Easthouse Insights
About Easthouse Insights
From dependency on outside experts, to strength that stays.
Easthouse Insights exists to strengthen the organizations it works with not to make them reliant on us. Every engagement is built around the capability it leaves behind.
No. 01 Our approach
Partnership, not dependency.
We combine the rigor of research and evaluation, the practicality of implementation experience, and the perspective of someone who has worked inside organizations as well as alongside them.
That combination matters. Rigor without practicality produces reports no one acts on. Practicality without rigor produces decisions that don't hold up.
We work in the space between generating evidence that is sound and usable, and building the systems that let an organization keep using it.
Success is not measured by the number of reports produced or frameworks delivered. It is measured by whether organizations leave stronger, more capable, and better equipped to achieve their mission.
No. 02 What guides the work
Principles we hold across every engagement
The deliverable is a means, not an end
A learning agenda or dashboard is only valuable if it changes how an organization thinks, decides, and acts. We design backward from that change.
Evidence has to be usable
Relevant, practical, and actionable beats comprehensive but inert. We build evidence that fits the real decisions in front of leaders.
Systems outlast projects
We invest in the structures, skills, and processes that sustain progress long after an engagement ends so improvement compounds.
Clarity is what matters
Our job is to help leaders move from complexity to a clear view of what's true, what's at stake, and what to do next.
The person behind Easthouse Insights
I've worked both inside organizations and alongside them and I know how differently things look from each side.
A full profile is on the way: the background in research, evaluation, and organizational effectiveness, the sectors and regions of deepest experience, and the through-line that connects them.
Kathleen Oosthuizen Founder & Managing Director
Over the past decade I've worked with NGOs, social enterprises, foundations, and development partners across Africa on strategy, learning, research, organizational development, and systems strengthening.
I believe in helping organizations in-source the capability to do this work themselves.
Much of my work happens during periods of growth, change, or complexity when organizations are making important decisions, strengthening systems, scaling programs, or trying to better understand what is working and why.
I bring together the rigor of research and the practicality of implementation experience, connected by the perspective of someone who has worked both inside organizations and alongside them as a consultant and who knows how differently things look from each side.
Let's talk about where you're trying to get to.
The best first conversation is rarely about a deliverable. It's about the question your organization is facing.