Advisory · Education · Analytics — Sydney

More than 25 years of academic rigour and 20 years of impactful professional practice, fused to drive excellence.

Z3A Consulting Group is a trusted partner to higher education institutions, professional educators and executives who value scientifically and practically rigorous solutions to their complex problems.

Z3A
Entity
Z3A Consulting Group Pty Ltd
ABN
32 703 232 562
Domains
Strategic Advice & Consultancy
Training & Coaching
Content Development & Design
Analytics & Advanced Solutions
Based
Sydney, Australia — engagements nationwide

Most advice is either academically sound or commercially useful. We are built to be both.

Our team teaches and research at postgraduate level, and bring more than a decade of industry work in analytics, strategy consulting and market research. That combination shapes everything we deliver: evidence first, frameworks that hold up to scrutiny, and outputs people can actually use on Monday morning.

We work in two worlds. For education providers, we build and deliver curriculum that meets accreditation expectations and engages students. For organisations, we provide strategic and analytics advice grounded in current research rather than recycled templates.

Portrait of Dr Ash Najmaei
Dr Ash NajmaeiCo-founder & Director

Four domains. One standard of rigour.

SACDomain I

Strategic Advice & Consultancy

Independent, evidence-led counsel for executives, boards and institutional leaders. We frame the problem, test the evidence and give a clear, defensible recommendation.

  • Competitive and corporate strategy reviews
  • Growth, market entry and business model design
  • Entrepreneurial venture and innovation advisory
  • Academic and institutional strategy for education providers

For executives, boards, founders, university and college leadership

TRCDomain II

Training & Coaching

Teaching, workshops and one-to-one coaching that build lasting capability. Sessions are practical, research-informed and built around participants' own cases.

  • Undergraduate, postgraduate and MBA teaching
  • Executive education and professional short courses
  • Academic development for educators and teaching teams
  • Leadership and strategy coaching
  • Research design and supervision for HDR, masters and honours candidates
  • Research methodology and analytics training, from survey design to advanced quantitative and qualitative methods

For institutions, professional educators, researchers, leadership teams and individuals

CDDDomain III

Content Development & Design

End-to-end subject and course development for universities, colleges and private providers, aligned to AQF levels and TEQSA expectations and ready to deliver.

  • Curriculum and learning outcome design
  • Weekly online modules and learning activities
  • Assessment briefs, rubrics and AI-resilient assessment
  • Tutorial guides, lecture decks and facilitator notes

For higher education providers and training organisations

AASDomain IV

Analytics & Advanced Solutions

From analytics strategy to working models. We help organisations decide what to measure, build the right analytics and AI capability, and govern it responsibly.

  • Analytics and AI roadmaps and capability planning
  • Predictive modelling, machine learning and decision tools
  • Marketing, customer and market research analytics
  • Responsible AI governance and evaluation

For organisations, institutions and research teams

Education providers

Universities, colleges & private HEPs

  • New subjects and courses built to accreditation standards
  • Refreshes of existing units, including online conversion
  • Assessment redesign for the generative-AI era
  • Qualified academics for teaching and coordination
Organisations

Firms, founders & public bodies

  • Strategy work that needs an independent, evidence-led view
  • Analytics and AI capability planning
  • Training that lifts a team's decision-making
  • Research-grade market and customer insight

Diagnose

A short scoping conversation, then a review of your context, data and constraints. We agree the question before we answer it.

Design

We set out the approach, the deliverables and the timeline in a written proposal with a fixed scope.

Deliver

Work is produced in reviewable stages, so you see drafts early and steer the direction.

Embed

Handover includes documentation and, where useful, a session that equips your people to carry the work forward.

What an education provider receives when we develop a standard 12-week postgraduate subject. Scope adjusts to your template and delivery mode.

ComponentDetailVolume
Subject outlineLearning outcomes mapped to AQF level and course outcomes1
Weekly modulesOnline content with readings, activities and knowledge checks12
Assessment briefsTask, weighting, submission requirements and marking rubric3
Tutorial guidesFacilitator notes, case discussions and in-class exercises12
Lecture decksBranded to your template, with speaker notes12

Tell us what you are working on.

We reply to every enquiry within two business days with either a time to talk or a clear note on whether we are the right fit.

Email

hello@z3a.com.au

Mobile

(+61) 414 87 27 87

Location

Sydney, New South Wales

Company

Z3A Consulting Group Pty Ltd

ACN 703 232 562 · ABN 32 703 232 562