do you know what a tombola is?
A tombola is a game of chance.
Cards are dealt. Numbers are drawn. Dice are rolled. Chance is inevitable.
Original Tombola exists for what deserves more than chance:
The decisions that shape organizations.
The products that define businesses.
The partnerships that determine success.
The conversations that build trust.
The moments that call for clarity, discernment, and thoughtful action.
MEANING, VALUE, AND IMPACT — BY DESIGN.
What deserves more than chance?
Let’s talk about what you have in motion.
When a vision outgrows the structure supporting it, Original Tombola designs the enterprise that comes next.
Whether you're leading an organization, building an enterprise, launching an initiative, or stewarding a creative vision, there comes a point when talent and determination alone are no longer enough. The work requires structure equal to its ambition.
IS THIS THE
MOMENT YOU'RE IN?
You may recognize some of these signs of a vision outgrowing the structure supporting it…
Your vision has outgrown the way you're organized.
You're making important decisions without enough clarity.
Progress depends too heavily on one person.
The work has momentum, but not enough alignment.
You know what you're trying to accomplish, but not what the enterprise needs next.
To see what this looks like in practice, watch the video.
This is one story.
See how the same approach has helped organizations ranging from Herman Miller to Massive Change Network to an artist whose ambition grew into an enterprise.
WHY ORIGINAL TOMBOLA
Chance is inevitable.
Discernment is cultivated.
Because the things that matter most deserve more than chance.
GROUNDED IN PRACTICE
Gretchen Gscheidle founded Original Tombola.
Her contributions to product design and development at Herman Miller helped create commercially successful intellectual property generating more than $800 million in annual revenue, including the iconic Aeron® chair.
She later directed design studio operations at Massive Change Network.
Her perspective has been built through on-the-ground client engagements across 52 U.S. markets and 25 international markets — and counting.
DISCERNMENT
BEFORE
MOMENTUM
HARDENS
By slowing down just enough, discernment creates space for thoughtful decisions before momentum narrows the possibilities.
Original tombola's ways to begin
By Design Sessions
Inflection Intensives
Strategic Fieldwork
Project Partnerships
Stewardship Support
These are starting points, not packages.
Explore ways we might work together.