Welcome!

I’m glad you’re here.

We have
important
work to do.

What if we actually aimed for thriving?

Too often, we accept busyness and productivity as their own reward. Or we’re afraid to be bold, so we aim for something less than thriving.

As a result, we’re falling dangerously short of thriving in our communities, in our organizations and in our own lives.

So, what if we recognized the characteristics of thriving living systems in our organizations and communities?

 

And what if that were somehow simple and useful, opening up new insights and suggesting new ways forward?

 

What if our most powerful role is to act as stewards of life’s processes, actively cultivating the fertile conditions for life to thrive?

 

And what if this helped us achieve all of our other objectives more effectively?

This is the most important work of our times.
This is the practice of thrivability.

 

Here’s how I can help.

Whether you’re an organizational leader, a community planner or just someone looking for answers, here are some ways I can help.

Thrivability
Maven

Sharing deep expertise on what it takes for life to thrive in our organizations, our communities and our own experience

Perceptive
Guide

Hosting meaningful conversations to navigate complexity collectively, creatively and joyfully

Creative
Strategist

Offering a comprehensive framework for designing and stewarding effective change

Visionary
Author

Mapping the opportunity in The Age of Thrivability: Vital Perspectives and Practices for a Better World

Captivating
Speaker

Delivering thought-provoking keynotes, workshops and webinars, with warmth and interactivity

“We need to see ourselves more fully as active stewards of life’s unfolding process and as part of a larger living world.”

The Age of Thrivability

Emergence: The Hidden Dimension of Regeneration

Emergence: The Hidden Dimension of Regeneration

“The planning process had its own rhythm, and what emerged began to move in ways that felt alive and organic.” – Julia Heiroth With these words, Julia was describing the collaborative process that led to a trailblazing 2-day conference for the Yukon tourism sector,...

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The Courage to Host Regeneration

The Courage to Host Regeneration

It took nearly a year and an almost insurmountable level of courage and vision for the Tourism Industry Association of the Yukon’s Julia Heiroth to put together a very different kind of annual tourism conference. “I crafted it differently on purpose,” Julia later...

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Regeneration and Reconciliation in a Colonized World

Regeneration and Reconciliation in a Colonized World

For the past several months, I’ve been co-hosting a Montréal dinner and conversation series to explore the emerging global movement around regeneration. When my two co-hosts and I realized that the next gathering would fall on September 30 – Canada’s National Day of...

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