I’m so excited to tell you what I’ve been up to. It’s been a little while, huh? I’m a decade into this business and I still adore the work I do with my fabulous clients all over the world (that’s YOU) because every project, problem and convening you bring me into is uniquely challenging, and I love the collaboration process to strategize, design and solve for the questions you are grappling with so that you can light your way forward with clarity, passion and decisiveness.
(me and two of my team working together)
Here’s what’s lighting me up these days….
drawing on bigger surfaces—the bigger the better, whenever I can I like to use one big huge visual map (sometimes 5 x 20 feet) instead of lots of small ones, it brings out the artist in me and the content gets woven together more cohesively.
designing & facilitating—I love it when clients bring me in at the beginning to help design an engagement because we can deliver lots of creative & visual experiences that make a powerful impact on the quality of the conversation & results of the meeting.
bringing body intelligence into it (see the testimonial below)—in almost every meeting we are sitting the entire time, what if we do some movement practices that can reveal new ways of accessing intelligence and group wisdom via our intuition? Because there are other ways of seeing and sensing into solutions besides the dominant way of rational thinking and its really cool to see folks light up when they learn something new about the wisdom inherent in their body. I believe this is the next frontier in group dynamics and I LOVE doing this work. (I’ve had an embodiment practice for many years and it fuels me.)
supporting racial equity work—I’ve been a part of many crucial conversations as organizations are re-examining themselves around questions of who’s being represented and who’s not? Who’s holding power and how did they get it? Are the identities and cultural context that created their story and vision inclusive of who they are now and where they want to be? Really really important work these days that you should be doing with yourself personally and your org. I can help you (and steer you toward resources) if you’re not already….
trade show booths—love those booth walls (more big surfaces) and interacting with visitors as they share their ideas. We know how to make booths fun & engaging.
creating a workshop to explore belonging in the workplace thru the lens of identity & difference and how that contributes to powerful innovation—myself and a colleague are ready to bring a one-to-three day workshop to you that re-imagines a workplace where everyone feels that their unique perspectives and background are welcomed & honored because diverse viewpoints & wide range of experiences combine to create powerful, collaborative and lasting innovation, AND this creates workplaces that people want to BE IN. (drop me an email to know more….)
That’s what we’ve been up to… and here’s that blow-your-hair-back testimonial I received from a medical science team at a major pharmaceutical (folks who’s work it is to heal the body) after we spent an hour opening up the wisdom of their bodies… one of the goals of their offsite being to “get people out of their comfort zones.”
I’m in search of brave clients who want to do more of this because its SO MUCH FUN and powerful.
Just a quick note of thanks on behalf of myself and the team. We really appreciated the value created from your visuals. These boards will be a tremendous help to us as we continue to live the promise and as we scale these behaviours and ways of working throughout the organization.
Equally, thanks for your embodiment exercise. You were right, it blew our minds. WAY out of most people’s comfort zones, but I might get more positive feedback about that than just about any other part of the meeting. People had real breakthroughs in experiencing how it feels to be unstuck. Powerful!
Let’s look for opportunities to work together again, it was absolutely a pleasure!
Fully agree with Dawn’s comments. I was one of the scientists who puts mind over feelings/body and for whom this was WAY out of my comfort zone. Please note the word ‘was’ – it was very liberating and interesting to do and the exercise really had a central place in what we were trying to accomplish. Very well done, and on a personal note highly appreciated!
That’s all for now… I hope you’re doing great work and I’d love to hear what’s lighting you up. Let me know if we can help illuminate your brilliant ideas. With love…
