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Louise A. Harris, CMC, CCMP
CEO, SToS Consulting Inc.
Founder, ChangeDesign.Institute

Strategic change consultant, 
educator, international speaker and academic researcher.

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Equipping and helping people design and implement valuable and effective change in their organizations is my passion and expertise. I combine structured methodologies with out-of-the box thinking techniques and visual tools to empower people to discover new opportunities for addressing their challenges and reaching their goals. 

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For over 25 years I have led and advised the development and implementation of innovative technological, process, and organization change initiatives in large and small organizations.  I have worked in various industry sectors including healthcare, finance, education, and transportation. 

​I have always had a people-centric focus with the view that the point of any change initiative is to enable organizations and individuals to be more effective. I have helped and trained individuals across all levels of the organization apply visual modelling techniques to scope and plan change initiatives. These techniques provide clear stakeholder value, support holistic risk management and motivate commitment and collaboration across executive, employees, and external partners.
The success of any enterprise change ultimately depends on people changing the way they do things.
​Not only do I consult on change, I have lived it. Born in Scotland, I spent my childhood in Africa and south east Asia and as a teenager, immigrated with my family to Canada. I have worked for small and large organizations and experienced being outsourced first hand. In 1998 I co-founded SToS Consulting Inc. in British Columbia, then moved to the east coast of Canada in 2010.

My desire to equip change facilitators with more effective methods and tools to engage busy stakeholders in change initiatives led me to return to university in 2016 to pursue graduate studies and engage in robust and practical academic research. This was a bigger change than I anticipated and initially was over whelming as my mental models needed to be expanded. It has been however, a highly valuable and stretching experience. I had the opportunity to perform innovative research with healthcare organizations engaging clinicians and administrators to figure out complex change within tight resource constraints. I am on track to publish my thesis in early 2021.

In 2020, I founded the ChangeDesign.Institute. Our mission is to train business leaders, change leaders and consultants in the evolving craft of change design. We use a facilitated learning approach that enriches the learning experience, focuses on application of new design methods and development of holistic design skills.  The ChangeDesign.Insitute will continue my PhD research on innovative visual models and co-operative design methods.
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​In my spare time, I raise goats. Goats are very intelligent and habitual creatures. They notice the smallest change in their environment and react with both suspicion and curiosity simultaneously.  Their dual reaction to change is a apt reminder to step out of 'either/or' thinking and hold both curiosity and apprehension in tandem in our approach to the rapidly changing world in which we work and live.

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Start with a Focus on Why Change
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Las Vegas, USA
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Dallas, USA

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Upcoming Conference  & Training Events

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Strategic Management of Innovation and Technology
Memorial University
MBA Course : Jan - April 2021

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Strategic Change by Design - Certificate
Jan - Feb, 2021 : Module 1
April - May, 2021 : Module 2
​May - Jun, 2021 : Module 3


Past Conference  & Training Events

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Organization Change: How to Design Successful Digital and Process Transformations

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Change Management
Memorial University 
MBA Course : April - Jun 2020

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Strategic Change by Design - Certificate
Jan - Feb, 2019 : Module 1
April - May, 2019 : Module 2
​Sept - Oct, 2019 : Module 3

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Methods to Facilitate Public Engagement Success
October 25 - 26, St. John's, Canada
ISEOR Research Center & Academy of Management ODC division
7th  International conference and doctoral consortium  
Using visual models to engage stakeholders
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June 7 & 8, Lyon, France 

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Special Interest Group on System Analysis and Design (SIGSAND)
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Toward a domain ontology for organizational change

May 23 - 25. Syracuse, USA

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Enterprise Architecture meets Service Design
May 1 - 2.  Ottawa, Canada
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Strategic Change by Design - Introduction
April - May, 3 weeks Online          

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Why and How to Use Visual Models to Collaboratively Scope Service Change             
Feb 20 Halifax, Canada and Online       
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Identify and Assess Change Opportunities
May 22 - June 12, Online                          
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Visually Scope Change Opportunities
Sept 18 - Oct 16, Online                              

Identify and Assess Change Opportunities
May 22 - June 12, Online                         
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Mitigating Risk while Implementing Transformation Initiatives
May 4 Ottawa, Canada
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Enterprise Architecture for Change Management : Enabling Collaborative Design
May 1 - 2 Ottawa, Canada
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Strategic Change Frameworks
April 10 - May 8 Online      
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Critical Success Factors for Strategic Change
Jan 25 - Feb 13 Online      
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Reduce Resistance:
Plot a Stakeholder Journey Map

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Reduce Resistance: 
Plot a Stakeholder Change Journey
October 17-18 Toronto, Canada
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Drive Business Growth: The Secret to Connecting Strategies and Business
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Reduce Resistance:
Plot a Stakeholder Change Journey Map

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Plan Change like a Journey
Halifax, Canada
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Strategic Change Certificate : Tier 1
Atlantic, Canada​​
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​Qualiware + EA
Professional Development Days

​Ottawa, Canada
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Critical Success Factors for Strategic Change
Atlantic Canada
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Enterprise Architecture for Executive Consumption
London, UK​
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Expanding Enterprise Architecture to Enable Business Transformation
Copenhagen, Denmark

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How to Support Executives in Strategic Planning and Execution
London, UK​
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The Business Model Canvas and Business Architecture
Florida, USA
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Business Architecture Saves the Day
Florida, USA
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Turning IT Project Challenges into an Enterprise Business Architecture Opportunity to Provide Business Value
London, UK​​​​
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Find the Missing Link to Concurrently Improving Business Capabilities Across the Enterprise
London, UK​​
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What to do when business architecture is needed but not endorsed?
Florida, USA
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Process and Information Architectures - the Missing Link to Improving Enterprise Performance
Florida, USA
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