Populate Consulting is a small management consulting firm focused on making a big difference. We use our extensive range of skills, networks and experience to help
the public sector flourish and thrive.
Twenty years working in the public sector taught us a lot. The most important thing we learned is that public services are vital. We experienced first-hand the world of difference that excellent public services make to our lives, and we saw for ourselves the catastrophic disasters that occur when they fail.
We got the opportunity to work with some incredible public servants, people who change lives for the better every day. We learned about the challenges they face ‐ the constant pressure to be more efficient and productive, to do more with less, to innovate at the same time as excelling at the day job.
During our time in the public sector we had the privilege of helping many such people. But working for just one organisation, we realised we could only help so many.
By 2017 our world had expanded. We were desperate to discover just how much we could do to help the sector we care so deeply about. We had to find a way to make a bigger contribution, so we launched Populate.
Over the past five years we have discovered that the world of public service is made of stars: every year on this journey we get to build relationships with more and more people who are sincerely dedicated to changing the world for the better.
We believe our collaborations with our clients have enabled us all to grow. Together we have pioneered new ways of working, honed our skills and developed new ones, expanded our outlook and our sense of what is possible in the world of public service.
We are proud of what we have helped to achieve in that time, and excited to discover where this adventure will take us next.