Services

For organizations that want a strategic partner in the work.

Serving as an embedded, contracted member of your team's ongoing work
Contributing to day-to-day decisions, deliverables, and strategy over the life of an initiative
Sustained, retainer-based partnership rather than episodic support

Deliverables: scoped to the engagement

Common uses: multi-year initiatives, fund management, initiative leadership, ongoing program or policy work

Finding what's actually blocking outcomes — and the practical path through.

Reviewing statutes, regulations, program rules, funding flows, and governance structures
Identifying the structural barriers keeping systems from producing intended results
Laying out options, tradeoffs, and sequencing for change

Deliverables: strategy memos, decision briefs, options papers

Common uses: system redesign, new initiatives, reorganizations, periods of policy change

Pressure-testing policies and programs before they launch.

Reviewing proposed policies and programs for clarity, feasibility, and outcome alignment
Advising on outcomes, performance measures, and accountability structures
Surfacing implementation, fiscal, and governance risks early — including pilot and demonstration design to test before scaling

Deliverables: design notes, written feedback, revised frameworks

Common uses: project proposals, new programs, funder-supported pilots

Turning data into decisions.

Labor market analysis and synthesis tied to specific policy and program questions
Clear insights from performance, evaluation, and public administrative data (no PII)
Translating evidence into actionable implications for design, investment, and accountability

Deliverables: analytic briefs, slide-ready summaries, local and regional economic profiles

Common uses: planning, legislative briefings, funder strategy, program refinement

Getting agencies, funders, and partners moving in the same direction.

Briefing materials and background analysis for cross-agency and cross-sector discussions
Facilitating focused, decision-oriented conversations aimed at alignment and forward movement
Documenting agreements, open questions, and next steps so momentum sticks

Deliverables: meeting design, facilitation, written summaries

Common uses: coalitions, intermediaries, multi-agency initiatives

Bringing the systems view to your board, leadership team, or coalition.

Keynotes and briefings on workforce systems, economic mobility, and labor-market trends
Custom training for boards, agency leadership, and cross-sector partners
Sessions focused on practical implications for governance, oversight, and decision-making

Formats: keynotes, briefings, workshops — virtual or in-person

Audiences: boards, agency leadership, coalitions, funders