Our blog

We believe in sharing the knowledge and learnings we capture through our work with people and organisations across the health and social services sectors.

Our blog consists of thoughtful and practical content and insight across a range of topic areas that aims to better enable people and organisations to plan, design, implement and evaluate their work.

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Innovation, diffusion and the dancing guy

In creating social impact that is big enough to really make a difference, diffusion is what we need. This requires big-picture thinking about the context, not just the innovation itself. Most importantly, it means being authentic and genuine, finding a role for those people who are vital for diffusion to take place – the innovators and early adopters.

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In utero experiences shape who we are, what we become. Revisiting 'Barker Hypothesis'.

‘The 9 Months That Made You” was released in 2011 and featured the late British scientist David Barker, pioneer of ‘Barker Hypothesis’ and contributor to the overarching concept of ‘fetal programming’.

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Beacon Strategies officially launched

After months of joyous business planning, plotting and brain straining, we are both pretty stoked to launch the official Beacon Strategies website. And so begins our journey of applying ourselves to pieces of work that we truly believe need to be done.