Innovation and Modernization
We apply our public/private sector experience and insights to every engagement to create powerful solutions.
We use an innovative data-driven, science-led approach to solve complex business problems and drive outcomes.
We harness the power of analytics tools to enable smarter and actionable decision making.
Our clients work in complex, ever-changing environments. Understanding business challenges and delivering data-driven, actionable insights are critical to an organization’s success to address today’s known challenges and prepare for tomorrow’s unknown challenges, especially as pressure mounts to focus resources, refine processes, and reduce inefficiencies. We offer a comprehensive set of innovative strategy, implementation, sustainment, and evolution solutions to accelerate insight to action.
Diffusion of Excellence Initiative
Client: Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Office of the Under Secretary for Health (USH)
Atlas Research is supporting the design and administration of the VA Diffusion of Excellence Initiative, the goal of which is to effectively identify, diffuse, and sustain best practices across VA’s health care system. Atlas crafted and managed a “Shark Tank” style competition to solicit and evaluate promising practices from frontline employees; facilitated the replication of “Gold Status” practices in more than 160 facilities; and provided strategic support to enable the ongoing success of the initiative.
Innovation and modernization offer insights to plan for uncertainty and volatility. We apply creativity, design thinking, and analytical capabilities to develop scalable solutions and tailored approaches that help clients adapt to meet current and future business targets and unforeseen challenges. Our approach encompasses the innovation lifecycle—from strategy through implementation, sustainment, and evolution.
Vision and Mission Strategic Planning
We conduct visioning sessions to help clients plot a path forward based on industry analysis, best practices, their mission, and long-term targets.
Innovation - Advisory and Implementation
We advise clients on business innovation using a proven, science-led approach and advanced analytics capabilities to optimize and modernize business operations. We implement innovative solutions using various transformative capabilities, such as big data modernization, advanced analytics, and Next Gen tools and technologies.
Modernization Strategy and Roadmap
We conduct current to future state assessments to analyze gaps and craft strategic plans and roadmaps to support long- and near-term modernization targets.
Organizational Design and Workforce Transformation
We assess current state operating models to design future state operating structures (services, functions, roles, workforce, and knowledge transition).
Change Analytics, Strategy, Execution, and Sustainment
We apply surveys and data/predictive analytics to assess where organizations are most likely to succeed in the future to enable our clients to stay ahead. We provide organizational change support through all phases of the change adoption lifecycle to enable clients to learn new skills essential for success.
Stakeholder Analysis and Targeted Adoption
We conduct comprehensive stakeholder analyses to develop customized, role-based plans and employee journeys, inspiring clients to visualize and adopt innovation and modernization changes. We craft targeted adoption and communications collateral and facilitate innovative events to inform, engage, and galvanize internal and external audiences.
Team Leaders
Kamran Sartaj, MA
Director
Leader in human capital, organizational design, and workforce modernization efforts. Deep skills in change strategy, analytics, and measurement.
esses, and reduce inefficiencies.
We offer a comprehensive
set of innovative strategy,
implementation, sustainment, and
evolution solutions to accelerate
insight to action.