I'm at my best when nobody has the answer.
I don't do routine retreats where everyone already knows what they'll decide. I work with groups facing genuine uncertainty — the moments when the old playbook is broken and the group has to find the way forward together.
I believe that any strategic effort in those situations must engage all three domains of the human mind: thought, emotion, and intuition. Only then can you access a group's full creativity and create shared ownership of the best way forward.
High-Stakes Facilitation
For the moments when the old playbook is broken.
I work with organizations facing genuine uncertainty — AI transformation, political upheaval, sector-wide disruption. Not routine retreats where everyone already knows what they'll decide. The situations where nobody in the room has the answer, and the group has to find it together.
What this looks like
- ●Typically 1–2 day intensive workshops with senior leaders
- ●Includes stakeholder interviews and custom design
- ●Built on the Whole Mind framework: Thought → Emotion → Intuition
- ●You leave with a framework for action, not a binder of notes
From the field
A two-day workshop for 30 leaders in healthcare political advocacy — a group that assumed they couldn't accomplish much together. They left with a shared set of principles, a deeper understanding of the system they comprised together, and fundamentally different relationships with one another.
Strategic Planning
For organizations ready to think boldly.
I lead strategic planning for health, nonprofit, and public-sector organizations navigating complexity and change. Not boilerplate plans that sit on the shelf. I partner with clients to develop strategies they can commit to fully.
What this looks like
- ●Environmental scanning and scenario planning
- ●Stakeholder interviews and community engagement
- ●Facilitated strategy workshops for up to 40 participants
- ●Written strategic plans with implementation frameworks
From the field
An eight-year strategic planning partnership with the VA Office of Rural Health, producing two consecutive four-year strategic plans that leadership credited with maintaining focus during a period of significant organizational turbulence.
What People Say
“What you've been able to do here in Memphis is to help people think not just 'outside the box' but 'outside the building.' With the way you first of all listen and second of all encourage openness, you have the capacity for people to trust you almost instantly. I'm not sure that's something you've acquired or something you were born with. I just think you have an innate ability to listen and to have people feel comfortable in your presence and to know they can say whatever they want to say and you won't use it inappropriately.”
Robert R. Waller, MD
Former CEO, The Mayo Clinic
Organizations I've Worked With
The old playbook is broken.
If your organization is facing something it's never faced before, let's talk.
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