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My Approach
My approach draws on leading strategy, management, and related frameworks, carefully adapted for philanthropic settings.
I understand how strategy models are designed for organizations seeking competitive advantage through direct control. Funders work differently: they create impact indirectly through grantees, partnerships, and wider research ecosystems.
I use strategy frameworks rigorously, but I adapt them for partnership-based contexts where progress depends on alignment, sound judgment, and action through others.
I focus on strategies that are clear enough to guide decisions, practical enough to shape programs, and structured enough to support accountability. I also build in attention to risk, implementation, and pathways to impact from the outset.
Strategy that reflects how funders create impact
Progress Through Partnership
Commercial strategy is inherently competitive. I use adapted frameworks that leverage partnerships toward differentiated and catalytic impact.
Action At A Distance
Research funders achieve impact indirectly through their grantees. I provide risk-managed guidance toward empowerment and accountability.
Long-Term Value Alignment
I use a strategy kernel framework to translate your vision into actionable goals. This helps staff navigate the nuances of the situation and ensure accountability to the boardroom.
Selected work
Examples of my work can be found on the Research Philanthropy Advisors website, where I am part of a collaborative of independent consultants advising science philanthropists and research funders on strategy, programme design, and related work.
What I Help With
Organizational Strategy
Clarify institutional direction to connect your mission, goals, and decision-making across leadership and governance.
Grant-Portfolio Strategy
Decide how to shape a portfolio that balances ambition, resources, risk, and opportunity across areas of giving.
Program Strategy
Turn strategic priorities into catalytic programs through funding calls, selection criteria, and supporting processes.