A plan that survives the budget cycle.
Public agencies plan under constraints no one else has: legislative sessions, biennial budgets, open records, and leadership that turns over. We bring a process that respects all of it and produces a strategy your divisions, your commission, and the public can follow.
Your agency is specific. So is our partnership.
Public-sector planning isn’t generic strategy work. The budget clock, the public record, and the scrutiny that comes with both are particular to government. So is the way we help you meet them.
A process that respects public process, from open meetings to the records request that follows.
Strategy that survives a budget cycle and a change in administration.
Engagement that reaches residents, not just insiders.
Senior consultants in the room, never junior staff sent to run your most important process.
Language that works for a commission and a community meeting alike.
Performance measures your division managers actually use, not a report that sits on a shelf.
Depth across the public sector.
Agency strategic planning
A mission-aligned plan built to your budget cycle and defensible in a public hearing.
Public & community engagement
Structured listening that reaches beyond the usual voices and stands up to scrutiny.
Interagency & regional alignment
Shared direction where no single body holds the authority to decide alone.
Service design & operations
Process and structure work that shortens the distance between mandate and delivery.
Workforce & culture
Retention, capacity, and culture work for agencies competing with the private sector for talent.
Performance measurement
Measures and cadence that turn an adopted plan into reportable progress.
We turn a mandate into coordinated action.
Every agency engagement starts with a leader holding a deadline and a dozen divisions. Here’s the shift our public-sector partners describe.
“We have a directive, a deadline, and eleven divisions.”
“Every division can point to its part of the plan.”
Where we work in the public sector.
Government is not one client. A transit agency, a police bureau, and a state lottery share a budget process and almost nothing else. Each of these has its own page.
State agencies
Agency strategic plans built to survive a budget cycle and a change in administration.
Oregon DEQ · Oregon Health Authority · Washington DSHSCities & counties
Council-adopted strategy, department alignment, and engagement that reaches residents.
City of Portland · Multnomah County · Lane CountyTransit, ports & infrastructure
Long-horizon capital and service strategy for agencies the region depends on daily.
TriMet · Sound Transit · Port of Portland · MetroPublic safety
Strategy and culture work in bureaus under sustained public scrutiny.
Portland Police Bureau · Portland Fire & Rescue · Dept. of CorrectionsEnergy, environment & utilities
Regulatory mandates translated into operating priorities and public accountability.
Energy Trust of Oregon · Oregon DOE · Utilities & Transportation CommissionWorkforce & economic development
Regional strategy connecting employers, training, and the people looking for work.
Business Oregon · WorkSource Oregon · Workforce Talent & Development BoardState enterprise & lotteries
Enterprise services and revenue agencies balancing performance with public trust.
Oregon Lottery · Washington Lottery · Dept. of Enterprise ServicesCouncils of government
Multi-jurisdiction alignment where no single body holds the authority.
Oregon Cascades West COG · League of Oregon CitiesDon’t see your agency type? The work underneath is the same: a defensible process, real engagement, and a plan that holds. Tell us what you’re facing.
Trusted across state and local government.
We speak public process fluently: open meetings, records, budget cycles, and the political reality of an adopted plan. Senior consultants lead every engagement, from the division team to the commission.
Let’s build a plan your agency can actually run.
Tell us about your agency and the cycle you’re in. We’ll bring a defensible process, real public engagement, and measures your team will use.