About Us
We do this because healthier people are happier and more engaged with their families, schools, employers and communities (and because healthier people need less from the high cost medical system).
Our Services
Organization and Community Assessments
An expert assessment of your challenge, assets, and opportunities including an informed proposal on how to drive measurable improvement.
Complex Program Management
This is our sweet spot. Something new needs to happen, there are lots of stakeholders, but it's nobody's 'job' to make it happen. Make it our job. Development, measurement, facilitation, and implementation of complex programs / projects. (Psst: we can also help you find funding for it)
Strategic Plan Development
We will work with your board, team, and stakeholders to understand the lay of the land and put all of the pieces together to guide the work and ensure buy-in from all stakeholders. We draw from methodologies like the Balanced Scorecard / Strategy Mapping and Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships
Facilitation
Whether it's an hour, a day or a series, we love facilitating group conversations - especially those that wrestle with gnarly issues. Our training draws from methods like the Institute of Cultural Affairs Technology of Participation, Facilitative Leadership, and Interest-Based Problem Solving.
Why Us
Your criticism of consulting practices is that they charge a lot for deliverables that are frequently unsustainable. We create solutions that achieve meaningful results and we leave behind trained leaders to maintain the new systems and culture.
Results
We have a long history of achieving measurable results on complex problems.Optimism
We talk about what works rather than what doesn't. We find solutions rather than problems.Flexibility
We have the flexibility to bring in partners with specific skill sets to meet our customers unique project needs.Sustainability
We believe you will be most successful when you can do the work confidently without our assistance.Our Founder
Katie McClure
You know those things that happen in your life that make you forever view the world differently? Well, one of those things for me occurred early on in my healthcare career when I received a lot of training in "process improvement". This ruined me... I now 'peel the onion' wherever I look and have found that the root cause of a problem/challenge is usually far out of reach of whomever is 'in charge'. I realized that truly improving the health of Americans was not going to happen within the current healthcare industry model and certainly not with the current insurance model.
Realizing I wasn't alone in this thinking, I began to work with visionaries, storytellers, and amazing humans from many industries, communities, and tribes around the world drawing from neuroscience, social science, and indigenous knowledge. I realized that we've way overcomplicated most of our solutions. Creating conditions that make it easier for people to thrive is much easier than we think... in most cases, we just need to open our eyes to what really matters to people and then get out of the way. But when we are trained to do things one way or we only have authority / responsibility over one piece of the puzzle, it's hard to see where we've over-engineered something.
I love working with people who can see the potential beyond their bottom line, beyond their market value, beyond finding a way to match a funding opportunity.... people who are humble and eager to learn from other industries and cultures and politics to create good in the world.
In my free time, I enjoy the mountains in Southwest Colorado with my husband Craig and our two kids.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiehmcclure/
Testimonials
She is… driven to achieve results but she manages to push so that you feel good about going a little faster and so that you know you have her help if you need it.
… she turned a floundering team into one of the most effective teams in the region. She did so by leveraging their individual talents effectively and doing this in a way that was empowering for everyone involved.
Thanks for being the best manager in 30+ years!
We need more courageous and committed leaders like you.
Katie is an agent of change. When budgeting for a project that required a cheaper and more effective approach, most of her colleagues wanted her to simply ask for more money; she pushed the issue and made the case for doing things differently. When the project was complete, we both spent less money and had a new, more successful methodology.
Katie is a value driven, visionary leader, who connects everything she does to improving the health of our members and community… she has strong process skills and always moves to a win-win solution when a roadblock presents… she is a tremendous mentor and team builder for her staff and provides ongoing focus on their development.
Katie is an extremely quick study. She is able to grasp complex concepts, learn processes and content from numerous fields, understand each individual’s perspectives in their own contexts. She did her “homework” and immersed herself in the literature, information, latest innovations and efforts consolidating this info into digestible chunks.
Katie is a mission driven and genuine leader committed to improving the health of all Oregonians. She is an absolute pleasure to work for and makes everyone around her want to work hard for the organization, and more importantly, the mission.
She is an individual with an amazing future as a leader and reformer. I would recommend her without reservation.
Contact Us
Let us know how we can help you and your business.