Operating model design
Purpose. Make the way the organization runs explicit: who owns which outcomes, who may decide, and how teams connect.
An operating model is not an org chart with nicer boxes. It is the agreement about how demand is accepted, how work is sequenced, and where authority sits when trade-offs appear. We design that agreement with the people who already carry the load.
Scope
- Current operating picture: unofficial routers, duplicate owners, and missing decision rights
- Target model for one or two critical value streams
- Role charters limited to the outcomes that matter, not a full HR rewrite
- Interface contracts between functions that currently drop work
Process
Discovery interviews, a working session on decision rights, a draft model, a pressure-test against recent exceptions, then a written model the leadership team can adopt.
Deliverables
Target operating picture, decision-rights matrix, interface map, and a 90-day adoption sequence.
Who it is for
Leadership teams that grew around a founder or a few reliable managers and now need the operation to run when those people are in a meeting — or on leave.