about us

Boutique systems for high-stakes teams, where people + process have to perform under pressure.

How we work: Observe → Diagnose → Recommend → Implement (ODRI).

One big idea at a time, measured weekly. People + Systems, always.

OUR Principles

  • Outcomes over deliverables.

  • Lead indicators before lagging KPIs.

  • Standards live at point-of-use.

  • Inspection without drama.

  • Coaching beats policing.

  • Small loops, tight feedback.

  • Write it so the night shift can run it.

Speaking & Advisory Topics

  • Closed-Loop Handoffs in One Page

  • Onboarding OS: Minimum Competency in ~3 Weeks

  • Resilience on Short-Staffed Days

  • Tactical Positivity: Enforce Standards Without Drama

  • AI as Systems Translator (turn SOPs into tools people adopt)

  • Time Management 101 for Professionals

About Marcus

Marcus Doshi founded CollaborationOS to make teams reliable under pressure. With roots in theatre, where opening night doesn’t move, and technical diving, where communication and checklists are non-negotiable, he translates high-stakes discipline into everyday operations. His approach is People + Systems: coach the language and habits, install one-page standards at point-of-use, and measure weekly so adoption sticks without drama.

    • Degrees from Wabash College (AB Magna Cum Laude) and Yale University (MFA in Stage Design)

    • Nearly 30 years as a designer for theatre and opera. His work has been seen on and off-Broadway and at most major theatres and opera companies in the USA (Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Steppenwolf Theatre, Theatre for a New Audience, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, too name but a few) as well as in 18 countries across five continents with notable engagements at Canadian Opera Company (Toronto), La Monnaie / De Munt (Brussels), Aldeburgh Music (UK), Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (France), La Comédie Française (Paris), Sydney Festival (Australia), and Chenla Theatre (Cambodia) among others.

    • 13 years on the faculty at Northwestern University, where he is a tenured Professor. He has taught in the MFA design and directing programs, served as associate chair of the theatre department, and contributed to numerous university committees. His fellowships include the Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program and the Searle Center for Teaching and Learning Fellowship. At Northwestern, he received the Clarence Simon Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring and the Provost Faculty Grant for Research in Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts.

    • Former President and current Secretary of the Board of Directors of Midwest Underwater Explorers, a Global Underwater Explorers community dedicated to conservation, education, exploration, and fellowship in the Midwest. As President, he led the organization’s transition to 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

    • Scuba diving certifications with Global Underwater Explorers (GUE) Tech 1, Cave 2, CCR 1, with Technical Divers International (TDI) Helitrox, Decompression Procedures, and Advanced Nitrox, and numerous with the Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI).