OrgCode Consulting, Inc. is a Port Credit, Ontario based firm with a national focus and international reach. Striving to be the greatest mid-size consulting firm and the antidote to the status quo, OrgCode has worked with over 120 clients across 65 industries based upon mutual interest and opportunities for professional development and improvement.

Nimble, flexible, multi-disciplinary and nerdy in a hip sort of way, OrgCode boasts an almost 95% client satisfaction level over the past 30 years due to our attention to detail, innovation and passion.  We have an overwhelming desire not to be “cookie cutter” in our approach in doing business and meeting client needs that are always unique. Dedicated to Social Responsibility, we take pride in positively working with communities, organizations and individuals to make each corner of the world a better place. It is a privilege to do the work we do.

Managing Partners

At least one of the two Managing Partners of OrgCode are involved in all assignments. This is our way of ensuring quality control in all of our assignments. And there is no bait and switch – we don’t delegate complicated or complex work to junior staff or sublet it out after we are awarded a contract.

Iain De Jong, MES, Pl.

President and CEO

Iain De Jong

Iain has held senior management and professional positions in government, non-profits and the private sector. He has also been a high school teacher in Oakland, California; a community-development worker in St. Lucia; a chaplain in a mental health facility in Toronto; and, a community-organizer in various communities throughout Canada and the United States. Iain joined John at the helm of OrgCode late in 2009. In addition to his work with OrgCode, Iain holds a part-time faculty position in the Graduate Urban Planning Programme at York University, and the emphasis of his teaching and research pertains to housing, homelessness, community development, public participation, social determinants of health, urban and community planning, and, applied social policy.

Iain is a sceptical empiricist, grounding his work in evidence-based and evidence-informed practices and research. He is a frequent keynote speaker and public presenter, and on numerous occasions has been a contributor to international, national, provincial/state and local policy and program discussions, and responses to media inquiries. Iain is perhaps best known for his work developing the world’s largest and most successful Housing First program, declared one of the eight best housing practices in the world by the United Nations World Habitat Awards, a national best practice by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, a gold Leadership award winner by Deloitte and IPAC as the best municipal program, and over a dozen quality assurance and innovation awards.

John Whitesell, PhD

Founding Partner and COO

John Whitesell

John is also one of the Managing Partners of OrgCode Consulting, Inc and the founder of the firm. John brings some 30 years of consulting experience to the table. John has a PhD in organizational psychology and economics from Duke University. John’s expertise is in social structures and governance – how organizations align themselves to meet their strategic objectives and vision. He has conducted more than 75 SWOT analyses in the private, public and non-profit sector, and is one of North America’s gurus in Kaizen – the precursor to Six Sigma and Lean.

In Social and Human Services, John has been heavily involved in effective and responsive design to changing processes and responsibilities across orders of government. He has worked with service managers of housing, homeless and social service provision from coast to coast in North America on how to effectively respond at the local level to pressures and demands (or unmet needs) from other orders of government. In addition, John is a frequent lecturer and keynote speaker on change management and its impacts and implementation in social services as a result of shifts in social policy design and expectations.

John is also an executive coach, working considerably with emerging and existing leaders within the non-profit and public sectors, wherein he applies more than 25 years of coaching practice from working with private sector executives. Lastly, John has been instrumental in designing performance measurement systems for homeless services, including systems involving 170 different organizations and over $200 M in annual funding.