PQ
About PQ

We founded PQ to help the
world do projects better.

A boutique management consulting firm built on the belief that people, not process, are the primary path to project success.

Our story

A different
kind of firm.
By design.

In 2012, we took the leap. Two directors with deep corporate backgrounds, spanning BHP, major infrastructure programs, and complex government delivery — left secure roles to build something different.

We'd spent years working on dozens of projects and assessing hundreds more. Big and small. Infinitely complex and relatively simple. We'd been leaders, team members, contractors, consultants and independent reviewers. We'd seen projects succeed, fail, and everything in between.

What we learnt is that the difference between a good project and a great one is almost never technical. Scope, cost and time are always project fundamentals — but the greater difference is made through leadership, teamwork and honest communication. We founded PQ to offer a better way. One that puts people first.

What we believe

We've been in your seat.

01
Every director at PQ has held operational roles inside the kinds of organisations we now advise.

We know what it feels like to sit across the table from a consultant who hasn't. That experience shapes everything about how we work — the questions we ask, the advice we give, and the way we show up alongside your team.

02
We believe people are the primary path to progress.

Traditional consulting often starts with process and imposes it on people. We take the opposite view. People come first. Process and tools exist to enable them — not the other way around.

03
When both sides are genuinely invested in the outcome, that's when the best results happen.

We see our work as a value exchange, not a service transaction.

What makes us different
01

Clarity through simplicity

Complexity is our medium, clarity is our product. We cut through noise and design delivery systems that people actually understand and use — because a plan nobody follows isn't a plan.

02

Human-centred change

We build alignment, ownership and confidence — not just plans. The organisations we work with move differently after working with PQ, because we focus on how people think and act, not just what gets documented.

03

Visual, disciplined execution

We make progress visible and keep delivery on track. Simple, visual tools in service of real outcomes — so leaders have genuine confidence in what's happening, not just what's being reported.

35+
Organisations
400+
Engagements
97%
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50+
Specialists

A small team.
Senior practitioners.

You work with the people you meet. If there's a fit between what you're facing and what we do, we'd love to talk.

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