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Diagnosis before prescription.

Organizations invest heavily in change. Too often, they choose an intervention before they understand the pattern underneath.

Septima helps leaders see their organization clearly, bringing together organizational science, AI-assisted analysis and operating experience. We are incorporated as a public benefit corporation.

Same atoms, different molecule.

Bond two hydrogen atoms to one oxygen and you get water. Add a second oxygen and you get hydrogen peroxide, which bleaches. Carbon becomes graphite or diamond depending on how its atoms connect. The elements stay the same; the bonds and the structure decide what you end up with.

Organizations work the same way. Two companies can hire the same mix of engineers, marketers and accountants and end up as two different places to work. The difference lies in the bonds between people and between teams. We call leading at that level molecular leadership.

The Seven Cs are a framework for reading the quality of those bonds. Until now there was no way to measure them at scale. AI-assisted analysis makes it possible.

Molecules are a first step. The goal is an organization that keeps growing, absorbs shocks and evolves, the way a living thing does.

WaterH2O

Hydrogen peroxideH2O2

Same elements. Different bonds, different substance.

The team.

  • Robert Kelley Ayala

    Chief Executive

    Leadership consultant with a background in organizational psychology, formerly at Dataiku and Oliver Wyman. Educated at Duke and HEC. Co-originator of the Seven Cs.

  • Elizabeth Sullivan Windram

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Marketing and brand executive, formerly at JetBlue and Metropolis Technologies. Educated at Duke and Wharton.

  • Nathan Toups

    Chief Technology Officer

    Founder and principal at Rojoroboto. Former CTO at Key; platform engineering at FLYR, Sante and Impira. Educated at Georgia Tech and LSU.

Advisors

  • Emil Ejner Friis

    Founding Advisor

    Co-originator of the Seven Cs and author of The Listening Society as Hanzi Freinacht.

What would you like to understand about your organization?

Start with a conversation about your priorities and how a Septima Diagnostic could help.

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