Strategy and organisational change for institutions ready to be measured by what changes, not what they say.
MA Consultancy works with universities, public bodies, foundations and charities on racial equity strategy, organisational transformation and leadership development, grounded in research rather than off-the-shelf programmes.
AT A GLANCE:
Racial equity strategy
Organisational transformation
Leadership development
Inclusive culture & belonging
Strategic advisory & facilitation
Research-informed audits
What this looks like in practice
Racial equity strategy
Strategy that names where an organisation currently stands, not just where it would like to be, and sets out what would need to change to close that gap.
Inclusive culture & belonging
Distinguishing belonging from assimilation, and culture work that addresses what actually shapes day-to-day experience, not just stated values.
Organisational transformation
Longer change programmes that go beyond policy documents, addressing structures, decision-making, and how power actually moves through an organisation.
Strategic advisory & facilitation
Sitting alongside leadership teams and boards as a critical friend, and facilitating the harder conversations that internal teams sometimes can't hold themselves.
Leadership development
Working with senior and emerging leaders, often informed by the same thinking behind BOLD, on what accountable, sustainable leadership requires.
Research-informed audits & change programmes
Organisational audits that draw on the same research methods used across MA Research & Partnerships, so recommendations are grounded in evidence, not templates.
Who this is for :
Public sector & government bodies
Strategy and culture work for departments and agencies under pressure to demonstrate genuine progress on equity, not just published commitments.
Universities & research institutions
Institutional change work that connects directly with research ethics and community partnership questions explored through MA Research & Partnerships and CARE.
Foundations & charities
Support for funders and third-sector organisations rethinking what they require, fund, or model themselves, on racial equity and accountability.
How an engagement typically works
01
Listening and diagnostic
Time spent understanding the organisation as it actually is, through conversations, documents, and often staff or community voices that haven't been heard in this context before.
02
Strategy and design
A strategy or programme design that's specific to what the diagnostic found, rather than a template adapted with the organisation's name changed.
03
Delivery and facilitation
Working alongside teams and leadership to deliver the programme, facilitate difficult conversations, and keep momentum once the initial energy fades.
04
Embedding and review
A lot of harm happens in the gap after a project formally ends. I try to be honest about what I can and can't commit to, and to keep that commitment once I've made it.
“The question isn’t whether your organisation has a strategy. It’s whether anything would look different if the strategy didn’t exist.”