Helping you develop safe, inclusive, impactful organisations

Our Approach

We are an evidence-led consultancy helping universities, and public and non-profit organisations achieve growth, impact and innovation in a global context. We develop strategic solutions that address governance, compliance, and transformation to organisational culture in an increasingly complex environment. We are a collaborative organisation and we centre inclusion. We work to shift power to maximise change and impact.

About Us

Sapna and her team worked closely with us to co-design and deliver an innovative shadow committee structure for our major research committees. This led to much wider engagement in research governance by staff who had little experience in this space, but who were empowered through an extensive onboarding and training programme. Staff now feel motivated and enabled to take leadership roles as chairs and use their voices powerfully in governance spaces both within and outside the university. I cannot recommend more highly.

Jane Macnaughton, Associate PVC Research CultureDurham University

Our Values

Our work is underpinned by a set of values which emphasise what’s important to us and guide how we behave.

Inclusive

We are inclusive in our principles and our practice seeking to shift power to those traditionally excluded.

Transparent

We work with integrity, taking an open and honest approach. We work with clarity and purpose and hold ourselves accountable to our commitments.

Innovative

We pioneer transformative approaches in the research sector building inclusive leadership and sustainable cultures where everyone is empowered.

Collaborative

We listen to and learn from everyone involved, ensuring all voices are heard and inviting their active engagement in developing collective solutions.

Insights

Our latest thoughts.

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Beyond the checklist: implementing TREF for impact

The Trusted Research Evaluation Framework (TREF) offers institutions a structured way to reflect on how they approach research security. Used well, it can support proportionate decision‑making, highlight gaps in capability, and create a shared language across complex institutions. Used less carefully, it risks becoming another checklist layered onto already crowded and stretched compliance environments.

Apr 274 min read

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Securing equity: why research security must be built on trust and collaboration

Research security has become a central feature of global research governance. Yet, as these agendas develop, they can clash with other foundational principles of research. Equitable partnerships is one point of tension that’s received less focus. As a result, well-intentioned security measures can inadvertently undermine the very values that make research collaborative, inclusive, and impactful. The rise of research security: A growing field

Apr 63 min read

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Trustees and remuneration: three myths that are holding us back

Efforts to strengthen equity, representation, and inclusion across the third sector often focus on recruitment, culture, and governance processes. Yet one area remains curiously resistant to change: trustee remuneration. Concerns about affordability, regulatory barriers, or reputational risk continue to overshadow more constructive discussion. But many of these concerns are rooted in myths rather than reality. Below, we unpack the three most persistent myths

Mar 94 min read