DESIGNING THE INVISIBLE™

Technology, AI & Organisational Change

Helping organisations realise the value of strategic investments by designing the organisational conditions in which people, technology and AI successfully transition and perform together.

Helping organisations realise the value of strategic investments by designing the organisational conditions in which people, technology and AI successfully transition and perform together.

20+ years leading high-consequence change and transition programmes across global organisations including Diageo, Nike, Dr. Martens, Anglo American and easyJet.

Increasingly applying an evidence-based approach that helps organisations improve transition performance, operational performance and the value realised from strategic investments.

Increasingly applying an evidence-based approach that helps organisations improve transition performance, operational performance and the value realised from strategic investments.

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Understanding the human factors that determine whether technology delivers value.

Human performance, adoption and decision quality where operating models meet AI-enabled decision systems.

Understanding the organisational conditions that determine whether technology, AI and organisational change deliver lasting business value. Most organisations invest heavily in strategy, technology and programme delivery. Far fewer deliberately design the organisational conditions that determine whether those investments realise their intended value. These conditions include leadership behaviour, organisational climate, decision quality, governance, capability, trust and the interaction between people, technology and AI.

Understanding the organisational conditions that determine whether technology, AI and organisational change deliver lasting business value. Most organisations invest heavily in strategy, technology and programme delivery. Far fewer deliberately design the organisational conditions that determine whether those investments realise their intended value. These conditions include leadership behaviour, organisational climate, decision quality, governance, capability, trust and the interaction between people, technology and AI.

Understanding the organisational conditions that determine whether technology, AI and organisational change deliver lasting business value. Most organisations invest heavily in strategy, technology and programme delivery. Far fewer deliberately design the organisational conditions that determine whether those investments realise their intended value. These conditions include leadership behaviour, organisational climate, decision quality, governance, capability, trust and the interaction between people, technology and AI.

Helping organisations improve transition performance, adoption, leadership alignment, decision quality and operational performance where people, technology and AI work together.

Helping organisations improve transition performance, adoption, leadership alignment, decision quality and operational performance where people, technology and AI work together.

Helping organisations improve transition performance, adoption, leadership alignment, decision quality and operational performance where people, technology and AI work together.

The No Noise™ Principle

The No Noise™ Principle

Over more than twenty years leading complex organisational transitions, one principle has consistently proved true: the best transitions are rarely the noisiest. A No Noise™ Transition does not mean a quiet transition. It means deliberately reducing unnecessary organisational noise so people can focus their attention on what matters most—successfully adopting new ways of working while maintaining operational performance.

Over more than twenty years leading complex organisational transitions, one principle has consistently proved true: the best transitions are rarely the noisiest. A No Noise™ Transition does not mean a quiet transition. It means deliberately reducing unnecessary organisational noise so people can focus their attention on what matters most—successfully adopting new ways of working while maintaining operational performance.

Unnecessary organisational noise often includes:

Conflicting messages · Decision ambiguity · Duplicated effort · Unclear ownership · Competing priorities · Avoidable operational friction

Conflicting messages · Decision ambiguity · Duplicated effort · Unclear ownership · Competing priorities · Avoidable operational friction

When unnecessary noise is reduced, organisations build confidence faster, improve adoption, strengthen decision quality and are more likely to realise the value of their strategic investments.

When unnecessary noise is reduced, organisations build confidence faster, improve adoption, strengthen decision quality and are more likely to realise the value of their strategic investments.

Designing the Invisible™ provides the methodology. The No Noise™ Principle is one of the core ideas that guides how those organisational conditions are designed.

Designing the Invisible™ provides the methodology. The No Noise™ Principle is one of the core ideas that guides how those organisational conditions are designed.

Typical situations I help with

Practical transition, adoption and performance challenges where people, technology and operating conditions have to move together.

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AI Adoption

AI Adoption

Helping organisations introduce AI into business workflows while maintaining confidence, performance and adoption.

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Enterprise Technology

Enterprise Technology

Supporting transitions involving Workday, SAP, ServiceNow, Microsoft technologies and digital platforms.

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Operating Model Transition

Operating Model Transition

Helping organisations successfully transition to new ways of working with minimal operational disruption.

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Programme Recovery

Programme Recovery

Supporting executive teams when programmes appear technically on track but organisational confidence, alignment or adoption are drifting.

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Shared Services & Outsourcing

Shared Services & Outsourcing

Maintaining operational continuity while organisations transition to new service models.

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Organisational Change

Organisational Change

Helping organisations successfully navigate complex enterprise change where people, technology and business performance must evolve together.

Trusted experience across global brands

Diageo

Dr Martens

easyJet

The Signal Problem

The signal was present.

The signal was present.

The signal was present.

