Strategic Development Engineering LLC
At SDE, we see the future of consultancy evolving from the traditional drop in and point at the problem, a canned set of tools in hand approach, to one of relationship development and customized approaches and tools to address your needs not fulfill our sales quotas.
Delivering Big and Lasting Impact
Here’s where creativity meets opportunity. Whatever the vision is that you're aspiring to, we're here to help you take the first step with confidence but exploring that evolution and determine exactly what it takes to achieve it from here. Driven by a passion for people, curiosity about the worlds of others, and innovative exploration, this is where bold approaches meets thoughtful execution. Let’s uncover something amazing together, that delivers.
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We're a team of passionate thinkers and doers, dedicated to building with purpose and clarity. Collaboration and curiosity drive everything we do.
Founded by mapping methodology creator Dr. Leesa Duckworth, and her long-time friend Dan Shields, a Senior Principal Engineer; Strategic Development Engineering merges Psychology, Business, Process Design and Backwards Planning to reveal the tacit knowledge within individuals and organizations, that enables them to evolve to meet the explicated individual, team, or organizational vision.
With the help of their friend and Advisor Gerry Brown, a professor at Tufts, an expert in Supply Chain, and a long-term consultant himself, the three sought to deliver Dr. Duckworth’s vision to client spaces across the breadth of industry.
Dr. Duckworth created her methodology in 2005, focused on realigning broken teams within high risk/high security environments and later evolved her structure to be equally effective and applicable to individuals. Since 2015, Dr. Duckworth has “mapped” more than 2000 individuals, and several groups and organizations within and across the National Security Industrial complex.
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We believe in keeping things simple, smart, and human. Every project starts with listening and ends with something we're proud to share. We are facilitators, researchers, analysts and organizational structure experts with a passion for generating success.
Our team brings proven methods to any organization, regardless of their underlying discipline. We don’t need to learn your industry jargon; we bring a proven, science‑based framework that focuses on people. By mapping Intent, mission, and process, ensure that the purpose of the business is embodied by the individuals and teams that carry it forward. This approach is cold‑entry ready: we can deploy immediately and start turning misalignment into high‑performance.
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From solo creators to whole teams, from new startups and nonprofits to seasoned brands eager for fresh ideas, we are excited to work with you. We partner with those who value doing things right, doing them well, and keeping everyone on the same page—because little of true greatness is ever achieved alone.
Real Evolutions, Real alignment.
Every contract that we accept is driven by the real needs of our customer and delivers a roadmap that emerges from their knowledge, passion and inputs. Our mission is to learn about you, from you, and facilitate the revealing of a roadmap that is inclusive of you and the journey you reveal that it requires to achieve your next organizational evolution.
Take a chance on learning what alignment focusing on shared evolution can look like
Welcome to a consulting relationship with a focus on who you aspire to become, and what it takes for you to make that evolution. We aren’t here to tell you who you should be, or sell you a bunch of tools and walk away. At SDE, we're here to help you make impact that lasts, to help build the alignments that drive and optimize your evolution as it happens, and we want to celebrate your triumphs with you.