Impactful Practice Consultant

Transforming complex knowledge and research into useful tools for practice

Are you a passionate leader in the social or justice sector who is struggling to develop services or interventions that are impactful?

Impactful practice:

  • Is grounded in a strong evidence-base and innovative, it combines diverse sources of knowledge to develop new ways to solve the problems we face.

  • Leads to meaningful outcomes for all people in Aotearoa, including Māori, Pasifika, youth, people with disabilities, and those experiencing poor wellbeing.

I can help you explore and understand:

  • Is what we’re doing working? Why/why not?

  • What’s happening in practice? What challenges do our kaimahi face?

  • How can we improve practice and see meaningful outcomes?

  • What does the evidence say about this problem?

  • How can we draw from both Māori and Tauiwi knowledge to achieve these outcomes?

You will have clear steps to improve practice and increased confidence in what you’re doing, because you know what’s working and what isn’t, and you have an achievable evidence-based and culturally safe way forward to increase your impact.

My approach

As a pracademic committed to social justice, I’m only interested in research which uplifts the well-being of Aotearoa’s most vulnerable groups. I believe we can and should do better, by identifying strengths and weaknesses, and then innovating to improve practice.

Here is a peek at my process:

  • Partnership - including collaboration with Māori and promoting bi-cultural approaches to practice. I ensure that I partner with people who have the expertise that we need - whether that’s cultural expertise, indigenous knowledge, or particular research skills.

  • Critical Evaluation - analysis of current practice and research evidence, including conducting applied research to discover the needs of kaihami and clients in your space.

  • Mixed Methods and Meaningful Outcomes - I look beyond traditional metrics because I believe there are many outcomes and sources of knowledge, including different cultural perspectives, which should inform practice.

  • Knowledge Synthesis - bringing relevant knowledge together to draw from the strengths of different approaches, make clear recommendations, and develop tools for practice.

  • Practical Solutions - I loathe long (and unreadable) reports full of statistics and technical language. Instead, I bring a practice-focused approach, using plain language to communicate ideas and developing clear steps to guide practice changes.

I have collaborated on numerous research projects and academic publications, including a book about understanding the Psychological causes of violence and the development of a framework for bi-cultural practice. Check out my research and publications on Researchgate and Google Scholar.