From evidence to impact.
We combine First Nations leadership and knowledge with behavioural science, systems thinking, co-design, evaluation and implementation to help organisations move from understanding the problem to creating and measuring change.
Five disciplines, brought together as one practice.
First Nations Co-design & Governance
Move beyond consultation.
Establish meaningful approaches to First Nations engagement, governance and co-design that centre community authority, knowledge and priorities.
Behavioural Science & Behaviour Change
Understand what drives behaviour before trying to change it.
Understand the factors shaping people's decisions, actions and experiences, alongside the social, cultural and environmental conditions in which they occur.
Systems Thinking & Strategy
See the whole system.
Identify relationships, structures, feedback loops, service pathways and leverage points that influence outcomes.
Evaluation & Impact
Know what's working, why it's working and what needs to change.
Design practical evaluation and measurement systems that help organisations demonstrate impact while continuously improving what they do.
Implementation & Continuous Improvement
Turn recommendations into action.
Stay alongside clients after the initial project to support implementation, measurement and continuous improvement.
Five pathways from evidence to impact.
Each package is a complete, structured engagement. Talk to us about your project to determine the right starting point.
Impact Foundations™
Build the foundations for meaningful evaluation and impact measurement.
A practical measurement system that answers: What are we trying to change? How will we know if we're succeeding? What evidence do we need to collect?
- Project discovery session
- Review of existing program and strategy documents
- Stakeholder and program context review
- Logic model and/or Theory of Change
- Clear program outcomes
- Evaluation questions
- Outcomes and indicator framework
- Data collection recommendations
- Existing data and measurement review
- Implementation priorities
- Two-hour validation workshop
- Final Impact & Evaluation Framework
- Executive-ready summary
Behaviour & Systems Diagnostic™
Understand what's driving a complex challenge and identify where change can have the greatest effect.
A clear picture of: What's happening. Why it's happening. Where the system can change. What to do next.
- Executive/project briefing
- Evidence and document review
- Stakeholder identification
- Target behaviour identification
- Stakeholder interviews and/or facilitated diagnostic workshop
- Behavioural barriers and enablers analysis
- Systems analysis
- Systems or journey mapping
- Identification of feedback loops and structural influences
- Leverage-point analysis
- Opportunity prioritisation
- Strategic recommendations
- Implementation roadmap
- Executive presentation
First Nations Co-design & Governance™
Create meaningful community-led governance, engagement and co-design.
More than evidence that consultation occurred. You leave with community-informed direction, governance, priorities and an actionable pathway forward.
- Governance and engagement assessment
- Community governance structures
- Advisory/Steering Group development
- Terms of Reference
- Roles and decision-making responsibilities
- Community feedback mechanisms
- Indigenous Data Sovereignty considerations
- Stakeholder and community mapping
- Engagement strategy
- Cultural and local-context planning
- Elder and community engagement planning
- Participant remuneration planning
- Yarning circles
- Co-design workshops
- Priority-setting activities
- Community systems mapping
- Collaborative solution development
- Action planning
- Analysis and synthesis
- Strategic recommendations
- Implementation roadmap
- Executive report
- Accessible community summary
- Findings presentation
Strategy to Impact™
Turn evidence and ideas into an implementable strategy.
A strategy that identifies: Where we're going. What needs to change. Who needs to act. How we'll get there. How we'll know we're succeeding.
- Strategic discovery
- Evidence and existing strategy review
- Stakeholder consultation
- Current-state assessment
- Priority identification
- Strategic outcomes
- Systems and behavioural considerations
- Strategic objectives
- Action planning
- Responsibility and accountability mapping
- Implementation sequencing
- Outcomes and indicators
- Risk and dependency identification
- Implementation roadmap
- Executive/Board presentation
Impact Partnership™
Ongoing strategic, implementation and evaluation support.
The Indigenous Impact Lab becomes an embedded strategic partner rather than disappearing after the final report.
- Monthly strategic advisory session
- Implementation support
- Evaluation and measurement advice
- Data interpretation
- Problem-solving
- Behavioural science advice
- Governance support
- Quarterly implementation review
- Priority and risk review
- Continuous improvement recommendations
- Executive advice
- Annual impact review
Not sure what you need? Tell us what you're trying to change.
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Understand the context, evidence and challenge.
Listen
Centre First Nations knowledge, lived expertise and community priorities.
Understand
Identify strengths, behaviours, barriers, enablers and opportunities.
Map
Understand relationships, systems, pathways and leverage points.
Design
Co-design practical and evidence-informed solutions.
Implement
Translate strategy into action.
Measure
Understand outcomes, impact and what is changing.
Sustain
Strengthen capability, governance and systems for lasting change.
Tell us what you're trying to change.
Whether you're developing a new initiative, strengthening an existing program, trying to understand a complex system or looking for a better way to demonstrate impact, we'd love to hear about it.
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