשֶׁר

Light Like an Eagle

Perspective & Wisdom

We seek understanding before action. By rising above noise and detail, we see how strategy, systems, and people truly connect. Decisions made with perspective last longer than those made in haste.

Deer — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of an antlered stag over a mandala of feathers; the "Swift like a deer / responsible action" principle

רָץ כַּצְּבִי

Swift Like a Deer

Responsible Action

Once the direction is clear, we move without delay. We value momentum, follow-through, and steady progress — acting decisively while remaining accountable for outcomes.

Deer — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of an antlered stag over a mandala of feathers; the "Swift like a deer / responsible action" principle

רָץ כַּצְּבִי

Swift Like a Deer

Responsible Action

Once the direction is clear, we move without delay. We value momentum, follow-through, and steady progress — acting decisively while remaining accountable for outcomes.

Abstract glitter resin sculpture resembling clustered bubbles on white background—minimal, modern art object.

רָץ כַּצְּבִי

Swift Like a Deer

Responsible Action

Once the direction is clear, we move without delay. We value momentum, follow-through, and steady progress — acting decisively while remaining accountable for outcomes.

Lion — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of a lion in an ornate border; the "Strong like a lion" principle

גבור כארי

Strong Like a Lion

Strength Through Accountability

True strength is ownership. We stand behind our decisions, carry responsibility through execution, and remain present long after promises are made. Endurance matters more than impression.

Lion — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of a lion in an ornate border; the "Strong like a lion" principle

גבור כארי

Strong Like a Lion

Strength Through Accountability

True strength is ownership. We stand behind our decisions, carry responsibility through execution, and remain present long after promises are made. Endurance matters more than impression.

Lion — Blue pen-and-ink drawing of a lion in an ornate border; the "Strong like a lion" principle

גבור כארי

Strong Like a Lion

Strength Through Accountability

True strength is ownership. We stand behind our decisions, carry responsibility through execution, and remain present long after promises are made. Endurance matters more than impression.

These principles shape how we work with discipline, integrity, and accountability so the results we build can be trusted to last.

These principles shape how we work with discipline, integrity, and accountability so the results we build can be trusted to last.

Who We’re Not For

We’re not a fit for businesses looking for quick wins, surface-level changes, or outsourced thinking. We don’t operate as a production shop or a revolving door of tactics. We work best with teams that value clarity, responsibility, and decisions that hold up over time.

Your turn

No Quick Wins.
Like chess, every move counts. We work with teams who value strategy, clarity, and lasting decisions.

What Makes Us Different

01.

Deep experience drives elevated outcomes.
Most agencies sell tactics. TCG manages outcomes.

Deep experience drives elevated outcomes.
Most agencies sell tactics. TCG manages outcomes.

01.

Deep experience drives elevated outcomes.
Most agencies sell tactics. TCG manages outcomes.

02.

Our work is shaped by decades of combined experience across branding, sales, marketing, technology, and creative production; applied not in isolation, but as a single operating discipline.

Our work is shaped by decades of combined experience across branding, sales, marketing, technology, and creative production; applied not in isolation, but as a single operating discipline.

03.

You don’t manage vendors. You manage a business.

You don’t manage vendors. You manage a business.

04.

We handle the rest.

We handle the rest.

What Our Partners Think

Rishon and his team built us a beautiful website, brand design and food truck. The team went above and beyond building for us everything from nothing. I truly recommend them for everything from branding to implementing POS systems!

Joseph, Toronto

Owner of Uzbek Delight

What Our Partners Think

Rishon and his team built us a beautiful website, brand design and food truck. The team went above and beyond building for us everything from nothing. I truly recommend them for everything from branding to implementing POS systems!

Joseph, Toronto

Owner of Uzbek Delight

Let's Work Together

What Our Partners Think

Rishon and his team built us a beautiful website, brand design and food truck. The team went above and beyond building for us everything from nothing. I truly recommend them for everything from branding to implementing POS systems!

Joseph, Toronto

Owner of Uzbek Delight

What Our Partners Think

Rishon and his team built us a beautiful website, brand design and food truck. The team went above and beyond building for us everything from nothing. I truly recommend them for everything from branding to implementing POS systems!

Joseph, Toronto

Owner of Uzbek Delight

Let's Work Together