Our team
We are a purpose-driven, women-led, strategic consultancy that is internationally recognized for our work applying systems theory and complexity principles to the design and execution of adaptive strategies in social change.
Our beliefs
We believe that systems are the strongest and most vibrant when they learn and build from the intrinsic beauty and potential of people. This means directly and deliberately attending to issues of equity, deep democracy, and resilience. We look for partners who are serious about change, because we are too.
We believe that building more just and whole systems require us to enact systemic change at all levels – the personal, interpersonal, organizational and societal (social justice lens).
We believe that identifying, connecting, and storying patterns is a community capability needed for grappling with complexity (systems analysis).
We believe that solutions are fully present in the community and are awaiting their rightful opportunity to be heard and elevated for transformational change (appreciative and asset-based inquiry).
We believe that bringing diverse and divergent voices together in a deep listening approach that honors multiple ways of knowing is key to collective problem solving (inclusivity and fullness of participation).
We believe that these skills can be learned, adapted, and sustained by communities themselves, and applied with power and purpose to their future challenges (emancipatory agenda).
CORE DESIGN TEAM
KAREN GRATTAN
Organizational Strategy & Practice
Durham, North Carolina
jackie cahi
Peacebuilding & The Social Fabric
Harare, Zimbabwe
bailey goldman
community health systems
Durham, North Carolina
LAUREN CASTILLO
Operations
Durham, North Carolina
DANIELA FERRAZ
Integrative Education & Social Presencing
São Paulo, Brazil
Claire Goebel
Strategic Growth & Development
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
PARTNER PRACTITIONERS
KATY MAMEN
Ecological Systems
Occidental, California
Martin Kalungu-Banda
Group Process & Theory U
Oxford, UK
Thi Kinh Kieu, Ph.D.
Urban Development & Health
Da Nang, Vietnam
Are you ready to bring light to complexity?