operating on the boundaries between academia, healthcare and industry
“The grass is rarely greener on the other side, but it is longer near the fence, and Datchet Consulting is about life along the boundaries.”
Terry Young, Director
Different sectors have much to learn from each other and between them lies a rich environment for innovation, collaboration and efficiency.
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Despite lockdown, the academic world has not really changed the way it satisfies students’ thirst for knowledge. Meanwhile, employers continue to report a mismatch between their needs and the skills of new recruits
Academia: research
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Even established universities can struggle to reach out to other sectors. This is usually complicated and successful collaboration relies on relationships that work at more than one level, which deliver short-term and long term gains in each direction.
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With the advent of Integrated Care Systems, healthcare everywhere needs to develop better knowledge and process management and use the combination to power a better health flywheel
Industry
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From beyond the campus, those wanting to innovate are often unclear as to how to approach a university or partner with one. Datchet consulting can help on understand where the business can go in the future and where the industry will be able to support the public sector.
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This is opening up a new area of research for me that connects, for instance, best business practices and ethical principles, or how explores how businesses or entrepreneurs may best reflect their underpinning beliefs in the way they operate.
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Our process
Datchet Consulting is a knowledge company that takes a flexible approach to working with clients.
We like to start with a conversation and develop it through practical proposals and responses.
Our approach
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Most problems don’t respond to directive plans, so you need to keep revisiting key questions
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We can’t solve anyone’s problem with a prescription, and we can’t solve problems on our own. We work with clients and draw in the right partners for their expertise (e.g. specialists in HR or Finance)
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It is the people who have the problems who know most about those problems. Our job is to inject a little bit of what they don’t have but mainly to harness and encourage their creativity
Our solutions
According to the client’s requirements and needs the output can be:
A complete written report, with synthesis and forward-thinking
One-to-one briefing with in depth personalised analysis
A board-level presentation or interactive worshop
Dr Marc Farr, Founder, Beautiful Information
Terry’s input came at a critical time for us in shaping our thinking about how to develop an understanding of a trust’s analytical maturity. His experience in the field and his responsiveness made him the perfect partner for BI on this high-profile project.
Datchet Consulting undertook a short study for Beautiful Information on the development of a framework and assessment tool for boards of healthcare organisations.