Launching a new senior advisory environment within NOVA
A team of ten experienced management consultants is establishing NOVA NXT within Nova Consulting Group. The ambition is to help organizations turn strategy into real business value.
Nova Consulting Group is launching a new management consulting environment within the group. The new company, NOVA NXT, was established on June 1 and consists of ten experienced consultants, eight of whom join from Crayon Consulting.
Anja Jackson leads the new company and brings more than 25 years of experience in strategy and management consulting.
– We aim to position ourselves between the traditional strategy firms and the large consulting houses. Our primary focus is not on developing strategies, but on helping companies implement them and navigate uncertainty. At the same time, we are backed by some of Norway’s strongest IT and technology environments through NOVA, says Jackson.
– The establishment of NOVA NXT is an important part of our strategic positioning. We clearly see that the market increasingly demands consulting environments with strong business understanding and the ability to convert strategy into tangible value. With NOVA NXT, we strengthen our ability to meet this demand, says Trine Røssel Ødegaard, Country Manager Norway at NOVA Consulting Group.
Expertise is the product
The new environment brings together a highly senior team, where all consultants have at least fifteen years of experience in areas such as project management, change management, and enterprise architecture.
NOVA NXT will support clients in solving a wide range of complex challenges, explains Anja Jackson.
– We describe ourselves as navigators, as we work alongside our clients in an ever-changing landscape. We do not present ready-made solutions, but instead ask questions and challenge assumptions. Often, the real problem turns out to be different from what was initially defined. Our core offering is our expertise, she says.
The team has been in dialogue with Nova Consulting Group since October last year, following Crayon’s acquisition by Swiss-based SoftwareOne. NOVA’s strong IT expertise was a decisive factor in their decision to join the group.
– It was important for us to be part of a larger professional environment with deep domain expertise, particularly in areas such as systems and development. While none of us are developers, being part of NOVA allows us to deliver more technical components by collaborating with other companies in the group, she says.
An important piece of the puzzle
NOVA NXT becomes the twelfth company in Nova Consulting Group, which today has around 600 consultants across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Poland. The group differentiates itself through smaller, highly specialized expert environments within development, data, platforms, design, and digital marketing. NOVA generated close to NOK 1 billion in revenue last year.
The group aims to increase collaboration across companies to deliver more integrated solutions to complex client needs, where NOVA NXT will play a key role.
– To deliver across multiple companies and business areas, we need someone who sees the bigger picture. Our role will be to connect and coordinate deliveries across the group, says Jackson.
