I'm Maria. I work with startups and scaling teams to build the systems and structures that let organisations actually function, without losing what makes them worth working in.
What I do
They are usually symptoms of something else. Misalignment. Unclear communication. Systems built without thinking about the people who would have to carry them.
I help figure out what is actually going on, then build something that fixes it. That might mean restructuring how your team communicates, setting up tooling that works with how people think, or just bringing clarity to a situation that has become harder than it should be.
The work I enjoy most sits somewhere between strategy, systems, psychology, and care. Because sustainable growth is rarely built through process alone. It is built through people who can think clearly, collaborate well, and actually breathe inside the environments they are helping to grow.
How I can help
Who I work with
Founders and leadership teams at startups and growing organisations. Usually at the moment where the way you operate needs to catch up with the size you have become.
You have been moving fast, making it work, and for a long time that was exactly right. But somewhere along the way the systems that served you stopped scaling with you. Communication got murkier. Decisions got slower. Good people started spending too much time on the wrong things.
That is usually when we meet.
Work with me
A 45-minute discovery call to understand what is going on and figure out whether working together makes sense. If we decide to move forward, the fee is credited towards future project work.
Or email hello@madetowork.co
Good conversations start with good questions. There are a few things I will ask you before we speak.