Sharper decisions
Connect evidence, context and organizational insight to clarify the choices that matter.
Strategy and organizational advisory
Sharper decisions.
Stronger organizations.
Lasting results.
Marcomm Works is an Alberta-based advisory firm providing strategic and organizational counsel to leaders in public-sector and mission-driven organizations as they navigate complexity, make better-informed decisions, align people and stakeholders, and turn strategic priorities into action.
What our work strengthens
Three outcomes guide our work.
We help leaders make sharper decisions, build stronger alignment and move important priorities toward lasting results.
Stronger organizations
Align strategy, people, stakeholders and organizational capability around shared priorities.
Lasting results
Translate strategic direction into practical action, sustained capability and measurable progress.
About Marcomm Works
Complex challenges rarely belong to one discipline.
Since 1996, Marcomm Works has worked with public-sector, non-profit, membership, mission-driven and private-sector organizations on challenges requiring thoughtful analysis, meaningful engagement and practical solutions.
We bring together the capabilities the problem requires, with clients working directly with senior advisors throughout the engagement.
Learn about our firmOur expertise
Six interconnected practices.
Each engagement begins with the client’s specific challenge. We draw on the expertise required to address it clearly and effectively.
We connect evidence, strategy and organizational understanding so leaders can see what matters and move from direction to results with greater clarity.
01
Direction
Strategy &Organizational Advisory
Priorities, governance and organizational performance.
Explore 02Evidence
Research, Insights &Decision Intelligence
Evidence that clarifies choices and supports informed action.
Explore 03Alignment
Stakeholder Engagement &Strategic Communications
Understanding, participation and trust around important decisions.
Explore 04Execution
Strategy Execution &Organizational Transformation
Conditions that turn priorities into sustained action.
Explore 05Innovation
Innovation, Ecosystems &Commercialization
Credible pathways from opportunity to adoption and scale.
Explore 06AI adoption
AI for Business
Responsible, business-led adoption grounded in readiness and value.
ExploreLeadership & advisors
The people behind our work.
Experienced advisors bring complementary perspectives across strategy, research, engagement, transformation and innovation.
We combine senior advisory experience with practical understanding of how organizations make decisions, build alignment and move complex priorities forward.
Selected experience
Experience across public, purpose-driven and private-sector organizations.
Our experience includes work with public, member-based, purpose-driven and private-sector organizations on questions requiring evidence, alignment and practical implementation.
Our work is especially relevant when leaders need to clarify direction, engage stakeholders, strengthen organizational capability or move an important priority from intention to execution.
Selected engagements
Our work in practice.
A clearer evidence base for municipal priorities
- The question
- How should a geographically dispersed municipality understand resident experience, service expectations and emerging pressure points?
- Our role
- We designed and delivered a community-wide satisfaction study, analyzed quantitative and open-ended evidence, and translated the findings for Council.
- The result
- A decision-ready baseline built from 329 responses, distinguishing areas of confidence from services and issues requiring attention.
Making complex public policy easier to use
- The question
- How could important planning and policy documents become more readable, navigable and useful to a broad public audience?
- Our role
- We assessed readability, usability, wayfinding and information design, then developed practical recommendations for immediate and future improvement.
- The result
- A prioritized set of actionable changes to strengthen comprehension, accessibility and the user experience of core policy documents.
Environmental evidence for clearer engagement
- The question
- What did residents understand, value and need to know about environmental conditions, industrial activity and emergency preparedness?
- Our role
- We designed and reported a 400-person regional perception study, integrating trend comparisons, issue awareness and communication preferences.
- The result
- Clear priorities for engagement, including strong support for independent local monitoring and evidence on where trusted information needed to be more visible.
Turning community input into a practical direction
- The question
- How should a member-based community organization determine the future use of a newly acquired 17-acre property?
- Our role
- We guided an impartial engagement process, developed the survey approach and synthesized member and resident input in a clear What We Heard report.
- The result
- A documented mandate for diverse community uses and potential partnerships, giving the board a credible basis for its next planning decisions.
Selected organizations
