What we do

During a crisis, remote support proves inadequate. We deliver on-the-ground solutions to ensure the continuation of your business operations within areas affected by armed conflict, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters. Rather than dwelling on the complexity of the environment, our simplified-systems approach enables us to efficiently identify risks and formulate appropriate strategies that you can implement.

During a sudden-onset emergency or during the rapid deterioration of an existing crisis, time is critical. We deploy with you or on your behalf to demonstrate access and capacity to implement. We lead rapid assessments, sectoral assessments, operational assessments, operational start-up, coordination and representation, concept notes and budgets, and field communications.

“Nature abhors a vacuum.” This physics concept can also be applied to leadership, information, and business. If a crisis has disrupted your operations, how long will it take your competitors to fill that space? We can help your team on the ground resume activities and preserve your share of the market.

By understanding the drivers of conflicts and the actors involved, we analyze how your business may be perceived or influenced by the conflict context. We help you develop strategies to avoid exacerbating further conflict and violence and present opportunities to reduce conflict risks and impact on your business.. Additionally, by understanding the local context and engaging with local stakeholders, we will identify market opportunities that align with your needs and the needs of the local population.

Localization in the context of humanitarian aid and development puts affected communities at the center of the response. In many contexts, action is more timely, cost-effective, and efficient when locally driven as it leverages local actors' knowledge, networks, and political and cultural awareness to deliver results on the ground. We help you to identify and partner with local organizations that can help your business achieve efficiency, access, and acceptance.

Ground truthing assesses the accuracy of field reports by comparing it with information collected at the ground level. We support your business through quality assessments, operational assessments, and baseline/endline surveys. We also conduct informal and discreet “field audits” to help apprise you of potential risks.

During a crisis, anyone can advise your business from their office - few are willing to do it from the field. Fewer still are able to provide high-level insight and practical solutions based on decades of crisis management experience. We use the same tools, systems, processes, and methods that many other organizations use - but… it’s the real world application of these tools that sets us apart.