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It works alongside organizations to improve how people, processes, and technology come together, drawing on expertise in technology, experience design, organizational and operational transformation, change management, and strategic program delivery. Its approach puts people at the heart of decisions and focuses on solutions that build lasting impact and organizational capability.","mission":"Help businesses transform by putting people at the heart of every decision and turning strategy into real, measurable value.","directory":{"industryName":"Management Consulting","agentCount":128,"indexable":true,"hubUrl":"https://nowen.ai/industry/management-consulting"},"categoryDirectory":{"name":"AI Consulting","agentCount":144,"indexable":true,"url":"https://nowen.ai/category/ai-consulting"},"aiReaderFamilies":["Perplexity"],"products":[{"name":"Technology consulting","anchor":"product-technology-consulting","type":"Service","url":"https://northhighland.com/services/technology-consulting","summary":"Turns technology priorities into secure, practical solutions that support business growth, improve decisions, and bring AI capabilities into production.","description":"North Highland helps organizations decide what technology to build first and deliver practical solutions across AI, data and analytics, cloud and infrastructure, cybersecurity, software engineering, and enterprise platforms. 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Services include readiness assessment, strategy and roadmap development, governance and ethics frameworks, operating model design, use case implementation, workforce development, and capability scaling. 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Services include change planning and measurement, communication and engagement, capability activation, and leadership and stakeholder alignment. The practice supports AI and enterprise technology adoption, workforce transformation, organizational change capability building, and mergers and acquisitions integration.","pricing":{},"features":[{"name":"Change planning and readiness","value":"Prepare People For Change","valueDescription":"Readiness assessment and stakeholder impact planning help organizations communicate the reasons for change and prepare people for transition."},{"name":"Communication and engagement","value":"Build Understanding And Involvement","valueDescription":"Clear communication and engagement help people understand the reason for change and take part in the transformation."},{"name":"Change measurement and reinforcement","value":"Track And Sustain Adoption","valueDescription":"Measurement, feedback, performance tracking, and reinforcement help organizations understand adoption and support new behaviors over time."},{"name":"Leadership and stakeholder alignment","value":"Align Leaders And Stakeholders","valueDescription":"Provides clear direction and support for change across the organization."},{"name":"Capability activation and skills building","value":"Equip People With Relevant Skills","valueDescription":"Role-focused skills building, training, and coaching help people develop capabilities relevant to new ways of working."},{"name":"AI organizational enablement","value":"Turn AI Access Into Daily Use","valueDescription":"Training, governance, and culture support help people use AI tools in everyday work."},{"name":"Enterprise technology adoption","value":"Connect Technology To Business Outcomes","valueDescription":"Supports people as new technology changes how work gets done and helps organizations pursue intended business outcomes."},{"name":"Organizational change capability building","value":"Build Internal Change Capability","valueDescription":"Develops internal teams' ability to lead future change beyond an individual initiative."},{"name":"Workforce transformation","value":"Guide Teams Through Workforce Change","valueDescription":"Support for operating models, governance, and culture helps teams navigate workforce changes and adapt their ways of working."},{"name":"Mergers and acquisitions integration","value":"Align Cultures And Ways Of Working","valueDescription":"Focuses on aligning cultures and ways of working to support integration."},{"name":"Agile-enabled change","value":"Deliver Change In Manageable Steps","valueDescription":"An iterative approach helps teams address change in smaller steps, involve people, gather feedback, and reinforce new behaviors."}]},{"name":"Strategic Program Management","anchor":"product-strategic-program-management","type":"Service","url":"https://northhighland.com/services/strategic-program-management","summary":"Helps organizations keep complex programs visible and on track while delivering promised results on time and within budget.","description":"North Highland’s Strategic Program Management practice provides experienced program and portfolio leaders to keep complex work on course and visible to the business. Expertise spans strategic portfolio management, program and project management, business analysis, and business agility and product. Services include program recovery, complex program design and execution, independent delivery assessment, and team alignment around outcomes. The practice also offers NH360 Portfolio Insights and portfolio accelerators to support investment decisions and program delivery.","pricing":{},"features":[{"name":"Program design and execution","value":"Run Complex Programs With Measured Value","valueDescription":"Provides disciplined program setup and execution, with value measured throughout delivery."