All operational problems have a people component.
We solve both.
You can see what's broken. The harder question is why the usual fixes don't hold.
We work with founders and senior leaders who are done guessing. We've been inside organizations like yours, and we know what moves the needle. From getting your operations right to helping your team work better with AI, we make sure the people powering the work don't get left behind.
Find your starting pointFind your starting point
We work with founders and senior leaders at growing companies — usually 20 to 200 people — who can see the problem clearly but haven't been able to fix it for good. The areas below aren't separate specialties. They're the places we've seen that same underlying problem show up most often.
AI Enablement
The Leader Watching AI Happen
You know your team is already using AI, with or without you. What you don't have is a deliberate approach — just a sense that it's happening to your organization instead of being led by it.
Get your AI planCoaching
The Founder Who's Still Holding It All Together
You built this business from the ground up. But now the team is growing, and you're still the go-to for too many things. You want to lead at a higher level, but the day-to-day keeps pulling you back in.
Stop doing it allTraining
The Team That Holds Back
Meetings are a drag, conversations happen twice — once in the room, then for real in the hallway. It can feel like the team is better at looking busy than working together.
Get them talkingNot sure which one fits — or think it might be more than one?
Sometimes the real problem isn't AI, coaching, or training on its own — it's the system underneath all three. If that sounds like you, let's start with a conversation and figure out the real starting point together.
Let's talk it throughFree, 30 minutes — no pressure, no pitch.
“The Workplace Collaboration training with Karen and Brian has had an immediate and meaningful impact on all 90 members of the State Fair team. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and the benefits continue to grow as we carry the work forward.”
— Renee Alexander, CEO, Minnesota State Fair
400+
professionals trained
33%
revenue growth for one client, in 9 months
100%
of clients have expanded our work together
That's what solving both sides of the problem looks like.
About us
A few things we believe that most firms shy away from:
- We don't advise. We sit at the table.
- We teach human skills, not labels.
- The work is only done when it runs without us.
Karen works with your people — what's driving them, what's holding them back, what they need to hear to move forward. Brian works on your systems — your structure, and the operational gaps that keep the same problems coming back. Together, they bring a complete picture to every engagement. That's not how most firms work. It's exactly how we do.
Meet the team