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Kates Consulting is an organization design advisory firm.

We help leadership teams create organizations to execute strategy with speed and efficiency.

Why do companies reach out to us?

Strategy Shift

Execute a new business model or a shift in strategy

Matrix Challenges

Make complex, matrix organizations more effective

M&A Integration

Integrate M&A activity or stand up divested units

AI Tools

Leverage AI to fuel operational efficiency and speed

Succession Planning

Craft a succession plan for the next phase of growth

Cost Reduction

Reduce unrewarded complexity and cost

Strategy Shift

Execute a new business model or a shift in strategy

Matrix Challenges

Make complex, matrix organizations more effective

M&A Integration

Integrate M&A activity or stand up divested units

AI Tools

Leverage AI to fuel operational efficiency and speed

Succession Planning

Craft a succession plan for the next phase of growth

Cost Reduction

Reduce unrewarded complexity and cost

Strategy Shift

Execute a new business model or a shift in strategy

Matrix Challenges

Make complex, matrix organizations more effective

M&A Integration

Integrate M&A activity or stand up divested units

AI Tools

Leverage AI to fuel operational efficiency and speed

Succession Planning

Craft a succession plan for the next phase of growth

Cost Reduction

Reduce unrewarded complexity and cost

Our Work

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

Enterprise Design

No two businesses compete the same way. We work with leadership to determine structure and the optimal degree of portfolio integration to turn your operating model into a competitive advantage.

Enterprise Design

Function Design

Private Equity

Capability Building

FROM THE JOURNAL

Latest Blogs

Perspectives on organization design, leadership and the future of work.

May 30, 2026

If AI Handles the Code, Where Does the Engineering Actually Go?

This blog explores how AI code generation is reshaping software engineering, and its impact on organization design.

Jaclyn Kates

Dec 28, 2025

What Makes a Good Org Designer?

This blog explores the four essential skills that define what it takes to be a great organization designer.

Jaclyn Kates

May 28, 2025

The Five Moats That Matter When Intelligence Becomes Free

This blog identifies five key competitive advantages that remain defensible as AI makes intelligence increasingly accessible and affordable to all businesses.

Jaclyn Kates

Working With Us

We are organization design experts.

Kates Consulting is a team of org design specialists. We focus solely on this discipline, allowing our consultants to pattern match across companies and industries.

We are organization design experts.

Kates Consulting is a team of org design specialists. We focus solely on this discipline, allowing our consultants to pattern match across companies and industries.

Our process ensures designs stick.

Our participative design process allows those closest to the work to contribute to the future model. This approach initiates change management, ensuring designs stick.

Our process ensures designs stick.

Our participative design process allows those closest to the work to contribute to the future model. This approach initiates change management, ensuring designs stick.

We collaboratively prototype.

You are the expert in your business, and we bring the organization design expertise. Together, we prototype, experiment, and weigh tradeoff choices.

We collaboratively prototype.

You are the expert in your business, and we bring the organization design expertise. Together, we prototype, experiment, and weigh tradeoff choices.

We are at the frontier of AI.

AI is changing how organizations are structured at a global scale. We've helped Fortune 50 companies adapt to this major shift in how work gets done.

We are at the frontier of AI.

AI is changing how organizations are structured at a global scale. We've helped Fortune 50 companies adapt to this major shift in how work gets done.

The methodology is time-tested.

We use Jay Galbraith's proven Star Model methodology that has become the standard in Fortune 500 companies. Our focus on diagnostic integrity is core to our work.

The methodology is time-tested.

We use Jay Galbraith's proven Star Model methodology that has become the standard in Fortune 500 companies. Our focus on diagnostic integrity is core to our work.

Public Training Program

Designed for mid- to senior-level practitioners, business leaders, and HR executives from around the globe, our public training program offers four virtual, four-hour sessions based on a full operating model and organization design process.

Choose From Two Course Offerings:

Nov 2026 Series: Tuesdays & Thursdays — Nov 3, 5, 10, 12 (9am–1pm ET)

Feb 2027 Series: Tuesdays & Thursdays — Feb 2, 4, 9, 11 (1pm–5pm ET)

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Contact Us

Reach out to us at contact@katesconsulting.com.