The Principles of Our Approach

Systemic Thinking
Enables consideration of complexity, worldviews and understanding of multiple interacting factors.

Participatory
Methodologies
Ensures that primary and secondary stakeholders, affected by an intervention, are actively engaged in our work.

Gender Responsive Approaches
Informed by human rights, gender equality, equity and justice, priorities, roles and relations for women, men, and non-binary identities, that affect access and control over resources, opportunities and decision making.

Climate Change and Environmental Protection Lenses
Giving non-human living systems a ‘voice’ as a stakeholder.

Authentic Thought Partners
Ethical collaboration, integrity, honesty and transparency, and be accountable to our clients and stakeholders

Learning and Capacity Development
Two-way learning for mutual growth and tools to promote change. Building local teams to do their own consultancies.

Economic Empowerment
To participate in and contribute to growth processes which respect human dignity and promote the fair distribution of economic benefits.

Commitment to Excellence
Rigour, continuous learning, reflexive practice, and improvement.