Independent judgement for complex health and human services decisions
Bringing clarity and structure when trade-offs are real and the cost of being wrong is high.
When organisations seek independent judgement
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Organisations and government agencies typically come to me when they are required to make decisions about complex programs or initiatives — often under pressure, uncertainty, or external scrutiny.
These are situations where the intent is sound, the stakes are high, and the consequences of getting it wrong are real. Evidence may be incomplete, timelines constrained, and expectations from funders, boards, or government unclear or contested.
My work focuses on bringing structure and clarity to these moments: making the underlying logic of an initiative explicit, designing evaluation that is proportionate and decision-relevant, and supporting leaders to interpret evidence and trade-offs with confidence.
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Making the logic of your initiative explicit
This work often underpins evaluation, funding applications, and program design.
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Designing evaluation that supports real decisions
I help organisations design evaluations that are:
· explicitly anchored to decision-making
· proportionate to the maturity and risk of the program
· grounded in what is realistically feasible
The aim is to ensure evaluation effort leads to insight that supports real decisions — not just reporting.
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Independent judgement when decisions matter
I provide independent, evidence-informed judgement to help organisations make sense of evaluation findings and decide what to do next.