Strategy & Operations · Strategic Initiatives
Partnerships · External Affairs
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We help leaders, organizations, and institutions move complex, high-stakes work forward through senior strategy, trusted relationship management, and
disciplined execution, from idea to results.
Mission-driven organizations
& institutions
Foundations, institutes, and leadership networks, and the consulting, public affairs, and advisory firms that serve them.
WHO WE WORK WITH
Public-facing leaders
CEOs, founders, philanthropists, subject matter experts, and community leaders who lead organizations and initiatives, and whose influence reaches beyond them as authors, speakers, and trusted voices in their field.
Founder-led enterprises
Multi-platform enterprises built around a leader's vision, spanning business, media, publishing, speaking, and impact.
Government & civic partners
City and state leaders, their offices and agencies, and the community initiatives they champion, where the work needs a clear strategy, disciplined execution, and many partners moving in the same direction.
WHAT SETS US APART
We have done this work inside government, corporate, nonprofit, and entertainment, and we know how to get things done in each. Across every engagement the through line is the same: strategy, relationships, and execution in service of real impact.
HOW WE WORK
Advisory : counsel to leaders and teams
Project : defined scope and deliverables
Embedded : term or interim support inside your team
CORE CAPABILITIES
Executive & Senior Advisory
We sit beside the leader as a trusted thinking partner. We turn vision into priorities, prepare decisions, and handle what is sensitive with discretion.
Strategy & Operations
We help leaders set a clear direction and build the operating infrastructure to get there, so complex work moves with focus, rhythm, and accountability.
Strategic Initiatives
We take on the priorities that sit above the org chart, such as a launch, a convening, a new venture, or a cross-organization effort, and carry them from concept through delivery.
Strategic Partnerships
We identify the right relationships, secure them, and make sure commitments are honored on every side.
External Affairs & Government Relations
We have done this work inside city government and inside a public company. We know how public offices, agencies, chambers, and community leaders work, and how to build trust among them.
Community Investment & Impact
We built a nationally recognized corporate social responsibility function, so we know how to align investment with mission and results.
ABOUT SAFIYA & CO.
A boutique strategic advisory firm
Safiya & Co. is a boutique strategic advisory firm for leaders and organizations navigating complex transitions, growth, and high-stakes work.
We serve as senior advisor, interim or fractional Chief of Staff, and strategic partner. Leaders usually call us when the vision is clear but the path is not, when their work spans more than one platform, or when a transition leaves a gap.
We lead from behind the scenes, with discretion and intention, and we stay with the work until it is done.
About the principal
Safiya Jones-Colbert
PRINCIPAL & SENIOR ADVISOR
Safiya Jones-Colbert is Principal & Senior Advisor of Safiya & Co. She is an executive strategist and organizational operator with more than twenty years of experience advising public-facing leaders and working across government, corporate, nonprofit, and founder-led enterprises.
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