Strategy & insight

Many of our projects involve review or development at a strategic level.

Strategy development
We deploy our research and analytical skills to develop the insights that lie at the heart of successful strategy development

Facilitation and deliberation
We use a variety of techniques - most notably structured and facilitated work with clients and their stakeholders - to ensure that conclusions and propositions are both valid and practical.

Tailored outputs
We draw on a body of experience that encompasses the full gamut of sustainability issues, ranging from national to local level and embracing the spectrum from full public strategy development to compact think pieces.

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Brook Lyndhurst Blog

  • Dear Sir/Madam

    I reacted badly this week when, in response to a tender document I’d prepared, I received an email saying “Thank you for your submission, but I regret to inform you that you have been unsuccessful in your application…”  It wasn’t the No that upset me - it’s an occupational hazard of competitive tendering, after all, and [...] 

  • Time to buy the Sustainable Development Commission?

    News that the government has decided to withdraw its funding for the Sustainable Development Commission is prompting comment in a number of locations.  I particularly enjoyed George Monbiot’s observation that the £1.9mn being saved is no more than ‘a rounding error’ on the Trident missile invoice. Having once been a Commissioner on the London Sustainable Development [...] 

  • Marketing to the marketers will be key for green claims guidance

    Our research for Defra on the prevalence and content of green claims was published recently. The study – along with our work on consumer understanding of green terms – is feeding into a revision of Defra’s green claims guidance for marketers, the consultation for which closed in June. While researching a possible follow up story, one [...]