Eastside People published a guide by strategy expert Alice Memminger exploring how Trustees and CEOs can embed adaptive thinking into organisational planning, leadership, and governance to build resilience and impact in 2026 and beyond.

Eastside People is a community of experienced professionals focused on helping charity, not-for-profit and social enterprise leaders to build the capacity and impact of their organisations. Through our consultancy and recruitment services we provide consultants, interims, mentors, senior executives and board members, giving social sector organisations access to the very best senior level capacity. Our services include consultancy for strategy, governance, AI, Merger and Partnership, Impact Measurement and Evaluation, Income Generation and Social Investment projects plus Board and Permanent Recruitment and provision of experienced Interim Managers. We care passionately about results and what gets implemented in the real world recognising that the difference we make is the change that sticks. We therefore draw on our own experiences and lessons from over 2,600 consulting and recruitment projects, so that our clients gain access to better insights about how to make organisational change sustainable. Our team is made up of over 100 highly skilled individuals who are passionate about using their skills and knowledge to bring about social change. We are recognised as one of the top social enterprises in the country featuring in the Natwest SE100 Index and have a Foundation which provides an alignment of purpose with the clients we serve. We are proud to contribute to the ecology of social sector infrastructure being a corporate partner to ACEVO, a member of Social Enterprise UK, a capacity building provider for various Foundations such as Power to Change and Lloyds Bank Foundation, and certified as a Good Finance adviser.