I’ve Sat in the Seat
ABOUT THIRTYSEVEN NORTH
I know what it means to make the decisions, lead the work, and see it through.
Grounded in Practice
ThirtySeven North brings an operator’s perspective to capacity—grounded in the realities of leading organizations, managing competing priorities, building systems, and making change work within operational constraints.
We don’t just study how work gets done. We understand what it takes to change it.
FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ADVISOR
Across my career, I have built and redesigned systems, led teams through growth and change, navigated competing priorities, and translated ambitious goals into work organizations could actually carry forward.
That experience shapes how I approach Capacity Integration today: looking beyond any single process or problem to understand how people, priorities, systems, and resources fit together—and where capacity is being constrained, consumed, or left untapped.
Elizabeth Baham, Ed.D
The Pattern I Kept Seeing
Across organizations, people were being asked to take on more without making room for the new work. New priorities were added, while existing processes, responsibilities, and ways of working remained largely unchanged. Over time, it became harder to distinguish what was truly essential from what continued largely because it always had.
Capacity Integration grew from that pattern: a way of looking across people, priorities, processes, systems, and technology to understand how capacity is being used—and how more of it can be made available for the work that matters.
My Approach
Start with the Work
I begin by examining how the work actually happens—not how it is assumed to get done.
Follow the Connections
I look at how people, priorities, decisions, processes, systems, and technology interact—and where those connections may be creating friction, duplication, or extra work.
Carry It Into Practice
I stay with the work beyond the recommendation, helping turn what we learn into changes the organization can actually implement.
Ed.D., UC Berkeley · M.A., Stanford University · 2024 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award