We deliver social impact.
Umagine is not just another consultancy.
We exist to solve one problem...that too many programs fail vulnerable people.
We have worked extensively across human services including:
- children and families
- young people at risk
- people with a disability
- First Nations people and communities, and
- people experiencing homelessness.
Unfortunately we kept seeing the same thing:
- strategies that make excellent documents.
- passionate people unable to convert strategy to support.
Why?
Poor strategy, teams at capacity, programs under resourced, complexity, flawed structures, ineffective planning and delivery.
The need was clear...we had to have an approach that:
- places people at the centre - always
- can create and validate robust strategy
- brings unique and insightful leadership
- combines professional skills with innovation
- can navigate complexity and respond to lived experience at the same time
- builds implementation structures that can deliver at scale
- ...delivers social impact.
Umagine was founded.
Our Story
Converting strategy to social impact.
Umagine was established to bring fresh thinking and a different approach to social impact — one that goes beyond straegy and design.
Umagine is built around delivery.
With a background in human services, reform, and program delivery, Umagine was founded in 2018 by Michael Rheinberger. Michael’s career had given him a clear view of the deficit in the social sector - not in its ambition, not in its values, but in the gap between what programs promised and what programs delivered. There was no shortage of strategy and program design documents. Implementation was often flawed. And the people that paid for this were already vulnerable.
Umagine was established to do better.
We design and deliver social change programs with one question in mind - are we setting up for success?
We maintain an eye to implementation always, and the rigour required for successful program delivery. We partner with NGOs, NDIS service providers, and corporate Australia to deliver social change that works.
Umagine’s team and partners bring unique expertise and a depth of understanding from extensive professional experience in human services and program delivery. This experience has been tested and proven in complex environments across government, the non-government sector, and the private sector — and at national scale.
Our Approach
Six principles guide our work to ensure that we can successfully convert strategy to social impact.
Person-centred design
Person-centred design ensures that agency and program integrity are preserved. Program development is with, and not around, the people who will benefit.
Critical thinking
We encourage creative thinking that aligns with research findings, strategic intent, co-design outcomes, and real-world delivery constraints.
Disrupting the status quo
We challenge conventional program architecture. We question assumptions, test approaches, drive new thinking, and examine current and previous models.
Leveraging innovation
The world does not stand still. We embrace innovation, emerging technologies, delivery models, and sector breakthroughs to gain an edge in solving social challenges.
Implementation rigour
Implementation is where most social programs succeed or fail. We apply disciplined project planning, management, governance, and delivery methodology to every program we are involved in.
Building capability
Every Umagine engagement transfers capability to our partner and their team. Our goal is to build and promote internal capacity for greater reach and sustainability of social change.
Why Umagine?
We are your delivery partner.
Umagine is uniquely placed to take your social change program from design to delivery.
We bring implementation expertise, extensive human services experience, and a deep understanding of what it takes to deliver programs at
scale in complex environments. This is not a claim, this has been tested in complex, multi-stakeholder environments at a national scale.
We respect the professional expertise of every partner we work with, and we leverage this combined capability to maximise the impact of programs.
We pride ourselves on managing breakthrough solutions that are strategic, person-centred, and converted into operational capability.
We deliver.
