A facilitated community where sustainability, climate, and social impact leaders amplify their capacity to lead human-centered systems change alongside peers facing similar challenges.
Led by a practitioner with 20+ years in the field.
The Community of Practice.
Leading change can feel a little like trying to untangle spaghetti.
Your job is to solve “wicked problems”: interconnected, constantly evolving problems that rarely come with linear solutions, often over long timeframes, and often without the formal authority or budget to enforce any of it.
Leading change is a complex and deeply relational endeavor, and most of us aren’t formally trained in the messy human side of “how” to lead change within complicated stakeholder ecosystems.
You figure it out as you go, navigating resistance and persuading others to buy into morally urgent work. All while living in a time when the very future of people and the planet feels uncertain.
The complexity is hard enough. But many are also carrying two other things.
The isolation.
You’re likely a solo practitioner or leading a small team. Whether you work inside a company or champion change within an industry, sustainability often sits in a silo. That can leave you without colleagues who understand the gravity of the issues or a safe space to work through sticky challenges without risking hard-earned trust and credibility.
The emotional labor.
There’s an exhaustion that comes with constantly navigating resistance, speaking up for what’s right, and persuading others to care about urgent issues within systems that move impossibly slow. Layer on this polycrisis-turned-metacrisis moment, and you may be holding grief, disorientation, and overwhelm that can leave you at risk of burnout.
That’s why now, more than ever, we need community.
A place to cultivate the peer relationships, tools, and capacity
to build a flourishing future for people and the planet.
Sound familiar? You're in the right place.
The Community of Practice.
Building your capacity to lead through complexity doesn't come from cognitive intelligence alone, and it doesn't happen in a silo. It comes from continuous learning, knowledge sharing, practice, and growth — in community.
That’s what we do here.
Who it’s for.
The CoP is for seasoned, mid-to-senior professionals in sustainability, climate, and social impact who are leading change across business, industry, and non-profits.
In-house leaders, impact entrepreneurs, consultants, systems change conveners, and change leaders between roles are welcome.
The Community of Practice is a facilitated learning laboratory that brings you together with peers solving complex challenges to unpack what it really takes to lead change in practice. You get both the wisdom in the room and insights into what’s emerging at the edges.
We are in a moment of massive disruption and, underneath it, profound possibility. The leaders in this community are the ones building what comes next.How it works.
Live
Facilitated
Sessions
Members gather online for one 90-minute session per month, with a BONUS SECOND SESSION each month, at no additional cost, for those who want to go deeper.
I design each session around what members actually need, bringing structure, guided conversation, and experiential learning while leaving space for the peer-to-peer spirit that makes a community of practice powerful. Expect a blend of guided conversation, small-group discussion, experiential learning, and reflective practice. You'll leave with fresh perspectives, practical tools, and insights you can apply right away.
A Trusted
Peer
Network
You get confidential space to break out of your siloed thinking and learn from a curated braintrust of peers facing similar challenges.
Together, you'll engage in collective knowledge sharing, collaborative problem solving, and honest conversations about real-world challenges. Research on collective intelligence shows that when there's a generous flow of ideas and information, a generative social field takes shape, new thinking emerges, and a group's intelligence can reach beyond what any one member brings on their own.
Curated and Synthesized Resources
You get a practical, growing personal toolkit to map, manage, and master the invisible forces of change.
You'll build a toolkit for the human side of leading change: tools, frameworks, practices, and summaries of thinking across interdisciplinary fields. Each is distilled to the essentials, so you get the golden nuggets without the time suck. Think Cliff Notes for Change Leaders.
Want to take a peek?
This is a membership within an adaptive living system, not a cohort within a course.
There’s no start or end date. Members can join at any time and stay as long as they’re getting value.
What participants from the pilot CoP had to say.
What we explore.
The challenges of today require an expanded approach, one that doesn't fit neatly into any single discipline, way of thinking, or leadership style.
That’s why I take an interdisciplinary approach. Over the years, these fields have shaped how I think about leading change, and they guide the ideas behind human-centered change leadership that we explore together.
We're being called to lead from a deeper place.
Leading change requires more than technical skill and a good strategy. It requires building the inner fortitude to lead it.
Integrated Leadership weaves together concepts such as inner development for outer change, contemplative-based systems change, and personal flourishing alongside modern leadership modalities such as adaptive, environmental servant-based, and conscious leadership.
The Inner Development Goals (IDGs) framework is woven into much of our work. As a member of the IDG Leadership Lab for Systemic Transformation, I also bring the exploratory conversation around what it means to lead from the inside out. What I bring to the conversation.
GROUNDED IN 20+ YEARS’ EXPERIENCE AND BEST-PRACTICE RESEARCH.
INFORMED BY WHAT’S EMERGING.
My background in sustainability spans 20+ years as an in-house leader, embedded partner, consultant, coach, and vendor partner with Dutch Bros Coffee, Google Global Food, MGM Resorts, and The Oregon Convention Center, as well as founder of several purpose-driven businesses.
