EFFECTIVE ENGAGING INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIVE
Helping to build a California ready to thrive in a rapidly changing world
We bring together leaders and facilitate collaborative problem solving in the nexus of some of our greatest challenges: limited resources, urgent needs, and an ever-changing landscape.
ABOUT US
We believe that well-facilitated groups have the power to solve complex problems. shared solutions are our most lasting solutions. the inclusion of every voice leads to better outcomes. skill, experience, and compassion matter.
We are collaboration experts with a 20-year record of success supporting cross-sector groups of professionals in agriculture and natural resource management to navigate challenges, and find ways to move forward.
WHAT WE DO
We convene and facilitate complex cross-sector roundtables and collaboratives, multi-stakeholder engagement and public input initiatives, inter-agency coordination, strategic planning and capacity building, and research and systems mapping within California ag and natural resources.
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Systems Thinking for Intractable Problems: From Problem-Solving to Emergence-Seeking, by Joseph McIntyre
Where have all the simple problems gone? It seems that every group I work with these days is dealing with long-term, often intractable problems. Water management, ag land preservation, housing, climate change, and rural economic resilience all challenge the very way we think about problems and solutions. Multiple layers of complexity often obscure both […]