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right path is our passion
Meet JACK
For over 40 years, my work as a writer, researcher, and practitioner has focused on teaching leaders and groups how to realize their individual and shared potential.
I have taught leadership and engagement to people in global corporations, social mission organizations, as well as urban and rural communities in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
My work has been grounded in research, training, and practice in ontological coaching, neuroscience, and noetic medicine. These share the common thread of wisdom that all transformation is linguistic.
A 40-time author, I have been a prolific blogger since 2002. I am the originator of the "Pathway Conversations™ Framework, co-founder of Third Floor Design, and my latest project is offering his 40+ years of coaching experience exclusively through my bespoke AI app: EverydayJack.org. The coaching project is inspired by a commitment to making leadership development radically affordable and accessible to emerging leaders and leaders interested in dramatically changing the trajectory of leadership across contexts.
With an MA in Psychology from Goddard College, I have also taught in undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate programs, including John Carroll University, Kent State University, Harvard Business School, UC Berkeley, and Vanderbilt University.
I enjoy walking organizational and community teams through ideation and planning to discover new possibilities, and leveraging the power of a group’s new questions to forge realistic futures. I hope I have an opportunity to work with and animate your team, from the ground up.
The nature-inspired theme throughout the Third Floor Design website is deliberate. I grew up in the Northwest of England and started hiking when I was eleven. I still enjoy getting on the trails. I draw inspiration and comfort from the nature that surrounds our daily lives. Food, gardening and general fix-it tinkering are high on my list of ways to relax.
Meet JANE
Focusing on the community engagement work I enjoy so much, I launched Third Floor Design after dedicating over 25 years to higher education where I worked in external engagement, curricular program design, and teaching.
Understanding the challenges faced by multi-disciplinary teams and community groups alike, I wanted to develop a simple and powerful system that would work easily for each. When I crossed paths with Jack, we were able to unite our experiences to build out the Pathway Conversations™ framework that we have since tested and proven remarkably effective.
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CURIOSITY IN ACTION
Pathway Conversations™ frees groups to challenge assumptions and answer questions through action. Let’s spark the curiosity of your group.
collaboration
Engagement does not have to be top-down. Through Pathway Conversations™ groups learn to take action together and experience results quickly.
active engagement
Groups in endless debate and stuck projects can be engaged swiftly through Pathway Conversations™ to develop their own pathways to action.