Who we are
We’re experienced organisation design partners, united by a commitment to help leaders shape organisations that deliver real value for their people, their customers, and their purpose.
We work alongside you to bring clarity to complexity, focus on what matters most, and build the capability for lasting progress.
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Spirit
Our people share the Kanso spirit, thoughtful, collaborative, and deeply committed to the client experience. Everything we do together is about creating meaningful progress through genuine partnership and purposeful design.
Trusted Experts
Our colleagues are skilled practitioners who build trusted partnerships that endure. We know their impact is reflected int he confidence our clients place in us and the lasting relationships we continue to grow together.
Passion & Hunger
Our colleagues share a genuine curiosity and a commitment to continual learning, qualities that deepen our craft and inspire the same in our clients. Together, we explore how organisations work, evolve, and grow through thoughtful design.
Confidence & Integrity
We look for people with the confidence and integrity to bring clarity to organisation design, making it accessible, practical, and relevant for every client. We're always evolving our approaches and tools with curiosity and care, keeping our practice both simple and effective.
Our Founding Partners
Jo Tovey
Jo is an experienced organisation design leader with over 20 years of supporting transformation across private and public sector organisations.
She helps leaders realise their ambitions through thoughtful, high-quality organisation design, ensuring clarity of purpose, partnering closely with teams, and creating models that work at every level of the organisation. Her approach brings coherence, integrity, and lasting capability to complex change.
Deeply committed to developing OD expertise, Jo designs and delivers tailored learning and coaching to strengthen client capability and continues to shape the growth of the Kanso team.
Based in Yorkshire, Jo values time with friends and family and loves to explore new places, always curious about how people and cultures connect and evolve.
Rob Chaplin
Rob is an experienced consulting leader specialising in strategic operating model design, organisation design, and change management. He helps organisations translate ambition into tangible and sustainable outcomes.
He has led work across every stage of organisation design, from analysis and design through to implementation, supporting clients through enterprise-wide transformation as well as focused team-level initiatives.
Rob brings particular strength in leading diverse, distributed teams, fostering connection, alignment, and clarity even across complex global contexts. His experience ensures that large-scale change remains grounded, coherent, and achievable.
Based near Cambridge, Rob is a keen cricketer and rugby coach, sharing his love of the game (and the occasional muddy field) with the next generation. He’s also passionate about music and enjoys exploring a wide range of genres whenever he gets the chance.
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan is an experienced organisation design leader with more than 20 years’ experience in business change, programme delivery, and organisational effectiveness.
He has supported global businesses and teams across sectors through organisation redesign, operating model development, performance improvement, cost optimisation, and transformation.
Driven by a passion to enable organisations to unlock their potential, Jonathan combines strategic thinking with a structured, systems-based approach. His background as a chartered mechanical engineer brings a pragmatic mindset and a focus on clarity, collaboration, and sustainable change.
Originally from Australia and now based in the UK, Jonathan enjoys travelling and spending time with his family and friends. When time allows, he seeks out adventure – often in the mountains.
What's In The Name?
Kanso is about creating simplicity, removing what’s unnecessary to reveal what matters most. It’s the practice of clarity: expressing ideas and shaping organisations in a way that feels natural, intentional, and enduring.
Yet simplicity is rarely simple to achieve. Organisation design can be complex, and even the best designs continue to evolve. We believe that the moment a design is delivered is often the moment it begins to grow, adapting as people, purpose, and context change.
Our name and symbol reflect this belief. The Kanso Enso represents clarity in motion, a circle of continual learning and renewal. It embodies the calm strength, balance, and elegance that sit at the heart of great design.
The Enso also reminds us that in the pursuit of Kanso — simplicity — change is constant. The circle represents continuity; its uneven form reflects the truth that progress is never perfect; and its openness allows for potential, growth, and renewal.
This is how we understand organisation design at Kanso, as an ongoing practice of clarity, evolution, and thoughtful craft.
Join the team
If you’re interested in being part of Kanso, explore our current opportunities below. We’re always looking for thoughtful practitioners who share our belief in clarity, collaboration, and purposeful design.