Direct
The person in the first conversation stays close to every interview, analysis and output.
About
Independent,because the work should stay close.
Context / Consequence is a policy intelligence studio founded by Joe Dougall. Clients work directly with the person researching the issue, testing the logic and building the response.
Joe Dougall
Policy consultant.Commercially minded.
Through the studio, we work with organisations navigating the space between public policy, market change, product decisions and strategic communications.
Our experience spans complex policy and communications work across technology, investment, health and the built environment. We help teams interpret live regulatory change, navigate competing stakeholder pressures and turn evidence into decisions that work beyond the policy function.
The studio model brings that cross-sector judgement into fixed-scope, hands-on projects. Research, interviews, commercial thinking and communications are kept connected throughout. The aim is straightforward: make complexity legible, find the consequence that matters and leave the organisation with something it can use.
Why a studio
Small enough for access.Structured enough for depth.
Flexible
The work can bring in trusted specialists where a brief genuinely needs another discipline.
Focused
Projects are scoped around decisions and useful outputs rather than a large delivery machine.
Candid
Independent judgement makes it easier to test whether an opportunity is real—and say when it is not.
Experience across
Technology · Investment · Health · Built environment
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Need a policy consultant who can connect the dots?
Start with the live change, commercial question or organisational decision. A few sentences is enough.
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