You don’t need our help when everyone understands your recommendations.

You need it when organized opponents, special interests, and stakeholders with hidden motives pressure policymakers to ignore your advice and the negative impacts it entails.

You need it when your contributions are headed for the shelf because the public wants to “kick the can down the road”.

Your expertise tells you the problem won’t get smaller. The options won’t be better. Instead, the problem will be harder to address. The available solutions are more limited… The consequences are more dire.

You know things will get worse and your expertise will have gone to waste.

That’s when you need our help.

Consent-Building® is a strategic approach designed to help public-sector professionals navigate the complexities of politics, public opinion, and stakeholder engagement.

For over 40 years, the Bleikers have studied what makes some professionals exceptionally effective at working constructively with opposing interests, while others become stalled by conflict. Their research led to the development of SDIC—Systematic Development of Informed Consent™—a proven framework that has equipped more than 40,000 professionals with the skills to turn controversial proposals into successfully implemented initiatives by earning the public legitimacy and trust.

Public officials and government professionals often face a cycle of frustration—citizens feel unheard, while agencies struggle to advance critical projects that face opposition. Consent-Building is based on the difference between the average, frustrated and politically-gridlocked professional and the phenomenal success of (what we call) an Implementation Genius™. Implementation Geniuses are leaders who consistently secure trust, legitimacy, and public buy-in without compromising their mission.

This methodology ensures that government agencies move beyond theoretical solutions to real-world implementation by fostering public understanding, respect, and Informed Consent— specifically from the fiercest opponents.