Working together can be powerful, and beautiful. It can be tricky to get there. We help work feel better for those working towards a better future, by surfacing conditions in the work that block that future, and unsettling them.

The story often begins with an organization contacting us about interpersonal discomfort or tension. What happens next is usually a discovery of underlying (or overarching) conditions creating these symptoms: insufficient psychological safety, systemic urgency culture, unclear expectations, unmanaged power dynamics, ambiguity in roles or accountabilities, unexamined or unaddressed inequity, ineffective input/decision or communication practices, mistaken signals of success, opaque purpose, or just basic trust issues. 

For these conditions, we offer guidance through questions like:

- How do we create a culture where everyone feels safe enough and has what they need to thrive?
- How can we set and protect a pace that allows us to sustain our work?
- How can we know when we are on track to have the impact we intend, and recognize when a seeming indicator is actually a diversion? 
- Who holds power here, how is it used, and how can we make that more visible, accountable, and even shared?
- How do we do things here, and why, and what does that look like in everyone's work?
- Are we routinely centring some people’s perspectives, experiences, or needs and marginalizing those of others? 
- What decisions do we make, and what kind of input gives them greatest impact?
- What possibilities might show up if we listened to our bodies? How can we build resilience and wellbeing together?
- How do we notice gaps in flow, and where do we bring that noticing, to be addressed in ways that will last?
- If all of these questions are answered but we still struggle to get along, how can we get out of this entrenchment?

We bring three key lenses to all of our work: systemic awareness, equity, and embodied practice.

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