Aligning effort with aspiration

through purpose driven strategic planning, facilitation and process improvement.

We help organisations define and adapt their strategy, identify and clarify their priorities, and measure and improve their performance.

Aligned Thinking is a purpose-driven strategy and facilitation agency. We work with people and organisations doing great work, for good.

Our capabilities include strategic planning, business transformation, CX strategy, group facilitation, stakeholder and community engagement, and program evaluation.

We bring curiosity, passion and tenacity to our client engagements. With a true spirit of collaboration, we stand side by side with our clients, listening intently, sharing experiences, leveraging connections and solving problems together.

What we do

Strategic planning

Helping clients to define their purpose and to achieve it, through strategic planning that is evidence based and consumer informed.

Process improvement

Examining the efficiency of business processes and finding ways to optimize them that aligns with organisational objectives.

CX strategy

Mapping your customer journey and identifying pain points that can be resolved to improve your customer’s experience.

Facilitation

Facilitating workshops and forums that allow participant to identify issues, define actions and to engage in a constructive manner.

Program & project evaluation

Evaluating outcomes, measuring impact and effectiveness, and identifying areas for improvement.

Community & stakeholder engagement

Designing and managing group engagement where there is a diverse range of views, to gather feedback or gain consensus.

Sectors we operate in

  • Public sector

    Partnering with councils, departments and agencies to identify and deliver strategic priorities.

  • Care economy

    Supporting caring organisations to fulfil their purpose and potential in an environment of significant sector reform.

  • Social justice

    Supporting organisations in the business of creating positive social change.

  • Community groups

    Supporting community groups to build clarity, connection, and consensus.

  • Regional & rural business

    Supporting rural and regional businesses to be profitable, sustainable and resilient contributors to our local economy.

Why our clients say.

  • Sarimah facilitated our team to review our performance, objectives and values, and collaborated to shape the direction of our program well into the future. Her commitment to understanding our team and community meant that her planning, facilitation and reports comprehensively met our needs. Sarimah set us up for both successful processes and outcomes, supporting us to improve and streamline our service deliverables for our community. We’ve now delivered the changes we designed with Sarimah’s support, and not only do our team and I feel empowered and excited about what we have achieved, but early results suggest that our community will reap the rewards of our work together.

    Leah Tylee, ProgramManager, headspace Albury-Wodonga and Wangaratta

  • As a growing Allied Health clinic we are constantly looking at ways to improve our strategic direction, service provision and sustainability of our business model. We have so many great concepts and well intended programs but it is a challenge to analyse our opportunities and see where, and how, we should be focussing our attention. Sarimah brings a very clear lens to these situations. She gently (sometimes less so!!) guides us through the process and elegantly facilitates the implementation of our ideas to key stakeholders. She presents in a very engaging manner and challenges conventional thought. We cannot recommend her highly enough.

    Tom Barry, Managing Director, O-Health

  • On behalf of the Board and Management of Regional Disability Advocacy Service, I wish to thank you for recently facilitating a review and revitalisation of our business strategy. We are very pleased with the result and feel far more confident that we can successfully navigate both the challenges and opportunities that await us in a rapidly changing environment.

    Ben Foley, Executive Officer, Regional Disability Advocacy Sevices (RDAS)