Design and assurance services

Human-centred research, design, and AI assurance that creates clarity.

Strategic user research

Deliver evidence leaders trust to cut risk, strengthen business cases and support confident decisions.

End-to-end service design

Design journeys that align touchpoints, reduce delivery risk and create services people trust.

Artificial intelligence assurance

Provide assurance so AI is fair, transparent and accountable to regulators, users and society.

User-centred design leadership

Grow teams and projects with experienced leadership. Interim mentoring builds lasting design maturity.

Government service assessments

Apply assessor expertise to help you pass with confidence. Ensure services are compliant and resilient.

Prototyping and validation

Turn strategy into action with rapid prototypes. Gather feedback fast to de-risk ideas.

Shaping services from discovery to delivery

Finding the right problems and testing solutions fast to reduce risk.

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Discovery

Uncovering the core user needs and policy intent. Defining the problem and scoping the opportunity.

02

Alpha

Rapidly prototyping and testing multiple approaches. Identifying the best path based on user evidence.

03

Beta

Building and iterating on the live service with a small group of users. Preparing for a full public launch.

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Live

Continuously monitoring, iterating, and improving the service based on real-world data and user feedback.

Specialist sectors of expertise

Deep domain knowledge in complex, regulated environments.

Government and public sector

Bringing GDS experience with a track record of de-risking and delivering large-scale transformations for departments like HMRC.

Financial services and FinTech

Providing design leadership for innovative products at banks like Citibank and Barclays, and challengers like Atom Bank.

Build intelligent services people trust.

Bringing human-centred design to make technology powerful and people-first.