LEADING CHANGE AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD

We helped renew one of the most renowned humanitarian agencies

We helped the ICRC better fit the changing circumstances they face in responding to conflict and post-conflict situations globally.

International Committee of the Red Cross
(2019—2020)

We bring together constellations of people from disparate teams, organizations, and jurisdictions to solve problems and scale impact. We have the missing piece of the puzzle: a practical understanding of the process and infrastructure of equitable systems change.

We are redesigning
New York City’s child welfare system

We are working to transform the Office of Training and Workforce Innovation and make the child welfare system more equitable and responsive.

New York City Administration for Children's Services (2019—)

We are re-igniting Swedish societal transformation

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We re-imagined Nova Scotia Sport

We are working on an audacious full-scale systems change effort seeking to add momentum towards a shift from a welfare state to a welfare society; all while developing a Process Product to accelerate change work in other locations across Sweden..

Sensus + Forward Malmö (2017/2018 & 2020 -)

A person hiking on a trail through a dense forest with tall trees and green foliage.

Through the work of reSPORT, a diverse province-wide core team has been mobilized to prototype and pilot new ideas that will, over time, “change the field of play” with a focus on evolving sport culture, breaking down barriers and making sport more inclusive.

Sport Nova Scotia + Sport Centre Atlantic + Department of Communities Culture and Heritage (2017—2019)

We helped grow a healthy forest sector

To shift a recurring pattern of outcry and blame, we reoriented an array of interests and groups towards a participatory approach to Nova Scotia’s forests as one of our biggest assets, loved and steered by all, for all.

Department of Natural Resources + Nova Scotia Woodlot Owners and Operators Association + The Forestry Lab (2015—2018)

We led a conversation to modernize municipalities

We gathered a vast array of stakeholders to reimagine the structural basis of how towns and counties pool ideas, resources, and talent across shared interests and goals.

Nova Scotia Department of Municipal Affairs + Association of Municipal Administrators + Nova Scotia Federation of Municipalities (2017—2018)

We invigorated European leadership

In partnership with European Art of Hosting colleagues, we built greater participation and innovation across the European Commission leadership.

European Commission + The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2010—2017)

We addressed root causes of poverty in Columbus, Ohio

We brought fragmented private, public, and non-profit leaders together to create a roadmap for systemic (not programmatic) long-term change, merging efforts for maximum impact.

Private-public partnership (2016-2017)

We established a community for equity and justice in schools

We gathered local and national leaders in education, equity/justice, and administration from across the United States to address educational disparity and inequity in schools.

National Association of Independent Schools (2013-2016)

We rallied for cross-sector movement on climate change

On an event in May 2017, we gave a keynote to 185 soil carbon experts, farmers, NGO leaders, government officials and advocates from around the world. They were gathering to advance the field of soil carbon sequestration as a critical pathway for food security, adaptation to climate impacts, mitigation of climate change, and for healthy soils.

We ignited a citizen-led effort to end rural hunger in Ohio

This 5-year project engaged citizens, service providers, and public/private sectors to develop a new plan for hunger relief in 19 rural counties of Ohio, with ongoing training, networking and capacity-building for 650 partner agencies.

Mid-Ohio Foodbank (2011-2016)

Washington, DC's Georgetown Day School gathers three branches of school leadership, principals, trustees, diversity practitioners, and students annually for creative collaboration, with a shared mission to further the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion within their independent schools. The Outside team leads participatory leadership sessions in this spirit.

We lead sessions for equity in schooling