We are change activators
helping you identify, embrace
and create change from the
personal to the planetary.
Combine the capacities of foresight, knowledge management, storytelling, imagination and connect with combinations of interesting people for unexpected results.
Nodes
Victoria Ward | Knowledge and Collaboration
Victoria Ward has worked at the forward edge of organisational change, storytelling, transformation, and knowledge management for over 25 years. As a coach, adviser and facilitator, she works to create lasting change in individuals, teams, organizations and systems. Victoria is incoming chair of the British Standards Institute Knowledge Management Systems Committee.
Dr Wendy Schultz | Futures and Foresight
Futures research and foresight expert with over 40 years of global experience, specialising in participatory methods and systems mapping. Wendy has lectured at the University of Houston, Nanyang Technological University, and the University of Turku. She is a Fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the World Futures Studies Federation.
James Stevens | Narrative and Imagination
James Stevens cut his teeth on Madison Ave, developing creative and strategies for Fortune 500 clients, and managing quantitative and qualitative research studies. At Hyphae he applies these skills and experiences to the creation of more impactful assets, artefacts and experiences which uncover, explore and create momentum and narratives of change.
Dr Caitlin McDonald | Coaching and Innovation
An award-winning researcher, an artist featured in international digital art exhibitions, and a strategist with 10+ years experience researching and advising on socio-technical impacts. Caitlin is particularly interested in developing ecosystems of interdisciplinary experts to facilitate knowledge exchange across sector boundaries, and coaching individuals to thrive in times of uncertainty.
Dr Peter Humphrey | Research and Imagination
Peter is a research manager and creative producer with a PhD in Musicology and New Media at UC Berkeley. Peter manages Hyphae’s research programs. He places a strong emphasis on the synthesis and communication of complex ideas, incorporating creative approaches to research outputs using sound and visual design.
Dr Trish O’Flynn | Systems and Assessment
Trish is a qualitatively-led interdisciplinary researcher who seeks applied solutions to contemporary challenges using systems thinking to contribute to horizon scanning, synthesis, analysis and impact assessment. After a 20-year career in policymaking and crisis management, she earned a Master’s degree and PhD at the Open University.
Spores
We draw on our networks to combine different perspectives, types of knowledge and cultural lenses. Entangling our clients with diverse groups of people to explore and tackle complex issues is intrinsic to our operating model. Some of the people we have worked most closely with include:
Dr Charles Ebikeme | Researcher and writer.
Global health and program evaluation
Dr Gary Kass | Sustainability scientist.
Foresight and knowledge in science and nature
Dr. Jordi Serra del Pino | Futures & foresight consultant and educator.
Strategy for public administrations, the financial, energy and transportation sectors.
Dr. Judy Payne | Knowledge management specialist and standards developer
Knowledge management, collaborative working and learning.
Services & Capabilities
We offer a range of change activation services and capabilities that can be connected, combined, and embedded to best meet your ambitions and resource limitations. These include:
Foresight
Horizon Scanning and research into emergent changes.
Foresight enabled strategy sprints for resiliency and disruption.
Foresight fluency programs for individuals, teams and organisations.
Facilitation
Enhancing collaboration and facilitating small to mass-scale participatory projects.
Story & Narrative
Development of narratives and communication pathways to create coalitions around change.
Embedding of our proprietary Narrative for a Change and Story Habit frameworks into organisations seeking to evolve their story gathering, shaping and sharing capacities.
Coaching
Coaching of individuals, teams and leaders enhance resilience, navigate change confidently, and thrive through uncertainty.
Assessment
Retrospectives, lessons learned evaluations, governance reviews, knowledge management and cultural audits to help establish workplaces that are based on a shared reality.
Creative Assets
Creation of assets, artefacts, experiences and campaigns that enhance engagement, create buy-in for change, and prompt action.
