Change rarely fails for lack of strategy. It fails because it’s never made real before it’s rolled out. We prototype it first, with the people who’ll live it.

We Prototype Change®

Prototyping Change is what we do. A Change Muscle is what you keep.

What makes Change stick?

The organizations that get the most from Change all do one thing: they make it real before they scale it. Rather than hand people a finished plan, they build a small, real version with them, test it, and let what they learn shape what comes next. That’s the difference between Change that sticks and Change that stalls — and it’s exactly how we work.

Research points the same way

70%

 The problem is real, and persistent.

Around 70% of transformations still underdeliver—a rate that has remained largely unchanged for two decades.

(Bain 2024)

34% → 58%

Involvement changes the odds.

When employees help shape Change—not just receive communications—the likelihood of success rises from 34% to 58%

(Gartner 2023; McKinsey 2026; McKinsey 2022)

$1 : $3 : $5

AI leaders invest beyond the technology.

For every $1 invested in technology, leading AI transformations invest $3 in redesigning work and $5 in building people’s skills.

(BCG 2024)

What we do: We Prototype Change

Most Change is designed on paper and rolled out to the people expected to live it. We do the opposite. We build the smallest real version of a Change and test it — for real — with the people, and the customers, who will live it. Then we let what we learn reshape the plan before it scales.

And not just a product or a process: the way of working itself. Because it’s tested small and built with people, prototyping cuts the risk of a failed rollout and earns real ownership in the same move.

What you build: a Change Muscle

A good engagement shouldn’t just hand you a solution. It should leave you better at changing. Done as a routine rather than a one-off, prototyping builds a Change Muscle: your organization’s standing ability to keep changing on its own.

Spot the real problem. Test assumptions instead of defending them. Bring the right people in early. Adapt before you scale — and keep doing it without depending on outside help. No one can predict exactly what they’ll need to become next. A Change Muscle is how you find out: not by predicting the future, but by prototyping your way into it.

Our approach – The Re:Solve Framework

In our Re:Solve Framework we’ve married the principals of Design Thinking, Lean and Agile, then added our special sauce. The benefits for you:

First-hand client insights

Solving the 'right' Problem

Delivering 'real' value

Mitigated risks & costs

UNDERSTAND

DESIGN

ADOPT

Activating your internal change agents

Your team collaborating to own

Solutions that transition into your organization

Our Work

Years of experience solving real problems for organizations around the globe. Here are a few of our stories:

Our Services

We find the right mix of "Doing" and "Teaching" to help your organization build it's "Change Muscle" through a practice of prototyping.

Our Team

We’re ChangeUp|GLOBAL

Julia Cichowski

“If serious, deployable service design is required, you want Julia on your team.”

Kam Chana: Head of Financial Experiences Lab, RCA

Martin Schmidt-Sarno

"Martin is excellent at connecting business and technology, people and purpose, customer and company."

Claude Hellers: CEO, Fundbridge

Chris Whitlock

"Chris is brilliant at helping companies foster big thinking."

Laura Fish:
Founder, CEO/CVO The Vision Studio Inc.

Contact Us today and make an appointment to talk about how we can customize an engagement for your company.