What is Douglas Knowledge Partners?

We are moved by ideas that have the potential to change the world. We partner with businesses, consultancies, governments, foundations, non-profits and other leading organisations to deliver end-to-end content solutions that drive impact.

A message
from our founder

When we started Douglas Knowledge Partners in 2020, we set out to create a new category that drew on the best of our previous work with management consulting firms like McKinsey & Company, publishers like Harvard Business Review, and change-makers like the World Economic Forum. We defined our new firm as a knowledge partner consultancy with the aim of supporting organisations across all sectors to make a purpose-driven impact.

Knowledge

We focus on ideas that advance progress. Our clients’ initiatives build sustainable economies, nurture entrepreneurs and harness technology to improve lives.  

Partner

We build long-term relationships of trust. We co-create with our clients and challenge them when needed – to ensure our work delivers impact, not just assets.

Consultancy

We create solutions rather than simply delivering services. We recruit the brightest talent and invite them to learn, lead and grow.

Partners

Thompson Harrison is a team of leadership development experts, learning designers, coaches and world class faculty. They are a respected leadership, team and organisational development global consultancy who designs and delivers bespoke programmes, tailoring each to the organisation’s unique cultural and contextual needs.  

They believe we can all reach our full potential when we engage in purposeful and meaningful work. Achieving potential requires a focus on organisation, team and leadership development.

The best organisations understand the importance of ongoing development, continuous learning and experimentation. TH creatively balances academic rigour and deep pragmatism to ensure their programmes are thoughtful and impactful.

Thompson Harrison builds the capability needed so that leaders embed and sustain what matters most for organisations and their stakeholders.

Vivi collaborates closely with Douglas Knowledge Partners (DKP), combining our research capabilities with their extensive expertise to serve clients worldwide, including leading technology companies, professional services firms, nonprofits, and other high-profile organisations.

In our projects, Vivi seamlessly integrates into DKP's capabilities at strategic points, ensuring that research transitions into impactful thought leadership and effective communication and interventions. This partnership amplifies the value and reach of our insights, ensuring they resonate powerfully both within the organizations we serve and across the broader landscape.

The Bertha Centre is the first academic centre in Africa dedicated to advancing social innovation and entrepreneurship. It was established as a specialised facility at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business in late 2011 in partnership with the Bertha Foundation, working with inspiring leaders who are catalysts for social and economic change and human rights.

Their mission is to pursue social impact towards social justice in Africa, through educating, researching, convening, catalysing, and advocating with a systems lens on social innovation.

Douglas Knowledge Partners and the Bertha Centre have partnered together for many years to create the Youth Innovation Prize as well as working together to create reports that speak to the mission of the Bertha Centre and pushing social innovation in South Africa.

Locations

From our offices in London and Cape Town, we serve clients on six continents

Cape Town

Montebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands Ave,
Newlands Cape Town, 7700, South Africa 

London

45-47 Clerkenwell Green, Clerkenwell, London,
EC1R 0EB United Kingdom

Work with us

Partner with us to see how we can achieve your knowledge goals together