Governance & Strategy Advisors

We help mission-driven organizations lead with clarity, plan with purpose, and execute with accountability. Flat Communications is a governance and strategy advisory firm supporting business, government, and public safety organizations through strategic planning, executive advisory, organizational execution, and leadership development. We work with public service agencies, special districts, cities, counties, and mission-driven businesses committed to excellence, providing the governance expertise and strategic support that separates organizations that thrive from those that merely survive.

Our team brings that rare expertise: legal training for strategic thinking about complex organizational challenges, government operations experience for understanding the political realities boards and executives navigate, proven business execution demonstrating we can implement and not just advise, and deep understanding of public service culture developed through 20+ years of connection to the emergency services and public sector community. We don't bring corporate solutions to government problems. We deliver practical, implementable strategy grounded in real-world experience in mission-driven organizations like yours.

Using our SERVE Framework, we help organizations build strategic vision, effective governance, resource optimization, values-driven decision making, and excellence through execution. Whether you need executive transition advisory ensuring new chiefs succeed from Day 1, strategic planning facilitation that results in actionable plans with clear accountability, organizational execution support closing the strategy-implementation gap, leadership development building capacity at every level, or speaking engagements inspiring your conference or retreat—we provide the expertise and support you need to succeed. Based in Texas. Serving organizations nationwide. Committed to leaders who refuse to settle for average.