I help organizations, movements and people decolonize the way they work, de-center themselves and shift power to the communities they serve using curiosity, compassion, creativity and collaboration.
I do this by designing safe and joyful spaces for diverse groups to have uncomfortable conversations about power and privilege while working collectively to shape complex, intangible wriggly things like services, strategies, organizational and systemic change.
I am a firm believer in designing with, never for. My work centers the needs of people closest to a problem, the impact of design on the planet, the potential of technology, and a desire for positive, equitable, sustainable change.
I thrive when working with values-aligned partners who are curious, open to experimentation, willing to unlearn and relearn new ways of working, and lead with kindness, all in service of a greater good.
My approach leverages a unique blend of co-design, design thinking (design research, ideation, prototyping, testing, iteration), management, applied social science research, systems thinking, strategic foresight, bio-mimicry, future studies, facilitation, and a sprinkling of science fiction and play. That being said, my approach is method-agnostic, adaptive and biased towards action, always in service of a project’s purpose.
Browse a selection of recent projects including services, strategies and systems I have designed with a wide range of clients from start-ups, social enterprises and nonprofits to international organizations and governments.
“Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Where do we go from here : Chaos or Community?