About

Boutique by design.
Trusted by choice.

Uptake was started by Renee, a practitioner, not a personality. The work is quiet, considered, and built to outlast the engagement.
100+ Businesses supported
15+ Years experience
Renee, Founder of Uptake Advisory
Renee
Founder & Principal Consultant
The story

Advice from real experience

Uptake Advisory was founded by Renee, a practitioner who spent years inside organisations watching the same problems repeat themselves. Strong strategies that never translated into action. Expensive digital tools that nobody adopted. People-first values that existed on posters, not in practice.

The issue was rarely capability or investment. It was uptake. The difficult, often overlooked work of making sure good ideas become part of how people actually operate.

"We named the business Uptake because advice without action is just a conversation. We measure success by what actually changes."

So Renee built something different. A deliberately boutique consultancy where senior expertise stays close to the work, supported by a trusted network of specialists brought in only where they add real value.

Today, Uptake Advisory partners with founders, executives, HR leaders, and organisations across Australia to deliver strategy, transformation, digital adoption, and leadership capability that lasts.

We stay intentionally nimble. Every engagement is shaped around the capability required, combining practical leadership with specialist expertise to deliver sustainable change without unnecessary complexity.

And every recommendation is measured the same way: Did it get used?

Renee, Founder
What we believe

The things we won't
compromise on.

Six principles that shape every engagement. They're how we decide who to work with, how to price, when to push back, and when to walk away.

01
Advice that gets used

We measure success by uptake, not by the quality of the deck. If our advice isn't being implemented, we want to know why, and we'll change what we do until it is.

02
Honest over comfortable, always

We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. Trusted advice requires honesty, even when it's awkward, expensive, or off-script.

03
People first, always

Every strategy, every system, every tool, it only works if the people using it are supported, capable and willing. We design backwards from that fact.

04
Small business matters

You deserve the same quality of thinking that large companies pay a premium for, without the big-firm overhead, the partner mark-up, or the hand-offs to people who weren't in the room.

05
Embedded, not extracted

We work alongside you, not above you. Our job is to leave your business stronger and more self-sufficient, not to create dependency on us.

06
Momentum over perfection

A good plan executed now beats a perfect plan that never ships. We help you move, then refine as you go.

Who we work with

Three kinds of clients, all of them busy.

Type 01

Founders & CEOs

Running small-to-mid businesses who need a senior thinking partner without adding to headcount. Often hiring for the first time, scaling past 20 people, or facing a decision that doesn't have an obvious right answer.

Type 02

HR & People leaders

In-house leaders who need specialist support to deliver, culture work, org redesign, capability uplift, without recruiting consultants who don't understand their context.

Type 03

Executive teams

Leadership groups at an inflection point, growth, change, a hard restructure, a digital rollout that stalled. They want one trusted person, embedded, not a slide deck and a thank-you.

Our Network

One person on your side, backed by specialists when the work calls for it.

Founder

Renee, Founder

Renee is the founder of Uptake Advisory, a boutique consultancy helping organisations turn strategy into action that lasts. With more than 15 years’ experience across government, infrastructure, technology, and transformation, she specialises in organisational design, digital adoption, leadership capability, and enterprise change. Most recently, she served as Director Engagement & Enablement and CIO delegate across Sydney Metro’s $2B+ infrastructure program, leading portfolio governance, workforce strategy, and large-scale transformation initiatives. Renee provides strategic thinking with practical execution, helping founders, executives, and leadership teams navigate complex change with clarity and momentum. Through Uptake Advisory, she partners with a trusted network of specialists to deliver sustainable outcomes without unnecessary complexity.

A trusted network of senior technical practitioners engaged when the work calls for it.

H&R & People

Practical HR and industrial relations support

Practical HR and industrial relations support, grounded in real operational experience. From on-call support and recruitment to HR projects, policies, and health checks, we deliver flexible support that scales with your business without the overhead of a full internal HR team.

Digital & Tech

Practical digital and technology support

Practical digital and technology support focused on adoption, efficiency, and business impact. We help organisations embed AI, improve digital ways of working, and deliver technology change that people actually use.

Strategy & Growth

Clear strategy backed by practical execution

Clear strategy backed by practical execution. We help businesses align priorities, strengthen operations, and build the capability needed for sustainable growth and long-term performance.

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the right fit?

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