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.