The CFS Way
Our Design Studios
Our design studios are collaborative spaces where strategy meets creativity. By co-designing solutions with you, we ensure they are tailored, sustainable, and reflective of your unique challenges. This approach empowers your team, aligning culture with strategy to drive lasting business success and employee well-being.
Each Design Studio consists of 5-6 two-hour workshops conducted with a small team of leaders* from your organization. Your team will engage in a series of conversations, analysis, and exercises to create a plan tailored to your company.
Culture Canvas
Through this Design Studio, your team will create a plan to revamp your culture into an environment that enables all of your people to thrive. This plan will include:
An updated set of culture anchors aligned with your vision for the culture
Action steps to embed and reinforce these anchors into your core processes and systems
A defined process with metrics for monitoring the health your culture
Learning Lab
Through this Design Studio, your team will create an organizational learning plan outlining:
Key learning questions to guide learning aligned with the organization’s strategy
A set of actions and activities to invoke and embed learning in all major functions of the organization
Resources to reinforce learning practices and distribute insights across the organization
*To deeply engage in this work and ensure it continues after the end of our engagement, we recommend having a team of at least three people in place to facilitate the work at the organization. This does not have to be their sole responsibility, but the percentage of time dedicated to this work should be protected and rewarded to incentivize participation and reduce turnover. Ideally at least one person is a senior leader of the organization.
This approach isn’t just about solving problems—it’s about building capacity. 💪
Find out which track makes sense for you!
Culture Canvas:
This experience makes sense for you if…
Rapid changes, like shifts to hybrid or fully remote work, are affecting how and where your organization operates.
You want to strengthen how your organization collaborates across locations and platforms.
As your organization grows, your current cultural systems and structures no longer fit your needs.
You need new ways to reengage your team and support their well-being beyond traditional methods
Learning Lab:
This experience makes sense for you if…
Your industry is changing fast due to things like AI or new regulations, affecting how your organization operates.
As your organization grows, your current learning strategy no longer meets your needs
A new direction in your strategy demands fresh knowledge and capabilities.
You want to align learning efforts with your organization’s goals in a more focused way.
“Culture permeates every aspect of business. It dictates how things get done, defines what behaviors are acceptable, and influences how people connect. Simply put, a healthy culture is the foundation of a successful organization.”
-Simone Hill Okafor, Founder and CEO, CFS
Key Ingredients
Yes, we have rich experience and institutional knowledge, but we also recognize that orgs need solutions that are as dynamic as the people who define them. Below are some guiding principles of our process.
Collaborative
We co-create solutions with your team, ensuring every voice is heard and valued in the process.
Equity-Centered
Our strategies prioritize inclusivity, dismantling systemic barriers to foster a fair and thriving workplace
Empathetic
We focus on the human side of transformation, aligning changes with the needs and values of your people
Playful
We infuse creativity and joy into our design and change management processes, so it’s engaging and impactful
Your team and your customers deserve better.
If you agree then we’ve got some work to do. Let’s design a culture that serves them well and unlock new growth.