About us

About us

Tagai Management Consultants operates as a family —a focused and supported environment united by a strong set of values, including a deep commitment to diversity and sustainability across our global village. Our vision is to maximise opportunities to make a difference within the global village.

Tagai Management Consultants is an award winning management consultancy specialising in Procurement/Supply Chain, Business Advisory and Community Development services across Australia and in the Asia/Pacific region.

Tagai Management Consultants is ISO9001:2005 Quality Management Systems accredited and has been a Supply Nation Certified Supplier since 2014.

Our business agility and experience allows us to effectively work across various industries within the marketplace with company executives, government ministers to project leaders on sites across Australia and the Asia/Pacific region. We are working in a variety of industries including: Defence, Infrastructure, Aviation, Renewable energy, Resources sector, Technology, Export/Import all levels of government and Indigenous communities. Our culturally infused no nonsense approach allows us to ebb and flow within a supply chain ensuring social impact and commercial value is created side by side with our customers.

We take a balanced approach to recruiting and skills development, so that we can quickly deliver the right team, with the right experience and expertise, to every client, anywhere in the global village.

Our consultants come from a diverse experience base which include entrepreneurs, lecturers, project managers, procurement specialists, logistics managers, creative designers, advanced technology designers, architects, lawyers and Indigenous engagement specialists. They join Tagai Management Consultants for the opportunity to share their dynamic abilities and create innovative solutions to our clients social and/or commercial predicaments.

Torres Strait Islander culture and lore is at the heart of the Tagai Management Consultants brand and business values. The word "Tagai" refers to the star constellation of Tagai which sits in the southern skies of the Milky Way, which tells a myth of a great fisherman, Tagai. The Tagai constellation provides guidance for sea navigation, changing seasons and daily life.

Like the constellation, Tagai Management Consultants is focused on working together with our customers facilitating their journey towards where they want to be with their business, community and/or organisation.

The following is the story of Tagai and the significance of the Tagai constellation....

Tagai the great fisherman

Tagai was a great fisherman. One day he and his crew of 12 were fishing from their outrigger canoe. They were unable to catch any fish, so Tagai left the canoe and went onto the nearby reef to look for fish there.

As the day grew hotter and hotter, the waiting crew of Zugubals (beings who took on human form when they visited Earth) grew impatient and frustrated. Their thirst grew, but the only drinking water in the canoe belonged to Tagai. Their patience ran out and they drank Tagai’s water.

When Tagai returned, he was furious that the Zugubals had consumed all of his water for the voyage. In his rage he killed all 12 of his crew. He returned them to the sky and placed them in two groups: six men in Usal (the Pleiades star cluster) and the other six Utimal (Orion). He told his crew to stay in the northern sky and to keep away from him.

Tagai can be seen in the southern skies, standing in a canoe in the Milky Way. His left hand is the Southern Cross holding a spear. His right hand is a group of stars in the constellation Corvus holding a fruit called Eugina. He is standing on his canoe, formed by the stars of Scorpius.

Tagai, today

Torres Strait Islanders today still consider Tagai and astronomy to be an important aspect of daily life. Tagai is important for navigation, as the Southern Cross (his left hand) points in the direction of south.

The stars tell Islanders when to plant their gardens, when to hunt turtle and dugong, when the monsoon season arrives, when the winds change, and many other important aspects of daily life.

For example, when Tagai’s left hand (the Southern Cross) dips into the sea, Islanders know the wet season (Kuki) is about to begin. The rising of Usal and Utimal (Pleiades and Orion) in mid-November tells Islanders that turtle and dugong are mating and that it’s time to plant their gardens in anticipation of the coming Kuki season.

reference: http://theconversation.com/a-shark-in-the-stars-astronomy-and-culture-in-the-torres-strait-15850