The Solutionist
What We Do — In Simple Terms
We help governments, institutions, and businesses unpack complex challenges and take confident, strategic action.
Whether you're working to restore momentum on a stalled initiative, clarify and sequence competing priorities, realign delivery systems for better follow-through, or navigate institutional transition after disruption or change, we bring the tools, insight, structure, and systems to move you from plan to progress and from pressure to performance.
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Our work is grounded in real-world complexity shaped by the Montserrat Case Study, which diagnoses the deeper causes of institutional fatigue and stalled delivery in post-crisis and resource-limited environments. The Case Study informs the tools we’ve developed and the solutions we deliver.
Our Mission
At The Solutionist, our mission is to help institutions and organisations in complex, post-crisis, or resource-limited environments, across public, private and civil sectors, move from intention to execution through clarity, structure, and systems that deliver.
We work alongside governments, mission-driven leaders, and development partners to build institutional resilience, restore momentum, and unlock real results.
Our Vision
A future where mission-critical institutions and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have the structure, capacity, and confidence to recover, adapt, and lead — not just survive disruption, but transform through it.
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We envision resilient systems, inclusive progress, and national development anchored in justice, equity, and the sovereign right to shape one’s own destiny.
Our Values
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Start With Structure — We lay solid foundations before solving.
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Delivery With Dignity — We centre people, not just policies.
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Courageous Thinking — We don’t fear complexity; we navigate it with clarity, structure, and precision.
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Collaboration Over Control — We partner with institutions to co-design solutions, not dictate them.
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Progress With Purpose — We stay focused on meaningful results that uplift people and communities.
Who We Are
About The Solutionist
The Solutionist is more than a consultancy; it is a catalyst for progress.
We partner with governments, institutions, and mission-driven teams to help them move from complexity to clarity, and from strategy to real, measurable results. Whether navigating crisis, reform, or recovery, we bring the structure, insight, and tools to build momentum and deliver what matters.
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Rooted in lived experience and systems thinking, The Solutionist exists to unlock the potential of institutions — so that they don’t just survive pressure, they rise through it.
About The Founder
Debra C. Lewis is the founder of The Solutionist, a Montserratian consultant, writer, and strategist with decades of experience in development planning, public service, strategic writing, and governance. Her work is rooted in systems thinking, institutional reform, and making transformation real.