The organisation missed it.

The organisation missed it.

The organisation missed it.

Most organisational failures are not caused by a complete absence of information. They are often preceded by signals that were available but not recognised, interpreted or acted upon in time.

Most organisational failures are not caused by a complete absence of information. They are often preceded by signals that were available but not recognised, interpreted or acted upon in time.

Most organisational failures are not caused by a complete absence of information. They are often preceded by signals that were available but not recognised, interpreted or acted upon in time.

TRANSFORMATION

Technology deployed.
Adoption never followed.

Technology deployed.
Adoption never followed.

CYBER & RISK

The signal was present.
Nobody acted.

The signal was present.
Nobody acted.

PEOPLE & TALENT

Decision made.
Rationale unclear.

Decision made.
Rationale unclear.

DATA & TECHNOLOGY

More information.
Less certainty.

More information.
Less certainty.

OPERATIONS

The issue was visible.
The response came too late.

The issue was visible.
The response came too late.

Different domains.

Different consequences.

The same underlying challenge.

Recognising which signals matter before it is too late.

Recognising which signals matter before it is too late.

Recognising which signals matter before it is too late.

Organisations Are Surrounded By Signals

Customer signals. Operational signals. Technology signals. AI signals. Risk signals. Employee signals. Most organisations have more information than ever before. The challenge is not collecting information. The challenge is detecting what matters, interpreting it correctly and acting before small issues become significant problems.

AI Adoption

Turning concern, ambiguity and experimentation into credible patterns of use.

Decision Quality

Improving judgement under pressure when signals are weak, noisy or contested.

Governance

Creating practical controls that protect trust without slowing learning.

Performance

Designing operating habits that convert technology investment into visible results.

Signals Become Outcomes Through Decisions

Performance rarely depends on information alone. It depends on how people interpret signals, make decisions and adapt under conditions of uncertainty.

SIGNALS

SIGNALS

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SENSEMAKING

SENSEMAKING

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DECISIONS

DECISIONS

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ADAPTATION

ADAPTATION

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OUTCOMES

OUTCOMES

Questions Leaders Are Asking

The questions that often sit beneath transformation, AI adoption, operating model transition and change management work.

Why do well-managed transformation programmes drift after go-live?

Why do well-managed transformation programmes drift after go-live?

How can adoption improve without disrupting performance?

How is good judgement maintained when AI becomes part of everyday work?

How do operating models transition with minimal operational disruption?

How do leaders know whether people are genuinely confident rather than simply compliant?

Which important signals are being missed?

Why do well-managed transformation programmes drift after go-live?

How can adoption improve without disrupting performance?

How is good judgement maintained when AI becomes part of everyday work?

How do operating models transition with minimal operational disruption?

How do leaders know whether people are genuinely confident rather than simply compliant?

Which important signals are being missed?

Why Clients Engage

Technology rarely fails because of technology.

Performance depends on how people interpret information, make decisions, build trust and adapt their behaviour.

Work sits at the intersection of:

Human judgement

Human judgement

Human judgement

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Organisational behaviour

Organisational behaviour

Organisational behaviour

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Technology adoption

Technology adoption

Technology adoption

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AI-enabled decision environments

AI-enabled decision environments

AI-enabled decision environments

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The Challenges I Help Solve

Human Performance is the outcome: designing the invisible conditions that shape judgement, trust, adoption and effective operation.

Human Performance is the outcome: designing the invisible conditions that shape judgement, trust, adoption and effective operation.

Human Performance is the outcome: designing the invisible conditions that shape judgement, trust, adoption and effective operation.

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AI Adoption & Behaviour Change

Helping organisations move from AI implementation to confident use by addressing business readiness, technology adoption, stakeholder alignment, behaviour change, communications and engagement.

Helping organisations move from AI implementation to confident use by addressing business readiness, technology adoption, stakeholder alignment, behaviour change, communications and engagement.

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Operating Model Transition

Helping executive teams create the organisational conditions required for No Noise™ Transitions that protect operational continuity while delivering lasting business value.

Helping executive teams create the organisational conditions required for No Noise™ Transitions that protect operational continuity while delivering lasting business value.

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Decision Quality, Governance & Trust

Designing decision environments that improve human oversight, explainability, governance, trust, capability and operational readiness in technology-mediated work.

Designing decision environments that improve human oversight, explainability, governance, trust, capability and operational readiness in technology-mediated work.

Areas of Exploration

Questions, disciplines and operating environments shaping the work.

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High Reliability Organisations

High Reliability Organisations

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Human Factors

Human Factors

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Sensemaking

Sensemaking

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Behavioural Science

Behavioural Science

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Complexity

Complexity

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Human-AI Collaboration

Human-AI Collaboration

SIGNALS

What is being missed?

