Make the Change

Inclusive Design and Implementation

Engagement, planning and training to ensure successful execution, mitigate risks,

build long-term relationships and get the resources you need

We can help you:

  • Get stakeholders to come to a consensus around a contentious initiative

  • Get your team and stakeholders more invested in ambitious change

  • Get funders and investors become enthusiastic (and material) supporters

  • Transform those opposed to a change to become neutral or even supporters

  • Improve your reputation and strengthen relationships in the process

  • Reach and integrate diverse perspectives to make your solution more durable and effective

  • Exceed the expectations of your initial plan

How we have helped

Non-profit agencies

  • Board training that improves sound decision-making and clear roles

  • Giving purpose and focus through strategic planning for dozens of community service agencies

  • Sustainable social enterprise business planning and execution to remove barriers for clients

  • Revitalized relationships with funders to increase revenue

Health Care

  • Raised over $150million for new initiatives at local, regional and provincial levels

  • More people in BC have a family doctor or nurse practitioner

  • Systems design so doctors have better work-life balance and patients get better care

  • Involvement of residents in primary care re-design leading to more responsive health care

  • Improved access to care for First Nations and Indigenous communities

  • Better training and supports for health care providers

Mining and Sustainability

  • Governance renewal helped industry association go from dysfunctional to industry leader, doubling their revenue in one year

  • Key interventions to enable boards to increase diversity

  • Integrating design- and social technologies to create models for sustainable mining

  • Buildout plans for large housing and mining projects

  • ESG training for mining companies

think: act consulting operates on the unceded and traditional Territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. My commitment to Reconciliation exceeds the bounds of my business and as a settler with a family that has 4 centuries of continuous occupation in these lands, I am privileged to heal the wounds I observe in myself and others. I embrace any opportunity to advance the following:

  • Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action: 24, 27, 28 and 57

  • BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Plan Sections: 3.1 - 3.8

  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Recommendations: 2.6, 7.6, 9.3, 12.12, 15.5 and 16.2

  • In Plain Sight Recommendations: 2, 4, 5, 8, 11, 19, 20, 22.

Let’s talk about how I can help you

Challenges we can help you solve

How to engage diverse stakeholder groups in decision-making.

How to redesign programs, services or governance.

How free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) will change the way we work.

How to advocate for better funding and policy.

How to ensure that our board is a culturally safe place and makes sound decisions.