About Essence Networks

Essence Networks is a niche, New Zealand-based professional services firm comprising of an  international network of successful business practitioners. We have a common vision for maximizing the enjoyment of doing what we do best… creating success for our clients. We are passionate about our craft and our client’s vision for achievement.

We have used agile, cost effective techniques that have achieved excellent results.  We work at all levels of the organisation to assess how your organisation can execute better on its strategy, improve your orgainsation’s level of compliance in a cost-effective way, reviewing business planning, business processes, information management and technical (IT) capabilities.

The services we offer are in the following areas:

We have observed that today’s challenges cannot easily be solved using toolkits and template solutions alone. While it is important to not re-invent the wheel, true cost effectiveness is achieved by actually going deeper than superficial adoption of standards, methodologies or toolkits.

Our Approach – Why we succeed

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Our approach to our work has helped us achieve reliable results in the field:

We use the Client’s Frame of Reference

We partner closely with clients.  After having assessed the unique needs of the organisation, we are able to co-design an approach that they can own and operate.  This helps our clients have better control on the methods and overall cost of implementation.

All-of-Organisation Approach

Even when working on the detail, we ensure that our work creates collaboration opportunities within the client organisation.  We help our clients maintainin an all-of-brand perspective, thus helping them manage the overall cost and complexity of their initiatives.

Layered Approach

Today’s organisations have to grapple with complex issues.  Our approach addresses this by bringing clarity across roles and responsibilities.  We work to designing processes across all levels of the organisation.

Industry Experience

Our broad knowledge of Industry Verticals across the Finance (Banking, Insurance),  Public Sector and High Growth Startups will enable you to jump start your initiative.

Design-Led and Innovative processes

:  bring  clarity to the job at hand

Our work products are designed to help our clients execute on the big picture.  We are able to work as thought partners, and translate strategy and vision objectives to the appropriate level of detail required for people to execute on a day-to-day basis.  To achieve this, our work products eliminate rework, unnecessary bureaucracy and duplication of work streams.

Our approach ensures that an end-to-end view is maintained, and opportunities for both innovation and risk management can take place.

Empowering Staff

Our work creates opportunities for staff to learn on the job, within their work environment.  This builds up internal capability and the ability to build on the work we do for our clients – via knowledge transfer of our skills.  Our highly customized workshop and mentoring services provides a means to get more benefit from packaged education courses your staff attend.

Ensuring you get more from your IT expenditure

Our practical knowledge of Enterprise-class IT Products, and experience in implementing standards and best practices, allows us to provide advice on how to achieve better value from your expenditure in IT.

Over the last eight years, we have played a leading role in the establishment of in-house IT assurance and planning practices – like Enterprise Architecture.  We are able to work closely with business units, in-house IT and vendor teams to help them design solutions that meet business requirements at a reasonable cost.