Working with us
From insight to lasting change
The evidence to make the case, the strategy to act on it, and the capability that stays with your team long after we've gone.
Organisations we work with aren't short on ambition. The gap is between what participants are experiencing and what the system is structured to do about it. We close that gap.
Capture participant voice and diagnose structural readiness
Build evidence-based strategy grounded in community need and sustainable benefit
Equip your workforce with tools and training to deliver
Embed system infrastructure to keep adapting as needs evolve
Stage 01
Understand the gap between why participants join, what they experience, and why they're walking away.
A participant experience survey and analysis tool built for community sport. The survey captures diverse participant experience against the proven drivers of retention, shows where experience gaps exist across demographic groups and identifies who's most at risk of leaving - and why.
A structural readiness assessment of your sporting system. Maps where your governance, measurement, program design and culture are aligned with the change you're trying to drive - and where they're working against it.
Stage 02
Strategy grounded in evidence, built to drive sustainable impact.
Our strategies aren't predictable, nor templated. We build a strong evidence base to inform pragmatic decision-making. We take the whole sporting eco-system on the journey. And build a strategy to set the foundations of long-term growth and sustainability.
Situational Analysis
Workshop Facilitation
Stakeholder Consultation
System Innovation
Stage 03
Develop the capabilities to deliver the outcomes you want to see.
Strategy without corresponding workforce capability development, stalls. We design workforce toolkits, facilitate masterclasses and webinars, and provide ongoing mentoring for leaders navigating system change - and staying with you through the implementation phase.
Stage 04
Build the systems to continue listening, adapting, and growing - at scale
Change doesn't stick without the infrastructure to sustain it. We embed monitoring and evaluation frameworks that connect participant voice to ongoing strategic decision-making so the organisation keeps adapting without needing a consultant in the room.
Case Studies
Projects across sport, strategy and system design
The AFL
Community Connect Toolkit
How do we shift our workforce towards genuine community partnership?
Development of a national workforce toolkit enabling place-based partnerships, engagement and co-design of AFL with local communities. In collaboration with Koori Heritage Trust and Multicultural Australia.
UNWomen
SPORT 4 All Campaign
How do we support gender equality through sport across the Asia Pacific?
Design an awareness campaign and deliver change management tools for sporting organisations to facilitate and promote the use of sport as a tool for gender equity throughout the region.
Walking Football 4 Health Victoria
PX InSights > Strategy Development
How do we build a sustainable, participant-led model across Victoria?
Understand experience gaps through PX Insights, develop a new monitoring and evaluation framework, facilitate stakeholder consultation and develop the strategic plan. Support an ongoing participant-led culture through frequent surveying and co-design workshops.
Swimming SA
PX Insights > Strategy Development
How do we build a growth and retention strategy for the swimming system that responds to participant needs?
PX Insights survey, stakeholder consultation, workshop facilitation and development of the Swimming SA Strategic Plan 2024 - 2032.
Netball Australia
Pacific Netball System Development
How do we grow the capacity and capability of our regional Netball partners?
Development of an organisational capability diagnostic tool to support the development of thriving netball systems across the Pacific.
Regional Sport Victoria
Strategy 2026-2032
What is the role and function of Regional Sport Victoria in getting more people active and healthy?
Independent facilitation and stakeholder consultation to deliver an 8 year strategy identifying the organisation's role in the development of a sustainable sporting eco-system across regional Victoria.
Swimming Victoria
DIVING INTO THE FUTURE OF SWIMMING
How do we develop a sustainable swimming community designed around the needs of clubs and communities?
Development of a business case, strategic plan and place-based toolkit to build a sustainable swimming ecosystem and give the workforce the tools and skills to drive change.
SWIM Coaches & Teachers Australia
Levelling the Deck
How do we influence a more inclusive swimming culture through coach education?
Development of the program strategy to drive behaviour change amongst the swimming community towards increased inclusion and retention of diverse swimmers.
Hockey NSW
Co-Design Toolkit
How do we attract new hockey participants through place-based design?
Development of a co-design toolkit to promote and enable a flexible programming approach to the engagement of new communities, through Hockey 5's.
Hockey Australia
Inclusion through Hookin2Hockey
How do we create program environments where everyone feels safe, respected and has fun?
Delivery of inclusion training and resources for the Hookin2Hockey program, enabling delivery in new spaces and places for new and diverse audiences.