What We Do

Our work focuses on personal, organizational, and systems-level change. These three dimensions have proven to inspire and grow collective energy for positive change when applied together. Our offerings help develop internal awareness, collaboration, and a system-wide view for collectively navigating our way forward. We are fortunate to collaborate with many organizational and community leaders to support community-led resilience and contribute to a future that holds dignity, belonging and thriving for all.

Our offerings include:

Tailored capacity building

We support our clients in building their capacity and deepening their work’s impact through three main services all informed by a system lens.

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Trainings

We’ll work with you to tailor a training (or training series) on systems thinking tools and frameworks to fit the context of your team/group’s work.

Consulting and facilitation

We can support your team or group in putting systems thinking in practice within the unique context of your organization and/or work. Our consulting ranges from specific projects, to strategy development, process design, and more. Through our facilitation services we guide teams and groups through processes such as strategic planning, visioning, stakeholder engagement, culture transformation, and learning and evaluation.

Coaching

We offer systems coaching for groups or individuals who are interested in deepening their systems leadership practice. Our coaching approach is intended to strengthen your abilities to:

  • Function in an increasingly complex context

  • Embody the relational nature of systems change, working across differences in collaborative and creative ways

  • Nurture leadership practices that attend to the nexus between self and the larger system of which the person is a part

Our team brings a wealth of experience from many sectors and specialties.

Guided by our values, we engage individuals, teams, organizations, agencies, and companies to deepen awareness and understanding of systems, including personal awareness of the roles each participant plays within the system in question. This work is site- and context-specific, tailored to each client’s unique needs. With this deepened knowledge and awareness, groups are able to identify and take creative action towards their desired change. 

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Interested in possibly working together? Please reach out through our contact form, and together we can explore which approach best suits your needs!

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  • “I felt my brain stretching in exciting ways, and I left feeling that I have a lot more to learn.”

    – Sarah, High School English Teacher

  • “For the first time, I was able to articulate a purpose, get clear on both a personal and professional vision, and meet lots of amazing people from around the world. Amazing!”

    – Becky, Nonprofit Executive

  • "I'm just grateful to have had the opportunity of being part of this training. I came with the expectation of getting answers or tools of how to solve the world's problems but I was not expecting to work on ourselves.”

    – Heidi, Outreach & Education Coordinator

  • “Fue un espacio maravilloso de encuentro intercultural e interdisciplinario lleno de mucho aprendizaje para lo personal y profesional.”

    – Marlu, Environmental educator

  • “Each element will undoubtedly help me navigate my personal and professional life. Most of all, the workshop helped me create reflective space that I probably needed in this challenging time.”

    – Jee, University Librarian

  • “I took away a better understanding of the ladder of inference and the feedback loops that influence the actions we and our students take.”

    – Sarah, High School English Teacher

  • “It gave me hope in humanity again in a time in my life where I was already giving up in trying to make change happen. The connectedness with other people was a gift.”

    – Heidi, Outreach & Education Coordinator

  • “I'm so grateful for our two days of Systems Thinking training! You both did such a great job facilitating and getting us thinking, discussing, and collaborating.”

    – Abbie, Greenhouse & Garden Educator

  • “Before the program, I was always a ‘seeker,’ looking for new methods, new skills. The program helped me realize that the height you can climb to in life doesn’t solely rely on your skills or capabilities, but also on your intention.”

    – Yunlan, Independent Consultant

  • “I'm really digging on using the ladder of inference to help my students understand their/others perspectives. Also, I am thinking about all of my units as systems thinking units!”

    – Mike, Health & Wellness Educator

Learning opportunities: webinars, workshops, and courses

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    Well-Being for All Series

    Offered in collaboration with CoCreative, this series invited friends and collaborators to share their stories, insights, and learning related to well-being. Webinars focused on the nature of and conditions that support well-being, and how we shift systems and ourselves so everyone can be more well, more of the time. We envision a world where, instead of focusing solely on systemic problems that need to be fixed, we work from a place of abundance, generously sharing our wisdom, practices, and values that can sustain well-being over time.

    Learn more about the Well-Being for All Series
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    Dancing with Systems

    Inspired by the timeless, ground-breaking work of Donella Meadows, this six-month online learning journey is a doorway to a new understanding of the systems that govern our lives, and how to spark deep, sustainable transformation.

    Learn more about the Dancing with Systems Course

Donella Meadows Project

Donella Meadows, a Pew Scholar in Conservation and Environment and a MacArthur Fellow, was one of the most influential environmental thinkers of the twentieth century. This project’s mission is to:

  • Preserve Donella (Dana) Meadows’ legacy as an inspiring leader, scholar, writer, and teacher 

  • Manage intellectual property rights of Dana’s published work 

  • Provide and maintain a comprehensive and easily accessible online archive of her work, including articles, columns, and letters 

  • Develop new resources and programs that apply her ideas to current issues and make them available to an ever-larger network of students, practitioners, and leaders in social change

Learn more about the Donella Meadows Project
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