This site brings together my advisory work and my writing. On The Long View, I write about the decisions that shape families, organisations and the people who lead them, and about the consequences that play out long after those decisions are made. You can subscribe to receive each new piece by email.

About Wendy Ellis

I am an independent strategic advisor to principals, families and family offices. I work one to one with people facing decisions of real consequence, helping them think through the second- and third-order effects and see patterns that aren't yet obvious.

I spent two decades in global life sciences, technology and innovation, leading strategic initiatives and working closely with senior leadership at moments that mattered. My advisory practice grew out of that experience, and today I work privately, by referral, with a small number of clients.

I am also the founder of Salience, a quarterly review distributed privately to a small readership. It explores questions whose consequences outlast the people deciding them, often questions that are being answered without ever being formally asked.

Get in touch: info@wendyelliswords.com