Powering progress toward a just, equitable, and healthy society

Blue Lotus Strategies supports visionary organizations and leaders to advance social change.

Who we are

Blue Lotus Strategies (BLS) is a Washington DC-based policy and strategy consulting firm led by Indivar (Indi) Dutta-Gupta.
We help visionary leaders and organizations through strategic support and guidance, stakeholder ecosystem engagement, research and analysis, and communications across domestic and comparative policy areas.

How we help our clients

Our expertise spans domestic policy areas, including economic opportunity and security, tax and budget, higher education, caregiving, housing, public benefits, and racial, climate, and gender justice.

Strategic planning & communications

BLS support clients with strategic planning and communications including organizational and impact strategy, scenario planning, and conceptualizing new work

Ecosystem building & alignment

BLS works with clients to build healthy and aligned social change ecosystems including through coalition building, convening, external representation and meeting facilitation

Policy and economic
research & analysis

BLS conducts primary and secondary qualitative and quantitative policy and economic research, analysis, and associated assessments

Case studies

What we do

We support non-profits, philanthropies, worker groups, and other entities advancing social and economic fairness, with:

Strategic planning and advice
Conceptualizing new work
Coalition and organization building
Policy research, analysis, and development
Political scenario planning
Stakeholder ecosystem building and alignment
Essay and opinion pieces
Public speaking, media, and other appearances
Meeting facilitation, moderation, and external representation
Shaping messaging and communications

Our expertise includes a range of federal, state, and local policies (as well as policies in some other countries), advocacy strategies and corporate practices associated with:

Tax and budget issues
Economic security and opportunity
Technology (including AI) intersections with social justice
Higher education and workforce development
Caregiving
Health coverage programs and subsidies
Public benefits and food security
Racial, gender, climate, and immigrant justice
Worker and consumer power
Unemployment insurance
Youth policy
Climate change
Nature preservation and restoration
Climate resilience and adaptation