Seeing the systems shaping
our lives and work— and
expaning possibilities within them.
Through conversation, synthesis, and creative exploration, I help people make sense of complexity, imagine better possibilities, and move toward them together.
I work at the intersection of public health, design for wellbeing, and systems thinking — examining how environments, decisions, and assumptions shape lived experience.
SYSTEMS THINKING · CREATIVE EXPLORATION · CROSS-SECTOR DIALOGUE · LIVED EXPERIENCE · COLLECTIVE WELLBEING · THINKING ACROSS SCALES ·
Why this work
Wellbeing is shaped across boundaries.
Much of our work happens within roles, sectors, and areas of expertise.
Yet the conditions shaping wellbeing — both individual and collective — extend far beyond those boundaries.
A spatial decision can affect perceived safety.
A workplace policy can shape family life.
A design standard can privilege some bodies over others.
We rarely intend exclusion. But systems carry assumptions.
Stepping back allows us to ask different questions.
Who is this built for?
QUESTIONS THAT GUIDE THIS WORK
Who is missing
from the conversation?
What experiences are
centered — and which are peripheral?
Where does agency sit?
What impact can we
choose to impart?
MY APPROACH
From reflection to possibility to action
— grounded in lived experience
and cross-sector dialogue.
Bridging systemic insight and lived experience
to shape environments, decisions, and conversations that
strengthen collective wellbeing.
Systems Reflection
Examining how structures, environments, and policies shape everyday experience — and the perspectives that inform those decisions.
Lens Expansion
Using specific lenses — such as menopause, neurodiversity, or perceived safety — to reveal broader structural patterns and opportunities for change.
Collective Agency
Bringing different sectors, disciplines, and lived realities together to turn shared insight into meaningful, sustainable action.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
People often invite me into projects when they want to explore complexity, surface new possibilities, and bring energy to conversations about meaningful change.
Sometimes this begins with a conversation, a workshop, or a deeper exploration of context — collaborators, history, and the systems shaping the work.
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Other times it can grow into longer collaborations that support individuals, teams, and communities in reflecting more deeply, connecting ideas, and moving toward meaningful action.
Systems Perspective
Facilitating conversations and exploratory sessions that invite teams to step outside their silo and see the wider system shaping their work.
Observe
Strategic Reflection
Reflective sessions and advisory conversations that invite organizations to step back from day-to-day pressures and explore where meaningful change may be possible.
Reflect
Participatory Workshops
Participatory workshops that center lived experience and invite people to explore complex challenges from alternative angles.
Engage
Visualization
Visual maps, diagrams, and creative artifacts that help people explore complex systems and see connections more clearly.
Create
Public Dialgoue
Contributing to talks, writing, and public discourse that explore how environments, systems, and lived experience shape wellbeing across scales.
Connect
Outside Form grew from the way I've always approached the world — none of us, our communities, our systems, or our challenges exist in isolation.
We're more like players on a giant football pitch. Some teammates we've known for decades. Others we may have just met today. When one shifts, the others adjust too.
If we pause to look up, look out, and look inward, we start to see how much further our actions reach than we often give them credit for.
Outside Form is about cultivating that awareness — stepping outside the usual forms of thinking that keep us in narrow lanes.
The world is rarely black and white. Even the sky is rarely one single color. We live in spectrums, constantly in flux. People are resilient because we adapt, learn, and imagine new ways forward.
Outside Form is an invitation to tap into that — together, with a little more curiosity and a little less stress than we usually allow ourselves.