Uncommon Approach Consulting

The philosophy of consulting at Uncommon Approach is centered around understanding the problem, concern or situation. It's about applying a set of unique experiences and an unusual skill set to understanding the challenge. It's about synthesizing a wide range of information to derive the various options and approaches for achieving the best solution for the client.

Every set of circumstances is unique and solutions need to be appropriate for the specific environment. Rob works collaboratively with the people who are most familiar with the concern to make sure the solution fits the purpose and applies their practical knowledge. Rob delivers promised output on time, on budget and on point with the project parameters.

Information Synthesis

Rob has an exceptional history of key contributions in multiple fields, at the state and national level, achieved through the ability to identify and bridge knowledge and practice gaps through synthesis of available information.

  • Facilitated a series of workers’ compensation stakeholder engagement meetings across Australia that disclosed unsuspected national consensus on selected issues.
  • Assisted the AU Department of Veteran's Affairs and Comcare to assess work processes, disclosing blockers, delays and gaps and proposing solutions.
  • Assisted the Navajo Nation (largest US Indigenous population) in translating traditional values into a highly effective workers' compensation program.
  • Assessed proposed national ergonomic regulations and provided guidance to the U.S. Senate and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

Business Solutions

Rob applies information to create real-world solutions.

  • Provided leadership in statutory and regulatory reform in New Mexico, Delaware, the Navajo Nation, and other jurisdictions resulting in significant cost savings.
  • Identified for Comcare and a national rehabilitation provider key points where extensive and complex claims files went wrong, and devised strategies to avoid future recurrence.
  • Provided cost analysis of workflow, allowing the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation programs to provide additional services in a budget-neutral environment.

Legal Expertise

Rob has been involved in the development of legal, regulatory and legislative frameworks in multiple jurisdictions.

  • Developed regulatory frameworks and text for WorkCover NSW, New Mexico, the US Virgin Islands, the Navajo Nation and the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Program.
  • Developed legislative materials (and often provided expert testimony in support of) reform efforts in New Mexico, Navajo Nation, Delaware, Kentucky and California.
  • Chief legal counsel for New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration for 15 years.
  • Prosecuted fraud as a public prosecutor and led a state-wide fraud investigation team.

Collaborative Leadership

Rob has provided exceptional management of complex projects with diverse stakeholders and multiple competing priorities.

  • Managed stakeholder negotiations for complete rewrite of workers' compensation legislation in Delaware.
  • Managed stakeholder negotiations and public hearing processes for New Mexico for 15 years.
  • Led the Task Force that assessed and rewrote the child abuse reporting and intervention legislative framework in New Mexico.
  • Public advocate for collaborative stakeholder engagement in the regulatory process.

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