Lived Experience Expertise.
Applied to Business, Government, and Systems.
Bukola Oriola Group (BOG), LLC is a B2B consulting company that helps businesses, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, healthcare organizations, and other institutions engage and apply Subject Matter Experts with Lived Experience to strengthen strategy, programs, policies, training, research, and implementation.
BOG brings together lived experience expertise, professional consulting, and cross-sector knowledge to help organizations turn insight into practical action.
We believe lived experience is more than a story to hear. It is expertise that can inform decisions, identify gaps, strengthen organizational approaches, and contribute to better outcomes.
From Lived Experience to Organizational Insight
Organizations often recognize the value of lived experience but need a professional way to engage it.
BOG helps organizations move from simply listening to lived experience to working with lived experience experts as professional consultants and subject matter experts.
Through our BOG Survivor-Led SME Coordination Model, organizations can engage qualified Subject Matter Experts with Lived Experience through a structured approach designed to support meaningful engagement, professional coordination, equitable compensation, and effective integration of lived expertise.
Learn About the BOG Survivor-Led SME Coordination Model.
Lived experience is expertise. It brings knowledge that cannot be learned in a classroom alone, offering insight and value that can make a meaningful difference in how we understand and address complex challenges.
Consulting Services
BOG provides expert consulting to businesses, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and other institutions seeking to meaningfully engage and apply Subject Matter Experts with Lived Experience.
Our consulting services help organizations build practical, professional, and mutually beneficial approaches to lived experience engagement.
BOG’s approach is designed to create value for both organizations and the Subject Matter Experts they engage by treating lived experience as professional expertise, not simply as a personal story or perspective.
What Organizations Engage BOG to Do
BOG works with organizations that want to:
- Build organizational capacity to work effectively with lived experience experts.
- Engage Subject Matter Experts with Lived Experience in meaningful and professional ways.
- Integrate lived experience expertise into organizational strategy and decision-making.
- Strengthen programs, policies, training, and implementation
- Incorporate lived experience perspectives into research and evaluation.
- Identify gaps and opportunities through lived experience-informed insight.
- Develop ethical and effective lived experience engagement practices.
- Coordinate SMEs with lived experience for consulting and project-based work.
- Translate lived experience expertise into actionable organizational insight.
Who We Work With
BOG provides consulting and subject matter expertise to:
- Government agencies
- Corporations and businesses
- Nonprofit organizations
- Healthcare organizations
- Educational institutions
- Foundations and other institutions
Subject Matter Experts Talk
Bukola Oriola Group (BOG), LLC produces and distributes the Subject Matter Experts Talk (SMET), hosted by Bukola Oriola, is a cross-sector interview series that brings lived-experience experts, practitioners, industry professionals, and systems leaders together to examine real-world challenges and share practical insights that can strengthen systems and communities.
SMET creates space for honest, informed conversations about what works, what does not, and what needs to change. The series recognizes lived experience, professional practice, research, industry knowledge, and systems leadership as valuable forms of expertise.
Publishing: Producing and publishing books, reports, and educational materials on topics related to human trafficking, domestic violence, social justice, and entrepreneurship. These publications serve to raise awareness, educate the public, and provide valuable insights and resources for individuals, organizations, and policymakers working in these fields.
