About Us
Founded by Nalani Linder and Lucy Garrick in 2009, Thinking Nature supports research, learning and the facilitation of effectiveness in understanding complex problems involving individuals, groups, organizations and community.
Nalani Linder is a consultant, facilitator and coach for change agents. She worked for 10 years at a statewide child welfare system reform effort before starting her own business in 2005. Since then, she has consulted with dozens of nonprofits, government and community organizations to help them better understand the complex issues of their work.
Nalani co-facilitates New Habits of Mind for New Solutions, a quarterly public workshop held in the Puget Sound region of Washington State and is currently co-designing professional development opportunities for Washington’s K-12 educators so that they can better understand and teach about our complex world to its future leaders. Nalani has a MA in Whole System Design from Antioch University – Seattle and a BA in Interdisciplinary Arts & sciences and Certificate in Nonprofit Management fro the University of Washington – Tacoma. Nalani Linder Vitae
Lucy Garrick is co-founder of Thinking Nature. She has over 30 years experience in management and organizational consulting, serving a diversity of industries. In addtion to Thinking Nature, she has owned a private consulting practice, NorthShore Group since 2001 which supports nonprofits, businesses and community groups in strategic planning, leadership development, collaboration and the use of technology. She also teaches as adjunct faculty at Bellevue College and is a partner in Sound ConneXions, a consultancy which support cross-sector collaborations in social innovation.
Lucy provides pro bono services to the nonprofit community in her role as the director of consultant education for the Executive Service Corps of Washington State. She holds a graduate degree from Antioch University Seattle in Leading Systemic Change and a BS in Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco. Lucy Garrick Vitae
May 16, 2010 at 4:51 am |
I am very excited about your research! I am in the process of formulating a topic for my dissertation in education. I know I want it to focus on implementation of learning organization, via the foundation of systems thinking in K-12 schools to promote student achievement and narrow the academic gap.
Although my background is primarily corporate management in both information systems and marketing, at present, I am a secondary school special education teacher who yearns to really make a difference and sees so many implications of systems thinking for students. However, I am equally excited about the role of systems thing in all aspects of life.
Thank you!
Karen Speier
May 18, 2010 at 10:35 am |
Thanks Karen. You background is similar to mine, minus the secondary school ed. Lucy Garrick