What is being missed?

SENSEMAKING

How is uncertainty interpreted?

How is uncertainty interpreted?

DECISIONS

How do people, technology and governance interact?

How do people, technology and governance interact?

ADAPTATION

How do organisations respond and learn?

How do organisations respond and learn?

PERFORMANCE

How do better decisions become better outcomes?

How do better decisions become better outcomes?

FOUNDATIONS

Three domains that continue to shape the work.

Exploring how organisations perform when information is incomplete, conditions are changing and important signals can be easily missed.

MISSION CONTROL

Mission Control

Performance under uncertainty.

Signals • Anomalies • Expertise • Resilience

COMPLEXITY

Complexity

Making sense of changing conditions.

Sensemaking • Adaptation • Emergence • Multiple Perspectives

HUMAN + AI

Human + AI

Trust, judgement and decision quality.

Trust • Oversight • Decision Quality • Human Judgement

From AI-enabled recruitment to cyber operations, transformation programmes and complex operating environments, the challenge is often the same: recognising which signals matter and acting before it is too late.

From AI-enabled recruitment to cyber operations, transformation programmes and complex operating environments, the challenge is often the same: recognising which signals matter and acting before it is too late.

From AI-enabled recruitment to cyber operations, transformation programmes and complex operating environments, the challenge is often the same: recognising which signals matter and acting before it is too late.

Designing the Invisible™

Strategy alone does not create value. Technology alone does not create value. Programme delivery alone does not create value. Organisations realise value when people successfully transition to new ways of working and continue to perform afterwards. Every successful transition depends on organisational conditions that are often overlooked because they are largely invisible.

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Leadership behaviour · Organisational climate · Trust

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Decision quality · Governance · Capability

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Learning · Communities · Human–AI interaction

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Operational performance

Designing the Invisible™ focuses on deliberately designing those organisational conditions so organisations can transition successfully, sustain operational performance and realise long-term value from strategic investments. The No Noise™ Principle is one of the core ideas that guides how those conditions are designed.

Selected experience

20+ years helping organisations navigate high-consequence change and transition.

For more than two decades I have partnered with executive teams to lead complex technology, organisational and operating model transitions across global organisations including Diageo, Nike, Anglo American, Dr. Martens and easyJet. My work has included AI-enabled talent acquisition, enterprise technology adoption, HR transformation, operating model transition, shared services, outsourcing, digital platforms, organisational change, strategic change, global capability development, business transformation and business-critical transformation programmes. I am typically brought in when organisations are facing transitions where there is significant executive attention, operational risk or pressure to realise business value without disrupting day-to-day operations. Known for bringing clarity, pace and calm to complex transitions, I help executive teams establish early confidence, reduce operational friction and build the conditions for sustained operational performance.

Throughout my career I have become known for helping organisations deliver what I describe as No Noise™ Transitions—major technology, organisational and operating model changes that are absorbed with minimal unnecessary operational friction. That means reducing conflicting messages, decision ambiguity, duplicated effort and avoidable disruption so people can focus on successfully adopting new ways of working while maintaining operational performance. My role is not to redesign strategy, implement technology or manage every aspect of programme delivery. It is to help organisations successfully transition from one way of operating to another by improving the organisational conditions that determine whether people, technology and AI perform successfully together. Over time this has evolved into an evidence-based approach I call Designing the Invisible™—bringing together change leadership, transition leadership, behavioural science, human performance, decision-making, benefits realisation and organisational learning to improve transition performance and sustained operational outcomes. Whether acting as a Fractional Transition Partner, Strategic Change & Transition Lead or trusted adviser to executive sponsors, my focus is always the same: helping organisations realise the value of strategic investments by creating the conditions in which people, technology and AI successfully transition, perform and continuously improve together.

Throughout my career I have become known for helping organisations deliver what I describe as No Noise™ Transitions—major technology, organisational and operating model changes that are absorbed with minimal unnecessary operational friction. That means reducing conflicting messages, decision ambiguity, duplicated effort and avoidable disruption so people can focus on successfully adopting new ways of working while maintaining operational performance. My role is not to redesign strategy, implement technology or manage every aspect of programme delivery. It is to help organisations successfully transition from one way of operating to another by improving the organisational conditions that determine whether people, technology and AI perform successfully together. Over time this has evolved into an evidence-based approach I call Designing the Invisible™—bringing together change leadership, transition leadership, behavioural science, human performance, decision-making, benefits realisation and organisational learning to improve transition performance and sustained operational outcomes. Whether acting as a Fractional Transition Partner, Strategic Change & Transition Lead or trusted adviser to executive sponsors, my focus is always the same: helping organisations realise the value of strategic investments by creating the conditions in which people, technology and AI successfully transition, perform and continuously improve together.

