Urgency is created systemically. Funders and investors require it of boards, boards impose it on leaders, and leaders embed it into the norms of how work happens. Relational agreements are broken, and deep, strategic thinking is abandoned for constant firefighting. When the system itself demands artificial speed, individual boundaries will eventually collapse into burnout.
You cannot fix a systemic problem with isolated solutions. Engage with us to create a structural intervention across all all the roles in your system.
What this engagement delivers:
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Differentiate Genuine vs. Synthetic Urgency
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Assess Systemic Drivers
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Apply the Big Waves AIBBA Framework
Engagement Team
Joanne Kerrigan
Having led transformational change from the inside, Joanne Kerrigan brings deep understanding of organizational complexity to her work. She loves to "find the thing underneath the thing": the conditions beneath the symptoms, and the moments an organization begins to see itself more clearly. Drawing on frameworks including Organizational Relationship Systems Coaching, Cynefin and Deep Listening, she makes work safe and sustainable for humans.
Brook Thorndycraft
Brook facilitates and nurtures leaders, changemakers, and teams as they navigate the essential questions of organizational life. With over 15 years of experience and a background in mediation (Q.Med), adult education (MA), and Somatic Experiencing (SEP), Brook bridges the gap between systemic change and the human nervous system. Through coaching, training, and custom change processes, she helps organizations transform power dynamics, psychological safety, and conflict into sources of possibility.