I advise senior leaders navigating what the org chart cannot hold - and organizations building the human infrastructure that transformation actually requires.
Hard problems. High stakes. Fast, meaningful change.
About
There are problems that cannot be solved in a leadership team meeting. Not because the people in the room lack intelligence or commitment. Because the most consequential things — the cultural fault line beneath your transformation, the trust deficit at the top of the house, the AI implementation that is technically on track and humanly unraveling — cannot be fully named when everyone present has a stake in the outcome.
I have spent two decades inside the rooms where these decisions get made. As a two-term elected County Commissioner, as Chief of Staff overseeing 400 people and $137 million in a major American city, and as Global Director of Science Transformation at one of the world's largest conservation organizations, I have learned what organizations can hold — and what they cannot.
I work with a small number of senior leaders at any one time. No political stake. No org chart. No agenda but yours.
How I Work With You
A confidential, ongoing strategic relationship for a small number of senior leaders. Not coaching. Not consulting. The person you call before you call anyone else.
For organizations navigating AI integration and culture transformation. From diagnostic through 90-day implementation — building the human infrastructure that change actually requires.
Keynotes and workshops for organizations navigating culture change and/or AI transformation who want to keep humans central to their strategy, culture, and decisions.
Your Questions, Answered
What makes private advisory different from coaching or consulting?
Coaching follows a developmental arc toward goals you set together. Consulting delivers defined outputs. Private advisory is neither — it is an ongoing, confidential relationship with no deliverable, no program, and no agenda but yours. The distinction is in the access: open-channel, as-needed, complete confidentiality, no political stake in the outcome.
Who is the Private Advisory for?
Senior leaders at VP level and above who are navigating something their organization cannot resolve through normal channels — culture fractures, AI integration challenges, leadership transitions, or decisions that require a trusted perspective entirely outside the hierarchy.
How do I know if there is a fix?
Submit the three-question inquiry at the bottom of this page. If there is alignment, you will hear from me personally within a few business days.
Do you customize keynotes for specific audiences
Always. Every speaking engagement begins with a conversation about your audience, their context, and what success looks like for the room.
Speaking
A book about the gap between what leaders know and what they do — and the awareness that closes it. Written for senior leaders who have the intelligence and the experience, and are still navigating something they cannot fully see.
The frameworks in this book emerged from two decades inside the rooms where the hardest organizational decisions get made. They are not theoretical. They hold under pressure.
Intentional Structure
Collaborative Energy
Expert Facilitation
A book about the gap between what leaders know and what they do — and the awareness that closes it. Written for senior leaders who have the intelligence and the experience, and are still navigating something they cannot fully see.
The frameworks in this book emerged from two decades inside the rooms where the hardest organizational decisions get made. They are not theoretical. They hold under pressure.
Intentional Structure
Collaborative Energy
Expert Facilitation
A book about the gap between what leaders know and what they do — and the awareness that closes it. Written for senior leaders who have the intelligence and the experience, and are still navigating something they cannot fully see.
The frameworks in this book emerged from two decades inside the rooms where the hardest organizational decisions get made. They are not theoretical. They hold under pressure.
Intentional Structure
Collaborative Energy
Expert Facilitation
Book
A book about the gap between what leaders know and what they do — and the awareness that closes it. Written for senior leaders who have the intelligence and the experience, and are still navigating something they cannot fully see.
The frameworks in this book emerged from two decades inside the rooms where the hardest organizational decisions get made. They are not theoretical. They hold under pressure.
Work With Me
Tell me what you're navigating. If there's a fit, you will hear from me personally within a few business days. I read every inquiry myself.
