WHAT WE DO

Six things organisations commission from us. Most engagements combine two or three: research that leads into strategy, or an evaluation that becomes a leadership programme.

 

COMMISSIONED RESEARCH

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Qualitative research designed, conducted and written up to publication standard. We handle research design, ethical approval, fieldwork with participants, analysis and the final report, including recommendations practitioners can act on.

 

Typically commissioned when an organisation or funder needs to understand something properly before deciding what to do about it.

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EVALUATION AND LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

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Evaluation frameworks, reflective learning processes and sense-making sessions for programmes, funds and multi-organisational initiatives. As learning partner we sit alongside the work rather than judging it from outside.

 

Typically commissioned when a funder or coalition wants honest learning, not a report that says everything went well.

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ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE ASSESSMENT

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Diagnostic work on how equity, power and culture operate day to day, in decisions, progression, meetings and the things people do not say. Delivered as prioritised recommendations with a realistic sense of cost and sequence.

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Typically commissioned when the staff survey has raised something leadership cannot interpret.

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STRATEGY AND POLICY ADVISORY

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Advising senior leaders, boards and committees on equity strategy, policy development and long-term cultural change, including acting as critical friend to an existing internal programme.

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Typically commissioned when an organisation has commitments in place and needs to know whether they will survive contact with reality.

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

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Cultural humility, equity-focused leadership and management wellbeing programmes for senior teams, built around the decisions those leaders actually make rather than generic content.

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Typically commissioned when the people with authority to change things need to understand what they are changing.

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PROGRAMME DESIGN AND FACILITATION

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Bespoke programme design and expert facilitation of difficult conversations on race, power, gender and safeguarding, with groups where the subject matter is contested. Over 150 workshops and seminars delivered across every sector we work in.

Workshops are delivered as a series rather than as one-off sessions. See HOW WE WORK

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SPEAKING

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Keynotes, panels and podcast contributions on cultural humility, safeguarding, race and organisational change.