Executive Expertise for Organizations at Critical Moments
Open Eye is a collective of experienced operators, strategists, and subject matter experts who help organizations navigate growth, change, and transformation.
Transform your strategic direction with expert guidance that aligns vision, mission, and measurable business objectives. Services include growth strategy, change management, audience research, and feasibility studies.
Optimize your operations with proven frameworks, revenue models, and processes that drive efficiency and deliver measurable results. Services include operational framework design, process improvement, performance metrics plus KPI development, resource allocation and planning.
Strengthen your leadership through an ongoing partnership with experienced executives who can pressure-test strategy, navigate complex decisions, and help prepare your organization for its next stage of growth. Services include advisory support for executive directors, founders, board chairs, and senior leaders.
Sharpen your brand presence through positioning, messaging, and design grounded in original field research that uncovers what makes your organization stand out. Services include website design, go-to-market strategy, marketing plans, mission and vision development, brand voice, and content strategy.
Most consulting firms start with a service offering and assign a team.
Open Eye starts with your challenge.
Our collective includes executives, operators, researchers, strategists, marketers, and organizational leaders who have built and scaled organizations across sectors. We assemble expertise around the work rather than forcing clients into a predefined model.
Case studies from mission-driven clients and educational insights from the Open Eye collective on strategy, operations, and growth.
Investing in strategic expertise and fractional resources can not only free up your time as a leader to focus more on your mission—it can also lead to stronger outcomes. Navigating
Get to Know Our Experts: Taylor Tricarico Open Eye relies on the amazing talent of our Experts. This Q&A will help you get to know what experiences Taylor brings to
Organizational Risks: A Close Look at Financial Risk Organizational risks fall into three categories: strategic risks, operational risks, and financial risks. As companies consider their growth strategy, they must also examine their
Change Readiness Assessment: How to Evaluate Your Organization’s Ability to Transform A change readiness assessment is a strategic diagnostic tool that helps organizations determine whether they have the capacity, culture,
The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Mergers: From Initial Inquiry to Integration Nonprofit mergers represent one of the most significant strategic decisions an organization can make, offering the potential to amplify
How to Create a Change Communication Plan That Drives Results A change communication plan is the foundation of successful organizational transformation. Without clear, strategic communication, even the most well-designed initiatives
Case Study: Active Heroes Since early 2024, Open Eye engaged with Active Heroes as a fractional part of the leadership team, to provide strategic, operational, and fundraising support to help
Nonprofit Earned Income: Six Proven Strategies to Diversify Your Funding Sources In an era of increasing competition for grant funding and donor dollars, nonprofit earned income is emerging as a
Mastering the Strategic Implementation Process A Six Step Framework for Success The strategic implementation process bridges planning and performance, and it has the power to transform ambitious goals into tangible
We serve a global client base of nonprofits, associations, mission-driven organizations, startups, and growing businesses facing moments of growth, transition, and change, working from hubs in Canada and the United States.
