Reimagining existing systems

The events of the past few years have highlighted a key issue:

We need to rapidly change our systems, businesses, and mindsets to build a sustainable society where people, economies, and nature can thrive together.

This transition will require action at every level.

Recharted Territory is a consulting firm that specializes in supporting non-profits, businesses, and governments working on complex, difficult, and important transformations.

Whether you prefer browsing the knowledge base or reaching out for customized support, our mission is to help you overcome constraints and fuel your endeavors to rechart and reimagine existing systems.

We design solutions at the intersection of technology & business

Some examples of past transformation projects:

IT Modernization

Product Portfolio Innovation

Enterprise Analytics

Our clients are on a mission to improve the world

Complex challenges we’ve worked on

Our approach balances four perspectives

Systems Analysis & Design

Understanding the complex technical and organizational systems in place, making targeted changes that serve the mission, and monitoring the impact.

Leading Change

Mobilizing a coalition, tackling overwhelm to chart a path forward, and building incrementally toward a better future.

Grit & Productivity

Mentoring for teams and individuals, maintaining an engaging and positive culture through difficult transitions.

Conscious Business

Designing for a variety of stakeholders, and optimizing for more than profit.

Interested in working together?

Note from the founder

Hi, I’m Lisa Schlecht. Originally from the Boston area with a background in engineering & technology policy from MIT, I’ve worked on innovation projects across the Western Hemisphere. As an analyst, engineer, and consultant I’ve used a systems perspective to approach challenges ranging from appropriate technology and innovation policy to product design processes and enterprise transformation.

With interests spanning technology, design, complex systems engineering, and organizational change in difficult environments I was able to find great resources but never one that completely fit. That understood the challenges my teammates and I were facing and answered all of our questions.

So in August 2015, I decided to create Recharted Territory, a place to document what I learned from designing solutions in situations where the challenge isn’t navigating uncharted territory and building from scratch. It’s figuring out how to leverage and evolve what already exists to create a better future.

The content resonated with other leaders, and since then Recharted Territory has grown to support and guide multiple organizations through their own complex transformations.

Giving back

Our goals for the world are bigger than our current capacity, so we donate a portion of our profits to other organizations tackling the biggest challenges of our lifetime: climate change, ecosystem recovery, and just and sustainable economic development.

Some of the organizations we support are the World Resources Institute and One Tree Planted.