Helping organizations and leaders think and work through complexity, pressure, and change

Psychodynamic and systemic consulting that brings attention to the relational, emotional, and often unspoken dynamics shaping organizational life

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Organizational Consulting

About InnerWorks

InnerWorks is an organizational consulting practice working with leaders, teams, and organizations navigating complexity, pressure, and change.

Our work focuses on the emotional, relational, and often unspoken dynamics that shape how people think, decide, relate, and work together — particularly during periods of uncertainty, transition, or strain.

Our approach is psychodynamic and systemic. We create reflective spaces that help people understand what is happening beneath the immediate problem and develop clearer, more sustainable ways of working.

Our Mission

To help organizations think clearly, work effectively, and perform sustainably under pressure.

Our Vision

Workplaces where people can stay thoughtful, connected, and effective — even under pressure.

What we do

We help leaders and teams respond to immediate pressures while addressing the deeper conditions shaping culture, leadership, and performance.

InnerWorks partners with organizations facing challenges such as unclear roles and decision rights, leadership strain, recurring conflict, difficulty retaining talent, pressure from digital and AI-driven change, and the tension between performance and wellbeing.

Our work combines facilitated conversations, leadership reflection, and systemic analysis to understand what may be getting in the way of effective collaboration, decision-making, and performance — including the influence of anxiety, power, relationships, and unspoken dynamics.

The aim is practical: clearer thinking, stronger leadership, better working relationships, and more effective ways of working that can adapt and be sustained through change.

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How we do it

We create space to think clearly, understand what is happening beneath the surface, and move toward practical action.

1) Look at the whole system: We consider the individual, the team, and the wider organization together — looking at roles, relationships, structures, culture, and the pressures shaping how work gets done.

2. Start with the real situation: Every engagement begins with what is happening now. We listen carefully, clarify the challenge, and shape the work around the organization’s specific context and priorities.

3. Create reflective conversations: We create spaces where difficult or easily avoided issues can be thought about openly — including tensions, recurring patterns, uncertainty, and the emotional pressures affecting people and teams.

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Services

Leadership Development

We offer customized and flexible interventions based on your needs and in our capacity. We propose a space to create containment and assist people in performing better and feeling better.

Executive consulting

Executive consultancy has proven to be a transformative influence within the dynamic sphere of business leadership.

Leadership succession

Leadership transitions are crucial moments, presenting challenges and significant growth opportunities. A well-planned and assisted succession process can catalyze positive change.

Leadership Development

We offer customized and flexible interventions based on your needs and in our capacity. We propose a space to create containment and assist people in performing better and feeling better.

Leadership Insight Consultation

A focused starting point for leaders facing difficult decisions, recurring team concerns, or organizational pressure. Together, we clarify what may be shaping the situation and identify practical next steps.

Executive and Role Advisory

Confidential one-to-one advisory for executives navigating authority, complex relationships, competing expectations, and high-stakes decisions. The work connects the leader’s experience with the wider organizational context.

Leadership Transitions and Change

Support for leaders entering new roles, taking on greater responsibility, or guiding succession and restructuring. We explore changing expectations, stakeholder dynamics, authority, and the conditions required for a more effective transition.

Leading Through AI and Organizational Uncertainty

Advisory support for leaders managing how AI and technological change affect responsibilities, trust, judgment, and team dynamics. The work helps translate uncertainty into clearer leadership choices and practical organizational responses.

Leadership Development

We offer customized and flexible interventions based on your needs and in our capacity. We propose a space to create containment and assist people in performing better and feeling better.

Executive consulting

Executive consultancy has proven to be a transformative influence within the dynamic sphere of business leadership.

Leadership succession

Leadership transitions are crucial moments, presenting challenges and significant growth opportunities. A well-planned and assisted succession process can catalyze positive change.

Leadership Development

We offer customized and flexible interventions based on your needs and in our capacity. We propose a space to create containment and assist people in performing better and feeling better.

Organizational Change and Human–AI Transition

We support organizations navigating restructuring, continuous change, and AI adoption by examining how roles, trust, collaboration, judgment, and organizational knowledge are being affected.

Organizational Insight and Diagnosis

We help organizations understand recurring problems in leadership, teamwork, roles, and decision-making, using existing information and focused inquiry to produce clear findings and practical next steps.

The Work Behind Innerworks

Mariana Vargas

Psychodynamic and Systemic Organizational Consultant

Psychodynamic & Systemic Organizational Consultant

InnerWorks Consulting was founded by Mariana Vargas to help leaders and organizations understand the human dynamics that shape how work gets done — particularly under pressure, uncertainty, and change.

Her approach brings attention to what may sit beneath strategy and performance: relationships, anxieties, loyalties, roles, and patterns that influence how people think, decide, and work together.

Our values

Curiosity

Listening deeply. Questioning assumptions. Staying open to what is not yet understood.

Meaningful Work

Purpose. Engagement. Responsibility. Work that matters to people and organizations.

Collaboration

Trust. Dialogue. Shared responsibility. Working through differences together.

Excellence

High standards. Effectiveness. Integrity. Commitment to work that creates value.

Respect for Difference

Different perspectives. Experiences. Cultures. Roles. Making space for complexity rather than reducing it.

World leading diagnostic tools

Exploring and understanding where to begin with leadership or organizational development can be challenging. However, diagnosis and feedback can make this challenge easier, initiating honest self-evaluation. This self-exploration can assist executives in tackling one of the most difficult leadership tasks they may encounter: changing themselves.

The diagnosis, provided by our assessment tools, gives feedback that allows us to align the learning and development journeys with specific goals, objectives, and interventions.

Evidence from practice

Ana Lucia Cadena

Learning enviroment - Senior Leadership

The reflective space created in our conversations made a real difference in my work.

USA Office

USA Office

Helping organizations and leaders think and work through complexity, pressure, and change