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.

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.

A group of people are taking pictures on the screen.
A group of people standing around a wall with sticky notes on it.

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.

Most organizations don’t lack strategy. They struggle to make it real before they scale it.

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)

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.