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Design Your Success, Inside and Out.

True growth isn’t just about what you achieve, but who you become in the process. At Growth By Design, we offer actionable insights to help you achieve professional ascent and personal flourishing. Join us every Tuesday and Thursday as we explore concepts that help design an organization and life of purpose.

Drive Impact in Business

Dive into our research-backed frameworks and thought leadership for leaders and teams. From organizational psychology to innovation and strategy, find what you need to build thriving, high-performing organizations.

Cultivate a Life of Purpose

Explore our collection of articles dedicated to personal growth, well-being, and designing a life that truly resonates with your values. Learn strategies for resilience, effectiveness, and finding deeper meaning.


Recent Posts

Your RAS at Work: How Leaders are Limited to Only See What They Believe

At Growth By Design, we believe intentional choices lead to impactful growth, whether you’re shaping a thriving organization or a meaningful life. Here, we provide the practical information, tools, and frameworks to get you there. Today we’re furthering our discussion on the reticular activating system and applying it to leaders. We’ll discuss how this powerful…

How Your Brain Shapes Your Life, And How You Can Shape Your Brain

At Growth By Design, we believe intentional choices lead to impactful growth, whether you’re shaping a thriving organization or a meaningful life. Here, we provide the practical information, tools, and frameworks to get you there. Today we’re exploring the subtle yet powerful driver of our behaviors, the reticular activating system: what it is, why it…

Making Your New Normal, Normal

At Growth By Design, we believe intentional choices lead to impactful growth, whether you’re shaping a thriving organization or a meaningful life. Here, we provide the practical information, tools, and frameworks to get you there. Today we’re exploring the fifth and final phase of the human behavior change continuum, Maintenance, to round out our understanding…



Dr. Katie Powell Hinitz is the founder of Kindred Consulting Group, where she helps companies and leaders unlock growth through practical, science-backed innovation. With a passion for empowering teams and individuals, and a knack for distilling complex challenges into actionable strategies, Katie partners with clients and readers alike to build cultures where creativity and performance thrive – in both business and life.

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