Clarity before complexity.
We help organizations simplify hard problems.
Dobie Associates is a strategy consulting firm that helps boards and executives close the gap between ambition and execution. We bring clarity to complex challenges, helping leaders see their organizations and markets more clearly and move from insight to action.
Doug Dobie
Founder and CEO
Doug has advised CEOs and boards for over 25 years, helping organizations navigate transformation and align leadership teams around strategy and performance.
Todd Manzer
Lead Consultant
With a foundation in financial planning and analysis, Todd builds the financial models that become the measurable backbone of client strategy.
Scott Schauer
Consultant, Data Analyst
Focused on data-driven methods, Scott specialized in market analysis and data interpretation – drawing insights and stories from employee, customer, and market data.
Jake Dobie
Consultant, Insights Lead
Jake dives into customer experience and competitive intelligence as the launch point for insights that support strategic planning, product marketing, and brand growth.
We believe strategy doesn’t fail because of bad ideas —
It fails because the organizations isn’t built to carry them out.
Our work begins with understanding the system as it is: the people, structures, and constraints that shape decision-making. From there, we design strategies that are grounded in organizational capability.
Questions for us?
How do I navigate disruption in my business? What’s your greatest achievement? What can I expect you to deliver? Just ask.
A demonstration of our work
Organizational Design
Supported a leadership team navigation change by clarifying not just roles, but business units with competing north stars for faster execution.
Blue Sky Strategy
Helped an organizations identify and seize opportunities to monetize their core asset in a market with untapped potential.
Transformation & Disruption
Redesigned the North Star Strategy for an organization undergoing large-scale, industry-wide change, from product-led to platform-led.