Develop your clear thinking for the conversations that matter

It’s a trust and attention jungle out there. More than ever we need explanations that are well structured and connect easily.

I’m Mark Baxter.  I help shape engaging consensus understanding  that your stakeholders can see, own and act upon.  

“Mark has the capability to distill complex concepts into a communicative journey that is compelling and engaging for the audience.

The value he brings is his depth of experience in producing communication pieces that get the message across in a way that the audience can understand and engage with. His work is game changing.”

Marketing lead, government software partner

“Mark brings two very different sequential elements.

First, taking stakeholder perspectives, objectives, aspirations and constraints into a single place.

An opportunity then becomes a reality, the chance to discuss, reprioritise, agree, modify improve and enhance; the acceleration of the original ideas, with agility.

The end result - transparency and agreement. Nothing sweeter than that.”

NZ CEO, multinational IT services vendor

“Mark’s understanding of the substantive elements of the concepts you are trying to get across and articulating them in simple words and pictures is incredibly compelling and receives consistently outstanding feedback.”

Leadership team, major NZ telco

Meaning and human connection moves us to action

We want to understand and know that others do too.

Change begins when we‘re all on the same page. So I look to:

FIRST, bring everyone together

People shape engaging narratives around how we instinctively want - and need - to absorb and understand new information.

OUTCOME: Understanding and alignment

THEN, take connected ideas forward

Seeing is believing - we capture our collective thinking into coherent places of trust, foundations for the important dialogue ahead.

OUTCOME: Informed action

Now we understand

Auckland University

NZ Bank

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Capital & Coast DHB

Cynefin

Datacom

Department of Internal Affairs

Department Of Conservation

Engineering NZ

Fronde

IBM New Zealand

Inland Revenue Department

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Intergen

I’ve built an uncommon skillset in complex public sector, IT, telco, energy, finance, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, defence and NGO change engagements across Asia Pacific and the USA.

Land Information New Zealand

Microsoft New Zealand

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Primary Industries

New Zealand Defence Force

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

New Zealand Transport Agency

New Zealand Post

Optimation

Oxygen Business Solutions

Public Service Commission

Quotable Value

Spark New Zealand

Sport New Zealand

Te Puni Kokiri

Tertiary Education Commission

Transpower

Tuhana Group

Taumata Arowai

University of Auckland

UXC Red Rock Consulting

Wellington City Council

A word on work examples and confidentiality

My work is more often than not confidential, explaining specific strategic choices to targeted stakeholder audiences.

I can’t put it all online, but I can share selected examples with you in person.