Strategy & Public Policy

Nous helps business leaders to set directions, solve difficult strategic problems and plan implementations. Nous has worked on a range of challenging issues and has facilitated the strategic thinking of a wide range of private sector companies, not-for-profit organisations and government departments and agencies.

Nous strategy consultants generate insight and recommend actions that improve organisational performance. Nous works extensively at all levels of organisations, particularly the executive level. Our people have:

• Held senior positions in some of Australia’s leading corporate and public sector organisations
• Consulted at senior levels of government and advised public sector leaders on policy
• Designed and facilitated private sector strategy and public policy development programs

The key services our Strategy and public policy practice delivers are:

Strategic and business planning

Nous offers a unique blend of facilitation skills and strategic insight. This delivers excellent outcomes in strategic and business planning processes. Nous has expertise in a wide range of services, from long-term scenario plans to medium-term strategic directions and short-term business plans. As well as providing facilitated strategic planning services, Nous develops strategic planning frameworks and processes. Nous’ approach to strategic development is highly participative, ensuring buy-in from all stakeholders.

Business advice in complex regulatory environments

Nous has extensive experience in policy development and an in-depth understanding of government. Nous leverages this experience to provide critical advice in complex regulatory environments.

Service delivery strategies and design

Nous combines all elements of our services and uses our extensive experience in working across multiple sectors and government to bring a nuanced and savvy approach to service delivery. The approach recognises that clients expect customised and integrated services, and that providers understand the importance of quality and context.

Governance design and review

Nous enables organisations to establish, develop and maintain superior governance systems. Working with Boards, chairs, committees, executives and company secretaries, Nous has a compelling record of successful governance projects. These projects include developing governance policies and Board charters, designing governance architecture, facilitating board team work and conducting evaluations.

Economic and financial analysis

Nous combines economic theory and quantitative rigour with a deep understanding of the drivers that shape our clients’ businesses. We develop economic and financial models for our clients that are realistic and also incorporate flexibly for changing strategic and policy imperatives. Our economic and financial models can be used for analytical and predictive purposes.

Public policy solutions

Nous combines public policy insight with private sector strategy expertise. Nous’ public policy expertise is derived from its extensive strategic consulting experience at executive and senior management levels in Commonwealth and State government. The Nous approach to public policy issues is highly consultative and holistic, recognising the interconnectedness of public policy debates and the need to engage all stakeholders in relevant areas.

Ministerial and public policy capability development

Nous has extensive expertise in enhancing skills at developing public policy, and communicating complex issues effectively with Ministers and senior public servants. Nous has been designing and delivering programs of this nature for over 10 years from graduates to senior executives and Directors.

Program design implementation and evaluation

Nous blends facilitated stakeholder interactions with powerful logic modelling to design successful evaluation programs. This ensures that all assumptions and evidence around program activities are aligned, and social and economic outcomes achieved and or evaluated.