Where your engagement gets built

OkHenry is The Deliberate Company's own software for Deliberate Work. It is built for Workflow Design: we use it to map how your work runs today and to design how it should run.

It also pairs with Customer Experience Design, turning the experience we design into workflows your team can run, and with Product Strategy, mapping how your users' work actually runs so the product fits it.

It isn't sold on its own. Your team doesn't log in, learn it or pay for it. We run it, and you get what it builds.

What you receive

  • Operation Maps The full path your work takes, from trigger to outcome, at the Org, Product or Service level. Stages, steps, handoffs, dependencies, and the hot spots where work breaks.
  • Designed Workflows and Owners How each stage should run, with a named owner for every stage. Names, not roles.
  • Step Execution Canvases Your critical steps designed with the 5×5 Method: clear intent, readiness, execution mode, outputs and declared impact.
  • Handoff Contracts What passes between people and teams, and what "ready" means before it moves.

Why we build it in software

Every map and every step is built to the same structure, so the result doesn't depend on who drew it. Your teams can compare one workflow with another, see where each one breaks, and keep the design current as the business changes.

OkHenry and Deliberate

OkHenry is how we design the way a business runs. Deliberate is our Mac app for one person's day: it reads their email and calendars and shows them what needs them. Both come from The Deliberate Company.

Common Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is OkHenry?

OkHenry is The Deliberate Company's own software for the Deliberate Work methodology. It is built for Workflow Design, and it pairs with Customer Experience Design and Product Strategy. We use it to map how your work runs today and to design how it should run: Operation Maps, workflows with named owners, and step designs built with the 5×5 Method.

Can I buy OkHenry on its own?

No. OkHenry comes with a consulting engagement. There is no subscription and no sign-up. We run it, and you get what it builds.

Does my team need to learn OkHenry?

No. We do the work in OkHenry. Your team takes part in interviews and design sessions, and receives the Operation Maps, workflows and step designs that come out of it.

How is OkHenry different from Deliberate?

OkHenry is how we design the way a business runs, inside a consulting engagement. Deliberate is our Mac app for one person's day: it reads their email and calendars and shows them what needs them. Both come from The Deliberate Company.

See what OkHenry would build for you.

It starts with a conversation about where your work gets stuck.