Governments, public bodies, investors, sector bodies, universities and innovative businesses have something in common – they address the ‘wicked problems’ that others have not yet solved. They commission us, fund us and partner with us to work at a local, regional, national and international level to help ask the right questions and start finding some answers. 

We’re all dealing with volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous situations where no one has the whole picture. Whether it’s policy research and design, strategy development and planning or Research & Development for new products, services, content or experiences – we bring together the right minds, decision-making, capacity, research and willingness to explore and try new things – in the ways below.   

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We can help you with...

  • Public policy and sector strategy design: Creating solutions to challenges and opportunities that foster sector resilience, lasting innovation and increased public value.

  • Creative and Cultural Research & Development: Market and user research to design viable new creative products, services, experiences and content – often collaborating with digital enterprises.

  • Organisational, financial and environmental sustainability: Designing new business and operational models to create new value from cultural organisations’ creative, knowledge and reputational assets.

  • Applied research with policy and sector impacts: Where there’s a gap, joining up knowledge, people, organisations to ask and answer the right questions to enable all the activities above – often collaborating with universities and other research institutions.

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