The Police choose a disruptive coalition for their transformation work

A solid disruptive coalition

Through a strategic partnership, Halogen—in close collaboration with A-2—has established an alliance with complementary specialist expertise in design, digital transformation, change and competence management, organisational development, and analysis. The alliance includes specialists from Viib, Abilator, Capto, DI2X, Agenda Kaupang, Holte Consulting, and Menon Economics. In competition with ten bidders, including the largest international consultancy firms, the Halogen alliance came out on top. The contract was awarded based on having the best understanding of the assignment and composition of expertise.

“We are proud to contribute to one of Norway’s most important change missions. Our partnership is founded on a shared ambition to be a true change partner for the police by understanding the bigger picture of their public mission”

Lillian Olsen, Managing Director at Halogen.

An approach tailored to high complexity

The police operate in an increasingly complex and demanding landscape that largely mirrors developments across the public sector: increased demands for efficiency and results within tight financial constraints, a more complex and digitalised crime picture, and higher expectations for pace, coordination, and results. This reinforces the need to manage complexity—both internally and in interaction with other actors across sectors and levels—and challenges established ways of working.

To succeed, the public sector must re-think how tasks are solved, strengthen cross-sector collaboration, and develop more flexible and adaptive ways of working. Halogen and the alliance meet this with a context-driven approach, where methods and working practices are developed in close collaboration with the organisation. The DI2X frameworks for digital transformation are used as a shared reference model for transformation, combined with systems-oriented and strategic design as well as change management. This provides an integrated capacity to think and act simultaneously, and to execute development work within day-to-day operations.

“The choice made by the police is part of a trend we are seeing across the public sector, where more and more organisations are seeking new approaches to future-oriented change processes,” concludes Olsen.