Where there's a Will, there's a System...
So you can stop relying on goals and willpower and put in place the systems you need to generate results you want.
The systems that got you here were never designed for where you’re going.
Maybe they grew by accident. Maybe you inherited them. Maybe they worked — until they didn’t.
But every choice you make, every habit, workflow, tool, or way of thinking — that’s your (mostly unconscious) systems.
And the question isn’t whether you have systems.
It’s whether those systems fit your future, or only your past and present.
Can they carry you towards what matters most in an increasingly complex, fast, organization, or even world?
What’s next rarely asks for more complexity. Your systems are how you arrange to deal with increasing complexity. What’s next…
Asks for alignment. Clarity. Structure that fits who you are — and even more so, who you’re becoming.
Most systems are built for someone else’s world.
Yours should be built for yours.
Building for what's next-asking for something different.
You’ve outgrown the common templates.
You’ve moved beyond one-size-fits-all advice.
You’ve probably tried these and more to discover that, at best, they only sort of work.
What you’re building now needs systems designed for you — for how you think, lead, and grow.
Not just systems that help you get things done — but systems that help you become who you’re here to be.
That’s what You-Centered Systems are for.
You means more than just 'you'
You might be here as a leader.
A representative of a team.
A coach or consultant working with clients.
Or stewarding an organization in motion.
Wherever you’re working from — inside a system, or as one whole ‘self’ system — You-Centered Systems begin with the same question:
What would it look like to build systems that fit who you are — and what you’re here to create?
Systems that fit aren’t one-size-fits-all.
They’re designed. Layered. Alive.
You already have systems—even if you don’t call them that.
Every day, you’re running patterns.
How you think. How you plan. How you meet. How you decide.
Whether you built them intentionally — or inherited them without question — those are systems.
Your calendar is a system.
Your decision-making is a system.
Your habits, your workflows, your ways of moving through the day — all systems.
Most people don’t see them at first.
But once you do, something shifts.
You begin to see what’s shaping your results — and where things might want to change.
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
This is just as true today as it was when Marshall Goldsmith released his book of the same title.
The systems that brought you here weren’t designed for where you’re going.
You’ve grown. Your work has evolved.
And the world around you isn’t standing still.
What once worked might now feel heavy, slow, or stretched too thin.
That’s not failure. That’s a signal.
Every season of growth asks for new patterns — new structures — new rhythms of support.
Are your systems built for where you are—or for who you’re becoming?
Design Systems for the Future You’re Creating
Most systems are built around what’s urgent.
Or what was easiest at the time.
But the systems that sustain real growth — the systems that hold complexity with grace — are built around your vision for the future, while honouring your story of the now.
They integrate where you are and where you’ve come from.
And they serve who you are becoming.
Copying someone else’s strategy rarely gets you to your own destination.
Other People’s Systems Weren’t Designed for You
Best practices. Templates. Frameworks.
Useful as inspiration. Limiting as instruction.
Why?
Because you lead differently. You think differently. You work differently.
Systems that truly work — for _you_ — must reflect your context, your rhythms, your way of moving through the world.
They can’t be borrowed.
They must be built.
It’s not about working harder—You've already done that and found the limits. It’s about working in alignment.
Alignment and Coherence Are Your Next Levers
In a world of increasing complexity, effort isn’t the only answer.
Alignment is leverage.
Coherence is clarity.
Systems become powerful not when they do more — but when they hold and help to focus what matters most.
When your thinking, your choices, and your actions move in rhythm — that’s where things begin to flow.
Better systems aren’t just more efficient.
They’re more alive. More aligned. More you.
That’s what You-Centered Systems are built for.
Who You-Centered Systems work for
Because systems shape everything — whether you’re showing up as one person, working with others, or stewarding many…
You-Centered Systems are multi-scale (they have to be). —
You the person. You the team. You the organization.
Individuals
Leaders, coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs seeking systems that reflect who they are, how they work, what they’re building — and how they choose to serve.
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Organizations
Teams and companies navigating growth, change, and increasing complexity — ready to reimagine how they design, decide, and move forward together.
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Wherever you’re working from — inside a system, with a system, or as one — your systems should fit what matters most, at every scale of ‘you’.
Me in 10 seconds...
Hi, I'm Gerrett...
I’ve been conducting multi-scale organizational design and transformation since 1997. Consultant since 2003. Facilitator since 2004. Coach since 1995. Student of human behaviour, psychology, and systems since 1993.
21,000+ hours of group session facilitation
115+ leaders advised and coached
850+ team members assisted across…
23+ business transformation projects
After decades consulting with large organizations and government (complex communities), facilitating thousands of hours of group sessions and coaching leaders through transformation, one truth has become clear:
We don’t rise to the level of our potential—we rise to the level of our systems.
Most people are operating inside systems they didn’t design. Systems that reflect outdated priorities, inherited structures, or someone else’s idea of success.
The You Systems Studio was built to change that.
It’s a space where coaches, consultants, organizational stewards and leaders design systems from the inside out—starting with purpose, aligned through rhythm, and activated through structures that serve the future you’re here to build.
Experience a You-Centered systems for yourself at the next event.
