About Us

Jon Harvey

Jon established his own consultancy company in August 2008, building on his 24 years consulting experience across the public services and commercial world.

He is an accomplished change facilitator, leadership and organisational development practitioner.

He has particular strengths in facilitating the conversations, tools, structures and actions required to generate robust outcomes & social results. He has developed significant expertise in developing cultures of continuous improvement, resolving conflict and organising the productive engagement with customers/clients/citizens.

Jon’s roles include working as the Regional Director of Organisational Development (Collaboration) for the police services of Eastern England and as Head of the Centre for Community Justice at OPM. Jon is a Town Councillor, chairs his council’s communications subcommittee and represents his council on the Local Area Forum and (on behalf of all local parish / town councillors) the Local Strategic Partnership.

His career started in local government (housing and social care) and the NHS (health and well-being).

He is skilled in helping individuals, organisations and collaborative partnerships to shape their futures and create strategies that live in action (rather than exist only on the glossy page). He is a skilled designer of whole system interventions such as World Café, Open Space and Future Search.

Jon has worked with the Home Office, National Offender Management Service / MoJ, Gloucestershire Constabulary/OPCC, ITW, University of East London, College of Policing, Highways Agency, Esso, the Bank of England, Department for Education, The Pensions Agency, Solaglas, Schlumberger, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, Youth Justice Board, Islington Council, Metropolitan Police, Thorn Lighting, HM Prison Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital, the National Policing Improvement Agency and many other organisations (83 at the last count). His portfolio includes some international work.