Throughout my career I have become known for helping organisations deliver what I describe as No Noise™ Transitions—major technology, organisational and operating model changes that are absorbed with minimal unnecessary operational friction. That means reducing conflicting messages, decision ambiguity, duplicated effort and avoidable disruption so people can focus on successfully adopting new ways of working while maintaining operational performance. My role is not to redesign strategy, implement technology or manage every aspect of programme delivery. It is to help organisations successfully transition from one way of operating to another by improving the organisational conditions that determine whether people, technology and AI perform successfully together. Over time this has evolved into an evidence-based approach I call Designing the Invisible™—bringing together change leadership, transition leadership, behavioural science, human performance, decision-making, benefits realisation and organisational learning to improve transition performance and sustained operational outcomes. Whether acting as a Fractional Transition Partner, Strategic Change & Transition Lead or trusted adviser to executive sponsors, my focus is always the same: helping organisations realise the value of strategic investments by creating the conditions in which people, technology and AI successfully transition, perform and continuously improve together.

Diageo

Global AI-enabled recruitment transformation

Designed decision environments, governance frameworks and capability approaches supporting responsible adoption of AI-enabled recruitment across global markets.

Nike

EMEA SAP S/4HANA transformation across 26 countries

Led the people side of a major enterprise transformation spanning technology, operations and organisational change across multiple markets.

Dr Martens

Business transformation and operating model change

Supported large-scale transformation initiatives focused on adoption, organisational effectiveness and business performance.

Additional experience includes Anglo American, easyJet, telecommunications, retail, public sector and regulated environments.

Trusted by Leaders

Transformation succeeds through trust, clarity and the ability to bring people together around complex change.

LinkedIn Recommendation

“Creative problem solver is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Larry.”

“Creative problem solver is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Larry.”

“Creative problem solver is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Larry.”

Larry led change on Nike’s EMEA SAP S/4HANA and SAP CAR transformation across 26 countries. He navigated a technically and organisationally complex environment with creativity, resilience and exceptional stakeholder engagement.

Gerald Van Den Esschert

Global Director of Technology Programs, Nike

LinkedIn Recommendation

“Larry is a connector with the ability to explain complex technical topics in a snackable way to non-techies.”

“Larry is a connector with the ability to explain complex technical topics in a snackable way to non-techies.”

“Larry is a connector with the ability to explain complex technical topics in a snackable way to non-techies.”

He combines strategic thinking, relationship building and practical delivery to help organisations navigate complex transformation environments. He brings people together, simplifies complexity and helps teams move forward with confidence.

Nicole Lesterhuis

Transformation Special Forces | Investor & Co-Founder, STRETCH | Ex-Nike

What’s Being Noticed

What’s Being Noticed

The most interesting organisational challenges rarely begin with a lack of information. They begin when important signals go unnoticed, are misinterpreted or are acted upon too late. This section captures selected observations, questions and emerging ideas from ongoing work, research and exploration.

What Is Being Missed?

Small anomalies often precede major failures.

Most organisations do not fail because information is unavailable. They fail because important signals are not recognised, interpreted or acted upon in time.

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Changing Interactions, Not Individuals

Why changing people rarely changes systems.

Complex environments are shaped by interactions, relationships and conditions. Lasting change often begins there.

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Designing The Invisible

Technology is visible. Success conditions are not.

What the AI Experience Summit revealed about adoption, trust and decision-making in AI-enabled organisations.

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Better Decisions. Better Adaptation. Better Performance.

Supporting organisations to strengthen decision quality, improve adaptability and create the conditions for successful performance in complex environments. Decision Quality · Operational Performance · Human + AI Collaboration · Organisational Adaptability · Trust & Confidence · Resilience

LET’S CONNECT

Explore Your Transformation Challenge

Explore Your Transformation Challenge

Explore Your Transformation Challenge

Most executive conversations begin with a question, an observation or a signal that does not quite fit. Whether the challenge involves AI adoption, digital transformation, operating model transition, governance, behaviour change or human performance under pressure, the first step is understanding what is really happening.

WHATSAPP

For early signals and quick questions.

For early signals and quick questions.

A simple route for exploratory discussion around transformation, AI adoption, operating model transition or decision quality.

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LINKEDIN

For executive and professional dialogue.

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Connect, share an observation or continue a discussion about change leadership, governance, adoption and human performance.

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EMAIL

For collaborations, introductions and longer advisory enquiries.

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Different transformation challenges.

Different operating contexts.

The same underlying question:

What is really happening?

What is really happening?

Creator of Designing the Invisible™

Exploring signals, judgement and performance in technology-mediated environments.

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