INDEPENDENCE
CAPABILITY
CAPACITY
Provide impartial and frank advice to inform decision-making
Provide rigour and expertise to inform policy development and assessment
Bolster or release capacity to maximise impact of government activities
‘Honest broker’
‘Genuine complementary expertise’
‘(Temporary) boots on the ground’
‘Guns for hire’
‘Smoke and mirrors’ /
‘All style no substance’
‘An eternal stopgap’
WHAT IT MEANS
WHEN IT'S DONE WELL
WHEN IT'S DONE BADLY
WHAT IT MEANS
WHEN IT'S DONE WELL
WHEN IT'S DONE BADLY
WHAT IT MEANS
WHEN IT'S DONE WELL
WHEN IT'S DONE BADLY
When and how consultants can add value