I am deeply in love with my work. I’m not quite sure how I ended up so fascinated with humane, relational-led organisational design and strategy, or embodied facilitation, or stewardship and commons, or how groups might disrupt unhelpful patterns and create new ones; but I am. I am awestruck by how such a simple question as ‘what’s alive here?’ can be a pathway into organisations, communities, and groups that are rooted internally and in the world around them.
Much of the time a client's situation and needs incorporates many of the above; sometimes, just one.
To all my focuses, I bring my experience in group facilitation, project strategy, from-the-inside-out brand and communication design, partnership and ecosystem weaving, organisational design, strategy, and facilitation, two years in DAOs and the regenerative-focused web3 sector, and supporting community-led and community-focused projects. I also bring a deep commitment to distributed and embodied decision-making environments that harness all intelligences and voices.
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I am trained in Sociocracy 3.0, a partner in a Holacracy-governed organisation, a DEAL-affiliated Doughtnut Design for Business tool facilitator, and the founder of the recently-formed Seaspray Collective. I am also experienced in Circling, systems thinking, and design thinking.
I write a Substack focused on organisational design, embodied facilitation, stewardship and commons, and self- and shared-enquiry, and am learning how to DJ.
Based in Exeter in the UK, I work with clients in person or virtually. I prioritise deep work where we can build a strong relationship but am happy to support short-term needs. I usually work with clients as an external consultant or facilitator, joining the project for an agreed time, or acting as a reflective, investigative partner.
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Areas of particular interest
- The design and facilitation of humane, relational-led, rooted organisations and communities.
- Self-organisation and distributed decision-making environments.
- How we might root our organisations and communities in our local and regional environments.
- Organisational clarity and alignment.
- Communities and groups that are disadvantaged and devoiced by our current systems, and projects stewarding community-led initiatives.
- Implementing Ostrom's design principles for commons into organisations and communities.
- Design and facilitation of in-person and online workshops, gatherings, and retreats.
- Disrupting unhealthy group and organisational patterns, and alchemising new ones.
- Relational and organisational reconciliation and repair.
- Facilitation of key, multi-stakeholder meetings.
- The role of embodied facilitation.
- Doughnut Design for Business.
