do you walk, climb or fly?

Founder Leigh Durst’s book, Walk, Climb or Fly: Surviving and Thriving in the Workplace Wilderness offers fresh, visual, methodology for understanding how people are wired for work. Discover the three operational styles that dominate every workplace and whether you Walk, Climb or Fly!  Learn how to leverage Style Recognition to better understand others, improve relationships, radically improve collaboration and productivity, carve out your niche and create a more satisfying, gratifying professional existence.  You’ll learn how to work adaptively, manage your “Pros” and “Pitfalls,” motivate and build trust with others, and drive better outcomes. Informed by two decades of research and experience advising leading global organizations, this book is the perfect companion for any people manager or professional who wants to get unstuck, grow, and/or better navigate complex workplace dynamics!

sxsw storytelling

For over a decade we’ve organized remarkable keynotes, sessions, meetups, parties and activations at the annual SXSW Festival in Austin Texas, showcasing brands like IEEE, Adobe, Cisco, FIRST®, Two Bit Circus and others. From biomechatronic men to AI virtual physicians, dogs with wearables, to cricket protein, and neural implants and immersive mixed-reality murals.  We even had the press swim with virtual dolphins in the Hilton pool!

As the curator and organizer of the IEEE Tech for Humanity Series, we established a content curation relationship between SXSW for our client, the IEEE.   Over eight years, we produced 85+ sessions, showcasing 160+ world-changing innovators, tech titans, artists, pioneers, makers, and inventors – including many first-time SXSW speakers, including Internet Founding Father, Vint Cerf; the father of gaming, Nolan Bushnell, ; Inventor and Philanthropist, Dean Kamen; Inventor of the world wide web, and Founder of W3C and Solid, Sir Tim Berners- Lee; Discovery Channel’s “Mythbusters,” and “Savage Builds” Host, Adam Savage.

We have connected the SXSW community with amazing causes, like our own  SXSWCares – SXSW4Japan grassroots fundraiser, featured in the .Org foundation documentary, “Digital Citizen: Social Good in a Digital Age” and have showcased worthy non-profits, like FIRST®,the People-Centered Internet, Dell’s Network for Women Entrepreneurs, the OpenStand movement, and IEEE Women in Engineering.

amazing clients & meaningful work

As a mission-minded, highly relational consultancy, we select our clients with care and measure our success against client results and a 100% referral rate.  We look for organizations with a vision, mission and values we can stand behind, as well as a posture and passion for employees, and a heartfelt desire to serve customers well within, and across channels.  This forges a bond that results in client relationships that typically last for years.

Our projects range from the provision of fractional executive support to working in a senior advisory capacity, and leading client projects and engagements. We engage in both in a client-direct and agency subcontract capacity, inspiring trust by going the extra mile to deliver beyond expectations.