},{"name":"Program recovery","value":"Restore Control And Rebuild Confidence","valueDescription":"Identifies problems in troubled programs and helps re-establish confidence and control."},{"name":"Program assurance","value":"Assess Delivery Readiness Independently","valueDescription":"Gives organizations an independent assessment of whether a program is set up to deliver its promised outcomes."},{"name":"NH360 Portfolio Insights","value":"Make Portfolio Priorities And Delivery Visible","valueDescription":"Supports portfolio investment assessment and keeps outcomes, priorities, and delivery sequencing visible. It also provides milestone tracking, approval workflows and history, access administration, and reporting synchronization."},{"name":"Strategic portfolio management accelerators","value":"Activate Portfolio Capabilities In Days","valueDescription":"Provides targeted portfolio capabilities designed for activation in days rather than weeks or months."},{"name":"Program governance and delivery discipline","value":"Coordinate Work And Address Risks Proactively","valueDescription":"Creates clear accountability and coordinated delivery routines while supporting timely decisions and issue resolution."},{"name":"Program performance visibility","value":"Track Progress And Surface Risks","valueDescription":"Makes program information accessible and gives leaders visibility into delivery status, risks, and measured progress."},{"name":"Business analysis and delivery flex services","value":"Close Capability Gaps And Keep Initiatives Moving","valueDescription":"Turns analysis into buildable requirements to address capability gaps and maintain initiative progress."},{"name":"Project-to-product transformation","value":"Align Teams Around Lasting Outcomes","valueDescription":"Structures teams and their work around desired outcomes rather than a single project's duration."}]},{"name":"Managed services","anchor":"product-managed-services","type":"Service","url":"https://northhighland.com/industry-expertise/retail-and-consumer-products","summary":"Aligns resources and specialist support with transformation needs to improve delivery quality and curb internal costs.","description":"North Highland's managed services provide end-to-end support for transformation and delivery. Services include operational model redesign, workforce planning, culture and performance reviews, understanding upcoming demand, and onboarding project-ready resources. North Highland also manages resource performance and knowledge retention. 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North Highland also helps establish Testing Centers of Excellence that guide staff, streamline processes, support multi-vendor systems, and reduce manual effort.","pricing":{},"features":[{"name":"Modern testing frameworks","value":"Strengthen System Testing","valueDescription":"Uses modern testing frameworks to support robust, efficient system testing."},{"name":"Testing automation","value":"Reduce Manual Testing Effort","valueDescription":"Applies testing automation to reduce manual effort and help teams move delivery forward more quickly."},{"name":"Testing risk reduction","value":"Reduce Delivery Risk","valueDescription":"Uses modern frameworks and automation to reduce risk as systems are tested and delivered."},{"name":"System reliability testing","value":"Support Reliable Systems","valueDescription":"Testing supports reliable system performance at every stage."},{"name":"Testing center of excellence support","value":"Guide Testing Teams","valueDescription":"Testing Centers of Excellence provide staff guidance and support testing across multi-vendor systems."},{"name":"Testing process streamlining","value":"Streamline Testing Processes","valueDescription":"Streamlined processes and reduced manual effort support more efficient testing."},{"name":"Compliance-focused testing","value":"Support Compliant Systems","valueDescription":"Testing services help public agencies support compliance as they work to deliver robust systems."}]}],"audiences":[],"segments":[],"faq":[],"comparisons":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://northhighland.com","text":"North Highland"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/services/technology-consulting","text":"Technology consulting"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/data-and-ai","text":"Data & AI consulting"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/services/ai","text":"AI services"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/services/experience-design","text":"Experience design"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/services/org-and-ops","text":"Org & Ops"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/services/change-management","text":"Change management"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/services/strategic-program-management","text":"Strategic Program Management"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/industry-expertise/retail-and-consumer-products","text":"Managed services"},{"url":"https://northhighland.com/transformation-services/nextgen-testing-services?hsLang=en","text":"NextGen Testing Services"}]}