STRATEGY & IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE

Consulting Ethos

We become your “fractional” Chief Strategy Officer centered on people’s needs and healthy organizational ecosystems with solutions tailored to your specific needs and goals. We give clients the tools to discover truth for themselves and teach skills such as knowledge management, crowdsourcing, and feedback looping for broad-based input.  

Developing a safe space to ask hard questions and cultivating trust across the organization allows us to glean insights that organizational leaders may never have previously heard or considered. Organizational strategies that clients often address include right-sizing, new programs or services, alignment, mergers & acquisitions, culture & technology transformations, reorganizations, and work flow efficiencies.  

Consulting Approach 

The blending of design thinking (creative) and systems thinking (critical) is our work approach. Our participatory processes are strategic and reflective. We utilize visualization, mapping, game-storming, prototyping, case study review, and a myriad of organizational development and quality management techniques during the steps outlined below.

1) Discover“ what is.” A safe space is provided for feedback from all levels of the organization, including board leadership.

2) Define opportunities.  A scan of the external environment includes qualitative and qualitative research with information solicited from community and philanthropy partners, subject-matter experts, case studies, and data trends.

3) Design “what could be.” Empowered with learning from the proceeding work, we can envision the organization’s aspirational future, including goals, priorities, and resources.  

4) Deliver aligned next steps. Coaching, project management, and change management support are provided to sustain strategic focus.    

Consulting Activities

research 

training  

assessments

project management  

key informant interviews

accountability coaching       

advising & technical assistance      

qualitative & quantitative data collection & analysis                               

design & facilitation of meetings, retreats  & focus groups