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I have18 years of experience helping people create change in themselves, their teams, and the systems they inhabit.

Strategy - Coaching - Facilitation

Writing - Research - Fundraising

Change Management - Organizational Development - Planning

Change is hard at the best of times, and even harder when resources are tight and the future is uncertain. I am here to help. How can I help you?

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Key examples of my work:

  • Supporting Deaf rights activist, creator, and educator Melissa Malzkuhnto realize her vision of language equity: a world where Deaf people thrive through universal sign language access and have the power to shape their own lives.

    • Strategy

    • Fundraising

    • Coaching

    • Movement building

  • Collaborating with a group of leading innovators‍ in the world of open source, distributed hardware to understand how to transform the way we access healthcare globally, as people around the world deal with complex, fragile supply chains and stretched healthcare systems.

    • Strategy

    • Research

    • Fundraising

    • System building

  • Supported the First Nations of Manitoba to reimagine the future for their communities. Led by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, this project brought together Elders, youth, and First Nations health, education, and community leaders from to explore possible futures and build a vision that unites the First Nations across the province.

    • Facilitation

    • Writing

    • Strategy

    • Transformative Scenarios

  • Supported a group of Haitian business, creative, and community leaders to create Kafou Lespwa, or “Crossroads of Hope”, a space where convened Haitians from all areas of society - politicians, activists, artists, youth, unionists, and more – come together to understand how the country’s future could change, for better or worse, and create a pathway towards are more hopeful future.

    • Strategy

    • Coaching

    • Facilitation

  • Supported senior leaders from across the Port of Vancouver ecosystem, including municipalities, First Nations, shippers, and other organizations critical to the sustainable operation of the port, to explore how the future could unfold over the next 40 years and what we collectively must do differently to weather the challenges ahead.

    • Strategy

    • Facilitation

    • Writing

    • Transformative Scenarios

  • Supported the Gates Foundation and its grantees to create shared language, understanding, and strategy among the dozens of organizations that work with colleges and universities to care for students in crisis, poverty, or face other barriers to graduation.  

    • Strategy

    • Facilitation

    • Design

    • Research

  • Working with Engineers Without Borders (Canada) in Malawi, Ghana, and Zambia, supported local government service leaders, NGOs, and national government, research, and funder organizations to build capacity for rural communities to manage and maintain key infrastructure and provide effective, citizen-accountable services for water, sanitation, and agriculture challenges.

    • Leadership

    • Strategy

    • Coaching

    • Social innovation

Other work I’ve done:

COACHING

I help people navigate the obstacles, opportunities, and the relational, organizational, and emotional challenges that arise as they lead change. I listen, ask questions, and offer perspectives that help people better understand their goals, current realities, and options, informed by my diverse experiences with change leadership and transformative initiatives.

Examples:

Canada Bridges

Coaching for the Executive Director of Canada Bridges, an organization that supports young people to be catalysts for change in their lives and communities.

Promise54

Leadership and implementation coaching for Promise54, an organization focused on achieving racial equity in education in the USA.

Freshwater International

Coaching for the Executive Director and leadership team of Freshwater International, a Malawian organization that provides safe water supply to rural communities.

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Catalysts (WASH Catalysts)

Executive Director and implementation coaching for WASH Catalysts, an organization that aims to build sustainable systems for water and sanitation infrastructure.

TECHNOLOGY

I have a rich background in engineering and exploring the impact of technology on society, including how we create equitable and sustainable infrastructure systems. I hold a degree in Engineering Physics from the University of British Columbia and a Masters in Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge, as well as three patents in colour technology. 

Examples:

Engineers Without Borders - Sustainable Service and Infrastructure

Building citizen-accountable, financially sustainable infrastructure strategies for agriculture, governance, and water, and sanitation in Malawi and Ghana.

Canadian Department of National Defence

Facilitating partnering processes to ensure sustainability and efficiency in the Department of National Defence's construction of new training and health care facilities at Canadian Forces Bases.

Mozilla Community Participation

Exploring data on diversity and inclusion within Mozilla’s open-source communities, to understand disparities, barriers to involvement, and the impact of leadership and country-based exclusions.

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Research and development in lasers and optics

Developing lasers used by spaces agencies for Mars rovers, fibre optic brain implants used in Parkinson’s treatment, and earning of three patents in colour control for TV and projection systems.  

Whistler Sessions Scenarios: stories for the future of Whistler

Collaborative writing with community leaders and members concerned with the future of Whistler as a community, a resort, and a centre of mountain culture.

WRITING

I am a versatile and impactful writer who helps change leaders communicate their visions to build engagement and understanding of key systemic issues, inspire and enable action, spark useful conversations, and attract funding to their missions.

Examples:

Wahbung: Our Tomorrows Imagined

Collaborative writing with the First Nations of Manitoba on a vision for the future of their health and well-being.

Articles published in Forbes on critical social issues

Ghostwriting to drive action and build understanding on the global migration crisis, the private prison industry, and social innovation.

Port Forward: scenarios for the future of the Vancouver port

Collaborative writing with the Port of Vancouver and the stakeholders in its system concerned with navigating an uncertain future

Urban Matters - Strategy for Catalytic Impact

Building a social enterprise to support people-centred community development in innovative and inclusive ways.

STRATEGY

I have led and played key design and facilitation roles in many initiatives aiming to change structural and systemic conditions for the better. I help leaders and diverse groups build shared understanding of the factors and mindsets that are producing current results, see possibilities for transformed futures, and take collaborative action to make progress.  

Examples:

Motion Light Lab - Deaf babies’ rights to language

Building a collaborative strategy to end language deprivation for deaf babies, the systemic lack of sign language access from birth that causes lifelong harm.

Kafou Lespwa (Crossroads of Hope): scenarios for the future of Haiti

Supporting key Haitian business, community, and political leaders to build shared language to navigate a dangerous, uncertain future and build capacity to address the many converging crises.

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Postsecondary Success Strategy

Building alignment and shared strategy between the diverse ecosystem of organizations working to transform racial equity in US higher education.