Consulting Services

Over more than a decade, van Gelder & Monk have provided consulting services in the broad area of analytic thinking to many different organisations, ranging from the Department of Defence to the Hawthorn Football Club.  

As a niche consulting firm, our business model is based on providing bespoke services based on a high level of involvement by our principals, at a very competitive fee level compared with multi-national consulting firms.  

Expert Elicitation

Expert elicitation is pooling judgements from domain experts to arrive at the best collective view. We have extensive experience in expert elicitation and can assist you by - for example - conducting elicitation workshops.  

Cognitive Process Review

Every organisation has processes for making judgements of various kinds, but often these processes are sub-optimal, inefficient, or unvalidated. 
We can review your processes, from cognitive and epistemological perspectives, and recommend improvements. More...

Decision Support

We can help improve decision making in a number of different ways, including facilitating group decision making using decision mapping, and applying decision analysis methods such as business case modelling. More...

Critical Thinking

As internationally-recognized experts in critical thinking, we can provide consulting services regarding the nature of critical thinking, how to cultivate it, and how to assess it - in either the workplace or in education. 

Coaching

We work one-on-one with high-level thinkers - professionals, executives, consultants - to help them refine their thinking performance. Coaching is customized to each person's specific ambitions and interests and arranged on a flexible schedule.  More...

Scenario Thinking

Good strategic planning recognises the importance of considering a range of possible futures.  We have experience in conducting scenario thinking processes and can assist your organisation efficiently develop high-quality scenarios.