Organizational mimicry kills performance.
Why? Because copying another model means ignoring what makes you unique. The result: organizational rejection, loss of identity, and declining performance. A graft that never takes.
Our method takes the opposite view: your organizational DNA is not a legacy to preserve, but the most effective lever for performance. We don’t create a model – we reveal yours and make it stronger.
Proof through impact: our method in action
The challenge:
A fast-growing company tried to replicate a trendy organizational model, which created administrative complexity, role confusion, and decision-making paralysis.
Our action (ADN-first):
We carried out a diagnosis of their real strengths. Instead of forcing an external model, we co-created a tailor-made structure that preserved their informal agility while clarifying responsibilities.
The result:
The cycle time for strategic decision-making was cut in half. Cross-department bottlenecks, identified through an audit, dropped by 70%, drastically improving collaboration.
Methodology
Our 4-phase method: Reveal your DNA to unlock performance
Phase 1 : Strategic alignment & organizational diagnosis
The organization serving the corporate project.
We begin by clarifying your business project and strategic objectives. Only then do we analyze your organization to identify how your unique DNA can become the most powerful lever to achieve those goals.
• Clarification of the business project: What are your growth, profitability, or innovation objectives?
• Organizational diagnosis: Identification of your natural strengths, real value flows, and deep culture.
• DNA–Strategy connection:Analysis of which aspects of your DNA to amplify, and which frictions to remove, to accelerate goal achievement.
→ Deliverable: A clear business project and a DNA map as a performance lever.
Phase 2 : Tailor-made design & alignment
Turning diagnosis into action.
Based on the levers identified in Phase 1, we run workshops with your teams to co-design the target organizational model that amplifies your strengths and eliminates frictions.
• Collaborative design workshops: Translating strategic opportunities into concrete organizational solutions.
• Amplification of natural strengths: The new model builds on what already works for you.
• Removal of frictions: Targeted action on identified blockers that slow down performance.
→ Deliverable: A blueprint of your unique organizational model, aligned with your business project.
Phase 3 : Safe prototyping & impact validation
Testing without breaking, to prove efficiency.
We never roll out a new organization at scale without testing it first. Pilot programs validate that the new model performs better.
• Pilot projects on voluntary scopes, testing the new model in real conditions.
• Measurement of impact on performance KPIs (efficiency, lead times, etc.) and engagement.
• Adjustments based on field reality to fine-tune the model.
→ Deliverable: An organizational model validated by measurable results.
Phase 4 : Organic deployment & sustainable performance
The organization evolves naturally toward higher performance.
We support the gradual deployment of the validated model, ensuring adoption and lasting results.
• Progressive and voluntary rollout of the new model.
• Respect for the rhythm of each entity to ensure healthy adoption.
• Embedding in daily practices so that change becomes the new norm.
→ Deliverable: An organization aligned with its unique DNA and sustainably more performant.
The Ad Valoris difference
What sets us apart
| Classic “Copy-Paste” Approach | ADN-First Design™ Approach |
|---|---|
| Imported and imposed model | Unique, revealed and co-designed model |
| Brutal disruption | Natural, controlled evolution |
| Rejection and loss of identity | Adoption and amplified identity |
| Declining performance | Authentic, lasting performance |
| High cost, uncertain ROI | Investment secured through pilots |
Questions your peers ask
The concept of organizational DNA seems vague. How do you make it concrete?
By mapping these concrete elements, we don’t theorize – we reveal the real “operating system” of your company and make it more performant.
And if our historical DNA is precisely what holds us back today?
This approach seems longer than a classic reorganization. How do you justify the time?
Our approach, by co-building and testing the solution with the teams, ensures near-immediate adoption. The initial investment in time is largely offset by the absence of a “change war.”
How do you convince leaders who admire the GAFA models?
Phase 3 pilots provide tangible proof that a tailor-made model, built on their own DNA, performs better in their context than an imported one. We don’t counter opinions with opinions, but with facts.
How does this approach ensure alignment with our business objectives?
The central question is: How can your unique strengths be the fastest, most effective lever to achieve your ambitions in growth, profitability, or innovation?
DNA is not an end in itself – it is the most powerful means to execute your strategy.
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