Facilitation & speaking

Better conversations.
Better outcomes.

I design and lead collaborative experiences that help groups think deeply, hear each other, make decisions, and leave with a clearer way forward.

What I facilitate

Purposeful by design.
Human by nature.

I don't start with a bag of activities. I start with the people in the room and what they need to accomplish together.

01 / ALIGN

Strategy & alignment

Offsites, strategic conversations, vision and priority setting, and cross-functional decision-making.

02 / UNSTICK

Team & organization

Role clarity, operating agreements, organizational change, and conversations that benefit from a neutral guide.

03 / DISCOVER

Learning & innovation

Interactive AI literacy, collaborative problem-solving, applied learning, and experimentation workshops.

Speaking

From Resistance to Ownership.

Motivational Interviewing in Agile Teams · CincyDeliver 2026

We tend to meet resistance with more explanations, stronger arguments, or an even better slide deck. What if the better move is to get curious? This session explores practical ways leaders can use listening and thoughtful questions to help people find their own motivation for change.

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My facilitation practice

Designed for what happens after the meeting.

A successful session isn't one where everybody enjoyed the exercises. It's one where something meaningful can travel back into everyday work.

01

Discover

Understand the sponsors, group, tension, and desired outcomes.

02

Design

Choose a purposeful sequence of questions, activities, and reflection.

03

Facilitate

Make space for perspectives, respond to the room, and maintain direction.

04

Make it stick

Capture commitments, decisions, and artifacts that can outlive the event.

Credentials and community: Voltage Control Certified Facilitator (2025), with electives in Design Sprints and Product Roadmapping. Regional Lead, Facilitation Lab Cincinnati. Experience facilitating department-scale planning events with 100+ participants.
A few topics I explore

Conversations worth having.

TOPIC 01

From resistance to ownership

What motivational interviewing can teach leaders about the human side of change.

TOPIC 02

Making AI approachable

Practical adoption, better prompts, responsible experimentation, and keeping human judgment central.

TOPIC 03

The power of better questions

How curiosity and thoughtfully designed conversations unlock clearer thinking and better decisions.

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