Philosophy

We love to help.

It is as simple as that. We help leaders. We help companies. We help people who make the companies work. Now, some people look at our work and our approach and naturally think, “that is really cool,” but the clients who work with us all over the globe think about our work as “absolutely essential” and “core to performance.” Simply put, we change futures (in pretty cool ways).

We embrace change.

Not the change for change sake, but real organic, natural change. We are experts at navigating organizational and societal change. Managing transitions are the core of our work. We change strategies. We change people systems while protecting and purposely evolving culture. We create movements inside organizations and out. We connect the disconnected. We connect the business with the heart and soul of the organization – bridging a company’s operations to its purpose. Everything we do is about the human element of change. Changing minds. Changing hearts. Changing followers. Changing outcomes. We change companies for good.

We are intentionally human.

Our approach to change is not driven by technology and formulaic approaches. It is driven by science, the human brain and unbridled creativity. It is sustained by raw humanity and a level of intentionality that is unique. We are equally adept at planning complex long-range business strategy as we are with the creation of comprehensive people systems, intentionally evolving culture or creating experiences that create organic movements.

We are original in all we do.

To understand us is to know that originality drives us. We are original in our thinking, our approaches and our honesty. We are about 100% of the truth all the time. We are about getting to the real issue and going deep. In every strategy session or leadership workshop, people express their amazement about our openness and willingness to be vulnerable. To us, being vulnerable is really about being open to possibility.

We are united by our differences.

We believe that peoples’ differences are their strengths. It is why we purposely bring together a diverse staff of thinkers and creators who see the world fundamentally differently. In our history, we have had teams of management consultants, psychologists, anthropologists, PhDs, strategists, technologists, creative specialists, coaches, storytellers, crisis experts and experiential experts.

And, we help companies understand differences to affect meaningful and lasting change. That change has never been more important as leaders are doing more with less, staring at a different future and needing answers to questions that have never been asked. We bring clarity and the change that propels companies forward.

DEUTSER CLARITY INSTITUTE