Our Approach

Metis staff members celebrate monthly our collective accomplishments, focusing on our 20/20 vision for the future.

Metis is a full-service consulting firm that provides client-centered and customized services. Our highly collaborative approach helps us to develop longstanding and trusted relationships with our clients. We believe in our clients’ missions, and we join them in working toward social reform. 

Our approach relies on the following core principles:

  • Embracing a culturally competent framework for communicating and working with our clients and for delivering our services
  • Building on our national reputation for our use of participatory methods, involving key stakeholders in all phases of a project
  • Kicking off every engagement with authentic conversations with clients and their key stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements
  • Developing the methods needed to gather and use the information to inform client work
  • Producing targeted, actionable solutions that meet clients where they are and address their service challenges
  • Bringing a unique combination of in-depth knowledge, practical experience, and methodological rigor to all of our projects