Building a Culture of Co-Design
Goal
Support senior leadership at a 170-person nonprofit in embedding equity, shared leadership structures, and collaborative problem-solving into organization-wide culture change through strategic planning, change management, implementation support, and capacity building for co-design.
Change management · Organizational strategy · Action planning · Capacity building
Role
Led organization-wide assessment (workshops, interviews, surveys, document review)
Facilitated cross-functional co-creation of values and behaviors
Designed and led a series of prototyping and action planning sprints to prioritize and operationalize change
Scaled prototypes into organizational practice and process
Delivered all-staff and departmental trainings on collaboration and co-design
Provided ongoing change management coaching and implementation support for senior leadership
Outcomes
Partner launched sustainable structures to support culture transformation, including refined 360 reviews, new cross-functional engagement practices, equity-integrated policies, and a new operations function. The organization demonstrated increased shared leadership capacity and a stronger collaborative culture, with a clear roadmap for continued investment.
"While organizational change is long-term work, Sarah’s contributions have laid the groundwork for our organizational development for years to come. "
— Client partner