Over the last 10 years, I’ve worked with organisations large and small across the world to strengthen their organising architecture and culture—helping leaders turn strategy into a system that actually runs. A core part of that work has been taking executive teams on structured field reconnaissance missions to the USA and Japan, not as “tours,” but as capability-building expeditions: observe the real work, capture patterns, and translate what you see into your own operating rhythm.
More recently, I’ve been pushing the edge of what’s possible by integrating AI into business architecture and leadership development—compressing the labour of content creation, accelerating sensemaking, and making learning assets and management routines scalable. That’s also where Oboro — Leadership in the Mist comes in: a practical framework for leading when the path isn’t clear, using structured observation, pattern capture, and disciplined experimentation to navigate uncertainty without losing momentum.
Meet the Architect:
Barry McCarthy
At the foundation, I’m a Business Architect who spent 15 years studying Toyota’s management system and its subtle mechanisms from the inside—problem solving, Toyota Business Practices, Floor Management Development, the Toyota Way, Hoshin Kanri, and on-job development facilitation—always learning, always testing, always translating.
Key Practices
- Virtual Production and Content Creator
- Master of Applied Positive Psychology
- Thinking with AI Methodologies
- Organising Architecture and Culture