Escient is an employee-owned business and digital consultancy firm, with a purpose to help shape the future for organisations, people and planet. Established in Adelaide in 2016, Escient saw an opportunity to bring something unique to the market by breaking away from the traditional, one size fits all approach to consulting. Through their highly collaborative, relationship-led approach, Escient partners with clients to provide actionable insights and tailored solutions that drive effective and sustainable outcomes.  

From its inception, Escient has been on a strong growth trajectory, and now employs 150 people supporting over 250 clients across South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. Over the last seven and a half years, they have built a culture identifiable as “uniquely Escient”. Escient believes a combination of diverse backgrounds, experiences and skill sets sets their people apart. The Escient culture guides their people and reminds them that the opportunity to shape the future is ultimately why clients come to Escient and why they keep coming back.

Escient is committed to measuring success based on the impact it has on its clients’ success, and they place a strong emphasis on social value creation. Escient continues to strengthen its relationship with Black Dog Institute and supports them to continue leading medical research into mental health solutions and suicide prevention.

A major key to the organisation’s success is its diversity – the company prides itself on being gender-balanced with multi-generational representation: over half the team was born overseas, and their collective professional experience spans over 25 professional disciplines. Escient believes its diversity of experience and cultural perspectives give its consultants better insights that inspire creativity and help drive innovation. Escient’s diversity is reflected in their clients and in the community, helping to build trusting relationships with clients and delivering them purpose-fit value with real, sustainable outcomes.

Another key success factor is Escient’s alignment. Through innovative commercial arrangements and an employee share scheme, Escient has ensured that clients, the company, and employees all win together. The company has developed and evolved an Employee Value The proposition that it benchmarks performance via staff surveys and other forms of feedback.

Escient provides a broad range of professional services under the four key pillars:

• Dealing with change
• Becoming more human
• Delivering on purpose
• Navigating complexity

For information about Escient, visit escient.com.au