What happens when you combine decades
of organisational transformation expertise
with advanced artificial intelligence?

Modus.

Our first product, Modus, turns complex data into clear, actionable insights.

Modus uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyse information from stakeholder interviews, staff surveys, policies, strategies, and more.

Integrating insights from our seasoned consultants with industry data, Modus understands your organisation’s landscape to deliver precise, tailored recommendations for a structure that aligns with your strategic goals and unique context.

This is AI augmentation. Combining Modus with the expertise of our consultants means a faster, more affordable organisation design process without sacrificing quality.

A much faster,
more cost-effective,
evidence-based
organisation design.

  • Modus generates design principles based on your organisation’s unique context, strategy, and business transformation goals.

  • Streamlining hours of analysis, Modus provides you an organisation wide view of functions, responsibilities, and capability requirements (technical, leadership, qualifications).

  • Modus analyses survey results to surface design-relevant themes and pain points that matter most to your staff and stakeholders.

  • A people analytics dashboard customised for your organisation design, including headcount and structure insights (e.g. unique roles, spans of control), integrating tenure and compensation data.

  • With strategic inputs, data analytics, and design principles, Modus recommends distinct structural models to inform organisational design.

  • Organisation design recommendations help you compare structural models (to the team level) based on preferred functional design(s).

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We built something different.

Upload your position descriptions, role frameworks, whatever documents you have. Modus reads through them and shows you the patterns.

More accurate,
less tedious.

Modus drafts accurate position descriptions based on the information you feed it.

Bulk PDs to write for your team or department? No problem.

Common questions.

  • No, Modus is designed so that you're in control. When Modus suggests a structure or identifies a pattern, you can see exactly why. Edit anything. Change anything. The AI does the heavy lifting, but the decisions are yours.

  • No, not replacing. Instead of spending weeks doing analysis and org chart comparisons, consultants can focus on the parts that actually need human expertise.

  • We don't train our AI on your information. You remain the owner of your data. We handle it in line with the New Zealand Privacy Act, and it is deleted when the project is done.

  • Right now, on secure AWS servers offshore. But we get that data sovereignty is a big deal, especially for government work. If you need local hosting, we can sort that out.

  • Yes. The Hawthorne-Ventures team have all worked in government agencies and NGOs we know what it's like dealing with tight budgets, small teams, and real complexities. We have designed Modus to help with that.

  • Of course. Modus handles manual analysis while you focus on the big decisions that really matter.