Experience
Design

Bring forth
the wisdom of your people.

Wayfinding organizations do innovation work – work that goes beyond the status quo. Whether they are designing the “mall of the future,” building a school model that radically reconceptualizes public education, Wayfinding organizations understand that people matter and diverse wisdom yields creative insights that lead to truly revolutionary products, services, and outcomes.

Wayfinding organizations see enhancing the diversity of their workplace, creating the conditions for collaboration and belonging, and investing in people development as central to their mission. They proactively seek to equip their leaders and teams with the skills, tools, and mindsets they need to communicate, collaborate, bring forth and support the wisdom of all their employees. They believe in curiosity, deep listening, experimentation, iteration and growth.

I work with wayfinding organizations to foster people development strategy, design and facilitate bespoke learning experiences that support teams and organizations to empower, and bring forth the wisdom and strengths of their employees.

RECENT PROJECTS

Citizens Of The World Charter Schools

Working together since 2017

I designed a student identity development curriculum, a peer coaching “train the trainer” program, & a multi-year leadership development fellowship for the CWCS network.

Smallify

Working together since 2015

I co-facilitate innovation labs in the public & private sector on topics ranging from engaging student voice, creating delightful customer experiences, & fostering greater equity & inclusion.

The U.S. Soccer Foundation

Working together since 2019

I partnered with Optimistic Anthropology, to design an online curriculum on applying a strengths based approach to community engagement for Soccer for Success.

The Mindful Life Project

Working together since 2016

I trained & coached the Mindful Life leadership team on best practices in mindful leadership, team collaboration, communication & strengths based coaching.

dev/color

Working together since 2018

I designed & facilitated a career roadmapping process for /dev/color’s flagship A* program and trained their facilitators on creating & stewarding strong small group culture.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does it look like to work with you?

I design and lead bespoke experiences that are grounded in your people and context. All engagements are unique and start with a listening tour to help us identify your organization’s key challenges and opportunities. Together we focus in on an opportunity for development and build an aligned learning experience. We remain in conversation through the design & execution process, iterate & adjust what we’re creating as we learn more.

What kind of topics do you design around?

I design learning experiences that foster people centered cultures of connection, creativity and learning. Past design topics have included: working across lines of difference, effective communication & collaboration, giving & receiving feedback, coaching, strong facilitation, storytelling & influence, executive presence, user centered design, emergent learning strategy, building community & culture, mindful leadership, career advancement.

What are examples of learning experiences you’ve built?

My portfolio is wide and varied. I’ve developed topical workshops, weekend retreats, team offsites, week long social justice journeys, multiple year leadership fellowships, online courses and curriculum, design thinking collaboration days, community engagement events, and train the trainer arcs.

What are your superpowers?

I’m multidisciplinary.

My curiosity is widespread – from technology to geology to acting & music to personal development and everything in between, I know a lot about a lot of things, and my mind is a multidisciplinary library of metaphors, connections, frameworks and resources that I draw on in our work together.

I challenge with support & deep belief.

I’m here to help you disrupt your own status quo, so I won’t hesitate to point out tension points in how you’re thinking & operating. At the same time, I do so from a place of deep belief in your strengths and desire to growth and will challenge you in ways that hold your dignity & agency, while also inviting you to grow beyond where you are.

I zoom in and out with ease.

I’m skilled at spotting patterns in how you’re thinking & operating, understanding what’s universal about your experience, and getting to clarity about the big picture of what you’re tracking towards. I’m equally skilled at focusing on the present moment, right sizing action and getting super tactical about how you’ll build the path from where you are to where you want to be.

I listen, organize & simplify on the fly.

Not sure what you want to say? Think you aren’t making sense? Worried you’re brain dumping? No worries – I’m an expert at helping people organize their own thinking. I can listen & pull out the most important gems in what you share, reflect them back to you in simple language, & help you arrange them so they make sense to you.

I keep it light & make it fun (when it can be).

While I believe change can be hard, I don’t believe it has to be horrendous. I help you see the humor in hard moments, find the laughter in learning, take a mindset of experimentation & play to your own growth, and approach your aspirations, not yourself too seriously.

Alice’s Work in Action

The Energy Leadership™ Index Workshop:
How Your Team Reacts to Stress

Workshop Participant Testimonial:
Jason Young, CFO & COO, Mindful Life Project

"Alice is one of the most transformational leaders you will ever meet – she has helped me become a much more effective leader and a better person. Her ability to see what is needed for both individual and organizational transformative change and to make action plans to get there is unparalleled. She helped the team at Mindful Life Project take our organization to the next level culturally and practically at a crucial moment in our growth cycle. I highly recommend her for any organization, company, or individual in need of transformative change!"

JG Larochette

Executive Director / Mindful Life Project

"A few hours into meeting Alice at a work event, I knew that she radiated intelligence, energy, creativity and empathy. I also knew that I wanted to get to know her more. In the three years since we met, I’ve benefited greatly from these and others of Alice’s gifts. She has supported me when I struggled, pushed me when I needed it, expanded the way I think about the world, and connected me to tools and relationships I draw upon daily to navigate my work and my life. I’ve felt so fortunate to have her as a partner in learning and change. This is why when other dreamers and doers who I trust are looking for a coach or a skilled and thoughtful facilitation partner, I immediately begin telling them why they need to talk to Alice."

Alison Gold

Consultant / Optimistic Anthropology

"My work with Alice has truly been a gift. She has a unique capacity to both affirm and challenge in equal measure. Whether through an insightful question, provocative exercise, or just an earnest ear, she is able to reveal new dimensions of your values, holdbacks, dreams. Through peeling back the layers, she helps you stand more squarely as the person and leader that you authentically want to be. Alice is a stunning coach, masterful facilitator, and creative designer of learning experiences. You won't regret your time with her."

Rob Strain

Consultant / Rob Strain Consulting

"Alice brings a rare combination of powerful intuition about what each individual and the group needs at each moment in time, along with an incredible (and ever-expanding) set of strategic frameworks to be able to move those individuals/groups forward. She led my team on a series of workshops that gave each of us the language and tools to develop much stronger awareness of self and others. As a result, our team culture strengthened notably – evidenced by a year-over-year spike in our team’s Great Places to Worksurvey results. Thanks to Alice’s work, our team was able to build a culture where our whole selves were known, seen and valued – and, equally as important, there was a clear connection between fostering this strong culture and delivering on strong team outcomes."

Daryl Peagler

Chief Operating Officer / New Schools Venture Fund