What we do
Strategy and organisational development
Independent challenge and practical development for strategies, programmes, services, partnerships and routes to sustainable value.
The offer
Independent support shaped around the question, context and intended use.
Good strategy is not simply a polished document. It is a set of choices that people understand, can act upon and can revisit as circumstances change. The Innovation Office combines research, facilitation and critical-friend challenge to help organisations move from broad ambition to a workable direction.
When this helps
Useful when you need clarity, momentum or an independent view.
- A strategy needs refreshing, testing or translating into action
- A new programme, partnership or service lacks a coherent proposition
- Senior colleagues need a constructive independent challenge
- Priorities have multiplied and trade-offs are unclear
- Teams need a shared view of success, delivery and learning
Ways we can help
A flexible scope, assembled around what the work needs.
Theory of change and programme design
Service and proposition development
Facilitated workshops and leadership sessions
Stakeholder engagement and partnership development
Implementation planning, measures and review frameworks
Senior mentoring and independent critical-friend support
Likely outcomes
Designed to leave something useful behind.
- Sharper priorities and more explicit choices
- A practical route from ambition to implementation
- Better alignment between evidence, stakeholders and delivery
- Stronger propositions for services, programmes or partnerships
- Clearer measures for learning, progress and value
Delivery formats
Different ways to work together.
- Focused strategic review
- Facilitated away days and development workshops
- Short discovery and design sprints
- Ongoing advisory or mentoring support
- Research-led strategy commission
- Bespoke leadership and organisational development training
Relevant experience
Credibility across research, evaluation and delivery.
- Executive and faculty leadership experience in complex university settings
- Development of research, knowledge exchange, leadership and business-support programmes
- Independent consultancy across universities, professional bodies and SMEs
Start with the need