As a group and 1:1 facilitator specializing in deep democracy, I've spent 14 years exploring how roles shape conflict, groups, and inner life.

Along the way, I've made sock puppets, facilitated high-stakes meetings, coached executives, mediated conflicts using theatre, and even conducted rituals to honour lost roles in my own life.

An unusual thing about me is that I first trained as a therapist but now work largely with social purpose organizations. I think of my role as similar to an occupational therapist — not in the literal sense, but in the way I teach progressive organizations how to address social injury that is grid-locking their work together.

Deep Democracy and role theory matter to me because they are the only practices I've found that can transform life's most painful problems into moments of profound connection.

My commitment is to build the conditions for more of these moments to arise - for more of us.