Change should make things better.
Why
New technology is easy to buy. Meaningful transformation is harder.
Why Digital Change Partners exists
Technology keeps changing, and the pressure to keep up is constant. New platforms, new AI tools, new promises. Most organisations don't need more technology. They need to get more value from change.
Too much advice stops at the recommendation. Too much technology is sold before anyone understands the problem. The gap between the plan and what actually changes is where most of the value is lost.
We exist to work in that gap: understanding the problem, deciding what matters, designing the change and staying involved until it holds.
The work runs across four practices: Strategy & Transformation, AI & Emerging Technology, Systems, Automation & Efficiency and Capability, Change & Implementation.
- Strategy
- Technology
- People
- Process
- Implementation
Approach
How we work
We start with the problem, not the platform. Every engagement begins by understanding how work actually happens, then deciding what is worth changing.
We don't resell software, and we don't start with a product in mind. The advice is about what is right for your organisation.
We work alongside your people. The goal is change your organisation owns, not dependence on us.
The method
- 01UnderstandFind out what is actually happening.
- 02PrioritiseDecide what is worth changing first.
- 03DesignShape the change before anyone builds it.
- 04ImplementMake it real, alongside your team.
- 05EmbedMake sure the change lasts.
Principles
Outcomes over technology.
The measure is what gets better, not what gets installed.
Practical over theoretical.
Advice has to survive contact with a real Monday morning.
Change that lasts.
If it falls over when we leave, it wasn't finished.
Founder
Brodie McGee
Founder, Digital Change Partners and Digital Attitudes
Brodie is an educator, researcher and practitioner who has spent a career where people, technology and change meet, with doctoral research in education technology and immersive learning.
Brodie's work joins research and digital transformation leadership with the practical side: designing systems, building automation and helping people adopt new ways of working. Brodie uses AI every day, builds working systems with it and runs workshops helping organisations use it well. That daily use is why the advice on its limits is direct.
Brodie is the author of The Problem With AI (forthcoming), built on the idea at the centre of this practice: find the problem first, and let the best answer win.
Every Digital Change Partners engagement is led by Brodie personally. You work with the person responsible for the advice, from the first conversation to handover.
Working with us
How an engagement runs.
For leaders, boards and procurement teams: what to expect before, during and after.
- 01
A first conversation
We ask what you are trying to change, what has been tried and which constraints are real. You leave with an honest view of whether we can help.
- 02
A written scope
If it makes sense to proceed, you receive a short proposal: the problem as we understand it, what we will do, what you will receive, who is involved, timing and fees. Nothing starts until it is agreed.
- 03
Governance you can see
A named sponsor on your side, agreed checkpoints and decisions recorded as we go. Scope changes are agreed in writing before they happen.
- 04
Alongside your people
We work with your internal teams and existing suppliers, not around them. Capability transfers to your staff as the work proceeds.
- 05
Your data stays yours
We access only what the work needs, use your systems where possible and return or delete working material at the end. We work within the Australian Privacy Principles and your own policies.
- 06
Independent advice
We don't resell software. Where a new tool is the answer, we compare options on their merits.
Questions from procurement
How are engagements priced?
Every engagement is scoped and quoted after a first conversation, based on what you need. You will know the fee before any work starts.
Can you work within our procurement process?
Yes. We can respond to a request for quote, complete supplier forms and work to your contract terms where they are reasonable for the scope.
Who does the work?
Brodie leads every engagement personally. Where specialist input is needed, such as legal, cyber security or large-scale systems work, we say so up front and agree how it is handled.
Is an AI readiness review a compliance audit?
No. It reviews how AI is used, governed and supported, and gives practical recommendations. It does not certify compliance with any law or standard. Legal questions go to your legal or privacy advisers.
How do you handle our data?
We ask for the minimum access the work needs, prefer working inside your systems, and work within the Australian Privacy Principles. We will sign a confidentiality agreement on request.
Do you work with our existing IT team or supplier?
Yes. We work alongside them and design changes they can support after we leave.
Can you stay involved after the engagement?
Where continuing support makes sense, we can discuss ongoing advisory as part of scoping.
Where we come from
One way of working. Three homes.
Digital Change Partners is a business of Digital Attitudes, a specialist consultancy focused on education.
Digital Attitudes works with schools and education systems on AI, digital transformation and the practical systems that help them run well. Digital Change Partners applies the same practical, implementation-led approach to businesses, professional services, not-for-profits, local government, community and membership organisations.
Digital Attitudes
Education consulting
AI, digital transformation and practical systems for schools, education systems and tertiary providers. Visit Digital Attitudes
Digital Change Partners
Beyond education
The same practical, implementation-led approach for businesses, not-for-profits, government and member organisations.
Sprout
Education software
Productised software for schools, kept separate from our advice.
Same method. Same standards. Advice stays independent of the software.
What are you trying to change?
If something in your organisation isn't working as well as it should, we'd like to hear about it.