As Just Reinvest NSW moved into a new phase of independence, the organisation needed an operating model that could support growth, clarify leadership and team accountabilities, and strengthen the people and culture foundations required for long-term impact. The challenge was to design the organisation for its next stage while ensuring the transition could be executed in practice.
Talent Ecology partnered directly with JRNSW leadership to co-design a fit-for-purpose operating model aligned to strategy, impact and community-led ways of working.
We established core functions, team structures, roles and accountabilities, while also supporting leadership through coaching and change. From there, we helped translate the design into action through recruitment support and the development of performance, remuneration and reward frameworks.
JRNSW emerged with stronger organisational foundations, clearer role and leadership alignment, and practical people systems to support implementation. The engagement demonstrates Talent Ecology’s ability to work from strategy through to execution — combining operating model design, culture and leadership support, and workforce frameworks to help organisations embed sustainable change.
Sector: Not for Profit, Social Impact
Solution: Operating Model and Org Design and Transformation
Duration: 12months
Approach: Review and Embedded Partnership

Lisa Stanford, Chief Operating Officer, Just Reinvest, NSW
As Ocius scaled its operations in a high-growth, technically complex environment, the business needed an organisational design restructure that could support clearer accountabilities, stronger performance, and disciplined decision-making. The challenge was to realign structure, roles and workforce settings while also establishing fit-for-purpose performance, remuneration and transformation governance frameworks to enable sustainable growth.
Talent Ecology partnered with Ocius leadership to reshape the organisation for its next phase of growth. We supported the redesign of functions, team structures, roles and reporting lines to improve organisational effectiveness and role clarity. Alongside the restructure, we helped develop contemporary performance and remuneration frameworks and established transformation governance settings to support oversight, alignment and execution throughout the change process.
Ocius emerged with a stronger organisational foundation to support scale, clearer workforce architecture, and practical frameworks to drive performance and reward with greater consistency. The engagement also strengthened transformation governance, giving leadership the structure and visibility needed to implement change with confidence.
This spotlight reflects Talent Ecology’s ability to combine organisation design, people frameworks and transformation discipline to help growing businesses translate ambition into execution.
Sector: Production, Engineering
Solution: Operating Model and Org Design and Transformation
Duration: 12months
Approach: Review and Embedded Partnership

Andrew Aiken, Chairman, Ocius Technologies
“We need help understanding our workforce obligations "
"We need minimal disruption to our customers, can't afford to get this wrong"
"We need to realise operational efficiencies; duplication is driving costs up"
"Cultures, people practices and ways of working are vastly different; it's hindering our performance"
"I've acquired a franchise and need to introduce new team members and new ways of working"
"Leaders aren't aligned, decision-making is slow, teams aren't performing"
The people you meet are those actively engaged in enhancing organisational performance through effective talent management. Our senior practitioners remain involved from the definition to the delivery of results, ensuring that decisions are translated into meaningful action.
We provide deep, senior-level expertise in People, Culture & Transformation without the cost, complexity, or layers associated with large consulting firms. Our clients receive practical advice that is commercially grounded and focused on enhancing organisational performance —
We work flexibly and collaboratively, tailoring solutions to your context rather than forcing templated models. This approach enables us to conduct HR Health Checks that enhance Organisational Performance, allowing us to move quickly, adapt as conditions change, and focus on effective Talent Management strategies that will truly shift performance.
We are deeply embedded in our areas of expertise and understand the workforce and cultural realities our clients operate in, particularly when it comes to HR Health Checks and enhancing Organisational Performance. Where required, we draw on global perspectives to inform our Talent Management decisions — all while maintaining local relevance.







Che Solomon, People and Culture Officer
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