My approach is built on programs that remain central to how I think about leading change, including:
Master's in Strategic Communication, focus on sustainable behavior change | U of O
Compassionate Systems Change Leadership | Peter Senge
Human-Centered Change Leadership | IDEO
Today, I stay at the forefront of the field through programs and communities shaping where it’s heading:
Executive Education for Sustainability, AI, & Change Leadership | Harvard University
Leadership Lab for Systems Transformation | Inner Development Goals
Underneath it all is 15+ years of my own inner development work, grounded in wisdom traditions and contemplative practice.
All of this informs the ideas, practices, tools, and frameworks that I bring to our work together.
Is this community for you?
You're not new to this work. You have the credentials and the expertise.
But something has shifted, or needs to.
Perhaps you are:
STEPPING INTO A LARGER ROLE
and need to level up your ability to navigate increased complexity.
HITTING A WALL
where your technical expertise isn't translating into action.
STUCK IN AN IMPACT SILO
and need thought partners for fresh perspectives to current challenges
FEELING THE FRUSTRATION AND UNCERTAINTY
of this backslide moment, and are looking for your people to navigate it with.
SENSING THINGS ARE SHIFTING
and are being called into a deeper way of showing up as a leader.
If any of this sounds familiar, you're exactly who this community was built for.
Join the Founding Members Circle
The community is forming now. The leaders who join at launch help shape the culture and direction of this community from day one.
What’s Included in Membership
LIVE, FACILITATED SESSIONS
Members meet 1-2x monthly for 90-minute sessions.
A TRUSTED PEER NETWORK
A confidential container with peers who understand the unique challenges of this work.
CURATED AND SYNTHESIZED RESOURCES
Practical tools, frameworks, and ideas you can put to work right away.
PRIORITY ACCESS AND DISCOUNTS
on workshops, events, and individual coaching.
Ready to Apply?
Not Sure?
Join one of our events or workshops to experience the community before you commit.
FAQ
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This CoP is designed for mid- to senior-level sustainability, social impact, and ESG leaders who are actively leading change in business, non-profits, and industries.
In-house leaders, impact entrepreneurs, consultants and leaders between roles are welcome.This probably isn't the right fit if you are:
✗ Seeking entry-level guidance rather than peer-level exchange.
✗ In an individual contributor role without change leadership responsibilities.
✗ Primarily working in external advocacy, grassroots organizing, or legislative campaigning.
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You go to the conferences — the inspiration, the thought leadership, the conversations that light you up. Until Monday, when the momentum gets lost in the daily grind.
This is a membership within an adaptive living system, not a cohort within a course.
Here, the learning and the connections compound over time.
You have the degrees and certifications, but none of that prepares you for the human complexity of leading change.
Here, you get tools and practices that other programs don’t teach.
You stay current — the articles, the podcasts, the webinars. But self-directed learning only takes you so far without a community to practice with.
Here, the learning is hands-on, adaptive, and applied.
You have a network — maybe even an online community with access to shared resources. Both have value, but lack the depth of trusted relationships built in real-time conversations.
Here, you get depth over breadth.
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I know your plate is already full. And that you may not have many places to process the weight of what’s happening in the world right now. This community is designed to be both a space for that and a catalyst for your growth, helping you work more effectively rather than just adding to the noise. The time investment is intentionally flexible, and as with most things, you'll get out what you put in.
Time Investment
One 90-minute online session per month
An optional second 90-minute session per month for those who want to go deeper
Self-directed learning (1-3 hours/month)
Total ~ 2.5 to 6 hours per month
Meeting Times
Meeting times will likely be held on Wednesday or Thursday mornings, 9:00 am to 10:30 am Pacific Time, on Zoom, in order to accommodate multiple time zones.
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Sessions are recorded and shared with members who are unable to attend. Note that much of the value lives in the live breakout conversations that recordings can't fully capture. Key insights are collected on a shared Mural board accessible to all members at anytime.
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Yes, you are encouraged to explore this option. Membership in the Community of Practice is a meaningful professional development investment with direct organizational value
If you need support making the case to your organization, get in touch, and I will send you a letter that you can customize for your supervisor.
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The depth of this community comes from building trust over time, therefor we don't offer drop-in sessions.
Our workshops and events are a great way to experience the facilitation style and community before applying. Check the Events and Workshops page to see what's coming up. -
You are welcome here.
The sustainability, social impact, and ESG workforce is navigating real disruption right now, and many brilliant leaders find themselves in transition. Staying connected to a community of practice during that time can be a valuable resource.
What matters is that you have experience as a change leader and want to deepen your practice in community. If the membership investment is a stretch while you're in transition, equity pricing is available. You are encouraged to re-evaluate what you are able to contribute when your employment situation changes.
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For annual memberships, refunds are available on a pro-rated basis. For quarterly memberships, cancellation is available up to one week before your next renewal date.
Have additional questions?
Book a 30-minute fit call.
Here, you dedicated time to:
Step out of the day-to-day
of your siloed thinking to engage with others solving complex problems
Engage in collective sense-making
about what's shifting in the world, what that means for our work, and what future ready skills we need to develop
Explore tools, frameworks, and best practices
so tested ideas from one organization become insight for the whole group
Get real feedback
on your stickiest challenges
Learn hands-on
then take it straight into your work