For the fifth year running we’ve been named one of the Financial Times Top Management Consultants, appearing in three categories: Public and Social Sector, Organisation and Change and People and Performance. We were voted for by our clients and peers.
For the larger organisations on the list, we suspect that receiving this recognition comes as no surprise. Not so in our case. When the announcement is made each year, our whole team is confused and proud in equal measure.
The way we help public services make progress on messy problems is not easy to explain.
“We build real, human relationships that can endure the challenges and ambiguity created by trying to implement change” does not make for great marketing copy.
“We test new ways of working with real service users to see what works in practice and not only in theory” might make some people turn around and run in the opposite direction.
A product or service that promises to fix a messy societal problem would be easy to sell. But they don’t exist. We think the reason we’ve been listed again this year is because we’re not alone in this belief.
We can’t claim the credit for the impact we see on the projects we support. We play a small role. Our clients do the hard work. But being recognised as one of the top consultancies in the public and social sector gives us some confidence that we’re being helpful. It motivates us to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
As children we loved coming home with an award and seeing our parents pin it proudly to the fridge. As adults we rarely get this same experience. This is one of those rare moments. Confused or not, we’re going to savour it.
Thank you for trusting us.
Basis
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