Govern the decision
Build the standard your board can evidence.
Governance standards, decision records and assurance for the moments where faith and culture shape risk.
You receiveA standard, audit criteria, policy and board-ready reporting.
Cultural Decision Governance
Make decisions you can explain when faith and culture matter.
CultivIQ helps organisations in healthcare, policing, local government, universities and finance handle decisions shaped by faith, belief and community context. Our framework, tools and specialist support help teams apply their duties and record their reasoning.
Founded by Raza Rahman, with twenty-five years of frontline experience across healthcare, policing, higher education and faith settings.
Your team knows what to do. Until culture and faith change the decision.
A patient declines a procedure. A tenant goes quiet. A complaint is withdrawn. Most organisations have policy, training and good people. What they often lack is a consistent way to read these moments accurately and record the reasoning behind what they did next.
Three things organisations ask us to do.
Most engagements start with one and grow into the others as trust builds.
Reach your communities
Bring faith and community leaders into the room.
Structured dialogue that turns what leaders and residents say into decisions your organisation can act on.
You receiveA written insight summary, a decision record and ongoing advice.
Equip your people
Give teams a method they can use on Monday.
Scenario-based workshops built from your own services, grounded in the Cultural Interpreting Framework.
You receivePractical tools and a written summary for your leadership team.
For organisations that need ongoing access, Community Intelligence Retainers provide standing advisory, introductions and cultural intelligence briefings. Discuss a retainer.
Practical frameworks for accountable decisions.
Governance standard
Islamophobia Prevention and Governance Standard (IPGS)
A structured way to recognise, respond to, record and report anti-Muslim hostility, grounded in Equality Act duties and aligned to the Government's March 2026 definition.
Read about IPGSMethod
Cultural Interpreting Framework
Five stages that take a practitioner from noticing a culturally complex moment to a decision they can record and defend.
See the five stagesOne kind of decision, in many settings.
The method is the same everywhere. The duties, the pressures and the people change, so each sector has its own page.
Healthcare and mental healthNHS trusts, ICBs and health charities.Financial servicesBanks, building societies and wealth firms.Policing and community safetyForces, PCCs and community safety partnerships.Local government and public servicesCouncils, safeguarding partnerships and housing.Universities and researchResearch teams, courses and student welfare.Youth, sport and communityYouth charities, family services, schools and clubs.
Measured, not assumed.
Sessions delivered since 2025 across healthcare, youth and family services, schools, sexual violence services, local government and community safety, and financial services.
Family services charity, August 2026, 11 responses
3.1to4.9
Average self-rated confidence before and after, out of 5. In the same session, all five rated statements averaged 5.0 out of 5, with no response below 4. Staff asked for a deeper follow-on session and wider rollout.
Training and workshops
Practical training for confident decisions.
Build capability where faith, belief and culture influence workplace decisions. Choose an established workshop and request a date directly, while our wider governance and commissioned programmes remain tailored to your organisation.
Live online practitioner workshop
£500 total per organisation
- 60 minutes
- Up to 20 participants
- No VAT added
Cultural Decision-MakingApply structured thinking where faith, belief and cultural context affect a workplace decision.Mental Health Across CulturesExplore how culture and belief shape experiences of distress, disclosure and access to support.Anti-Muslim Hostility: Awareness to ActionSupport proportionate responses to anti-Muslim hostility in organisational settings.
How an engagement works.
- ConversationA free first conversation to understand the decision you are facing.
- ScopingWe agree the problem, the people and what success looks like before any quote.
- Cultural Intelligence BaselineThe fixed-scope first paid step: a clear picture of the cultural and faith factors shaping outcomes in one service area, and a plan.
- DeliveryWorkshops, dialogue or governance work, designed by Raza, with panel members brought in where the scope calls for it.
- Standing adviceAn ongoing relationship that keeps the work current as your communities change.
Founder
Built from twenty-five years in the room.
Raza Rahman founded CultivIQ after twenty-five years of frontline work across healthcare, policing, higher education and faith settings, including NHS mental health chaplaincy from 2016 to 2022.
Tell us about the decision you are facing.
A first conversation is free. We listen, ask one or two questions, and tell you honestly whether and how we can help.