Our Purpose
To equip leaders with the knowledge, skills, and tools
to design organizations that thrive in a dynamic, uncertain world.
We believe better organizational systems lead to better outcomes for customers, employees, investors, partners, society, and the natural environment. The Studio brings together empirical research, systems thinking, and hands‑on design practice to help leaders create custom, context‑specific solutions rather than copy generic “best practices.”
What the Studio Offers
A Design Methodology | A Set of Tools | A Place to Practice | A Way of Thinking
The Studio is built around the 12 Design Labs, a flexible methodology that guides leaders through purpose, stakeholders, context, integration, design principles, prototyping, and deployment. Each Lab contains evolving methods that help you analyze, imagine, and build the systems your organization needs.
You’ll find:
- Frameworks that help you see your organization as a system
- Methods that guide inquiry, analysis, and creativity
- Tools and techniques grounded in extensive experience and empirical evidence
- A design environment where you learn by doing
- A philosophy that blends rigor with imagination
No templates. No one‑size‑fits‑all answers. Just the structure and support to design what fits your unique context.
Our Philosophy
This is organization design as a craft, both scientific and imaginative
Human understanding to design for real people
Empirical research to inform decisions
Systems thinking to understand interdependencies and cross-functional flows
Creativity to imagine alternatives and learning to adapt to a changing world
About the Founder
Dr. John Latham is the Founder and Managing Director of the Organization Design Studio®. He has worked with and in commercial, nonprofit, education, and government organizations across Europe, Asia, the Pacific Rim, the Middle East, and the Americas.
John is an award‑winning researcher and the author of multiple books on organization design and transformation, including [Re]Create the Organization You Really Want! and Organization Diagnosis, Design, and Transformation: A Baldrige User’s Guide. His work blends rigorous research with decades of hands‑on experience helping leaders design organizations that perform, adapt, and endure.
The Company
Organization Design Studio® Ltd. is a global research, publishing, and education company
established in 2015 in Colorado, United States.
Organization Design Studio® is a registered trademark.
A Final Thought
The Studio is more than a website. It is a place for leaders who want to design organizations worthy of the people who work in them and the world they serve.
Become an Organization Designer
Learn to guide the full arc of a design project from understanding the system to shaping it, testing it, and bringing it to life, developing the capability to design organizations with intention and skill.
