Synthetikos is a global consultancy based in Toronto that helps transformational leaders to shift systems. We partner with governments and mission-driven institutions to address complex situations by increasing agency, legitimacy, and collaborative intelligence—so systems change actually sticks. Today’s leaders are expected to deliver meaningful change in systems that resist it, within the constraints of political cycles, diffuse authorities, and competing stakeholder demands. You know that vision without legitimacy stalls, action without trust backfires, and pilots without pathways to scale waste time you don’t have. Synthetikos works with leaders who understand that the real challenge is not a lack of ideas or intent, but shifting the conditions of the system so meaningful change becomes possible. Drawing on deep expertise in strategy, systems, design, and convening, we architect bespoke journeys for clients who are ready to move beyond pilots, playbooks, and performative change.
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What We Believe
Complex transformations don’t fail because people resist change.
They fail because people are excluded from authorship.
Lasting change requires more than good ideas or executive commitment. It requires legitimacy, shared agency, and the ability to move fast once trust exists.
That is what we design for.
What Makes Synthetikos Different
Synthetikos specializes in helping leaders act when there is no playbook: when the system is politically charged, structurally fragmented, and irreducibly uncertain.
This is not innovation as creativity; nor strategy as planning. It is innovation as disciplined judgment under uncertainty, exercised at systems scale.
- We don’t sell methods. We bring judgement.
- We don’t manage change. We co-author it.
- We don’t productize solutions. We elevate decision quality.
- We don’t optimize broken systems. We help shift them.
Read the Synthetikos Stance on Systems Change
Who We Work With
We work with public sector and mission-driven institutions across all sectors facing:
- System-level challenges with high technical, ethical and social complexity
- Diverse stakeholders with unequal power and status
- Pressure to show measurable progress without sacrificing legitimacy or inclusion
If your problem is complicated but well understood, we are not the right partner. If your situation is complex, dynamic and contested, we may be able to help.
