DiscoverOrg Design PodcastDesign Before You Scale: The Blueprint for High-Impact Organizations with Haris Ahmed
Design Before You Scale: The Blueprint for High-Impact Organizations with Haris Ahmed

Design Before You Scale: The Blueprint for High-Impact Organizations with Haris Ahmed

Update: 2025-08-28
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In this candid and compelling episode of the Org Design Podcast, recorded live at the Festival of Org Design 2024, hosts Tim Brewer and Damian Bramanis sit down with Haris Ahmed, founder of Pragmatium Consulting Group, to uncover three decades of wisdom in organizational transformation.

Haris shares how he stumbled into org design during the Y2K era and evolved into a strategic advisor trusted by mid-market powerhouses and ambitious startups alike. From diagnosing dysfunction to architecting adaptive systems, Haris explains why getting the strategy-structure-capability triangle right is crucial—especially when the market moves faster than your 5-year plan.

This episode is packed with practical advice for founders, leaders, and change agents—from identifying cultural silos to unlocking high-performance through clear leadership dynamics. Haris also reveals the surprising power of crucial conversations, the value of external perspectives, and why org design is no longer a luxury—it’s a leadership imperative.

Haris Ahmed
https://www.linkedin.com/in/harisahmedusa/
https://pragmatiumconsulting.com/

The Org Design Podcast
https://www.functionly.com/org-design-podcast
https://www.linkedin.com/company/orgdesignpodcast/

Functionly
www.functionly.com
https://www.linkedin.com/company/functionly/
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Design Before You Scale: The Blueprint for High-Impact Organizations with Haris Ahmed

Design Before You Scale: The Blueprint for High-Impact Organizations with Haris Ahmed