Walson-Jack Consulting
We help governments build capable institutions, develop effective leaders and turn reform ambitions into sustainable results.
Our work combines practical experience at the highest levels of government administration with contemporary global thinking on leadership, institutional transformation and state capability.
Our Mission
To support governments and institutions in strengthening leadership, improving institutional effectiveness and delivering better outcomes for citizens.
Our Vision
A globally respected advisory and leadership platform for building effective governments, capable institutions and transformational public-sector leaders.
International by design
We aim to be more than a source of individual assignments. Our longer-term goal is to be a recognised Senior Adviser, Expert, Faculty Member, Fellow, Commission Member or Institutional Partner.
National Governments
Particularly governments undertaking civil-service reform, administrative restructuring, public-sector modernisation, senior leadership development, digital-government reform or performance-management reform.
Multilateral Institutions
Institutional markets include organisations such as:
World Bank Group · United Nations system · United Nations Development Programme · African Development Bank · African Union institutions · Commonwealth Secretariat · Regional economic communities · OECD-related programmes where appropriate · International development agencies
Development Organisations and Foundations
In the fields of state capability, leadership, governance, institutional strengthening, public administration, women’s leadership and African development.
Universities and Schools of Government
Practitioner fellowships · Executive education · Guest lecturing · Case-study development · Visiting practitioner appointments · Advisory boards · Leadership programmes · Collaborative research
Private-Sector Organisations
Selective engagements where relevant to government relations, public-private partnerships, regulatory strategy, leadership, institutional governance, organisational transformation and doing business with government. We protect our reputation by not becoming a vehicle for commercial lobbying or influence-peddling.
Three levels of engagement.
Our proposition is not simply "Nigerian expertise." It is practical knowledge about leading and transforming large public institutions in complex environments.
Africa
Many African governments confront comparable issues: administrative capability, institutional reform, public-sector productivity, leadership, digitalisation, youth demographics, talent retention and citizen expectations.
Nigeria
Nigeria remains an important source of credibility, knowledge and relationships.
Global
Over time, we engage deliberately with global schools of government, multilaterals, Commonwealth institutions, international leadership organisations, think tanks, foundations and global forums.
What sets us apart.
We are different from conventional management consulting in what we bring to the table.
We do not simply advise governments on what they should do. We help leaders work through the harder questions that follow a decision: how to build the capability to deliver it, how to sequence it, how to bring the institution with them, and how to make it last beyond the people who launched it.
We deploy accumulated public-service experience, practical reform knowledge, international networks and contemporary leadership thinking.
The Walson-Jack Framework for Institutional Transformation.
The Walson-Jack Framework is our methodology for institutional change. It covers eight dimensions that together determine whether a reform takes hold: Leadership, People, Systems, Culture, Accountability, Technology, Execution and Sustainability.
Leadership
The capacity of senior officials to lead large institutions, under political oversight and through reform.
Common questions.
Institutions don't transform on their own.
We take on a limited number of engagements at any time, so that each receives the attention it warrants. Every enquiry is read and considered personally. If your institution's challenge sits within our seven areas of practice, we welcome the conversation.