The future of teamwork is curious.
High-performing teams are tired of performing.
Teams are the productive engine of society today.
Teams can also be the engines of frustration, exhaustion, and disappointment.
24% of workers report feeling curious on a regular basis
Gino, Francesca, "The Business Case for Curiosity," Harvard Business Review, Sep.-Oct. 2018
70% face barriers to asking more questions at work
Data from a 2018 survey by HBR of 3,000 employees from a wide range of industries
Surfacing one’s curiosity can result in powerful insight.
Join our expert facilitators in a free, guided reflection on team effectiveness.
"The data is in. The Great Resignation is real and it’s happening…If you want to stem the rate of turnover in your organization or team, you must look inside yourself and decide what is possible.”
— Debbie Cohen and Kate Roeske-Zummer, “With So Many People Quitting, Don’t Overlook Those Who Stay,” Harvard Business Review, Oct. 2021
What happens on curious teams?
People leave meetings feeling energized.
Teammates speak openly and directly, and still like each other.
Teams make effective decisions together.
Colleagues feel deeply bonded, even if they've never met in person.
Now we’re curious about you…
Do you dread team meetings?
Do you feel supported by your teammates?
Does your team avoid difficult conversations?
Do your teammates trust one another?
If your answers revealed some current or longstanding challenges at work, here’s how we can help.
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Executive Coaching
One-on-one coaching sessions that are carefully tailored to hone a leader’s capacity for vulnerability, curiosity, and growth.
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Group Workshops
Workshops that inspire contemplation, bonding, and support. Teams emerge curious, courageous, and transformed.
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Team Facilitation
Guided meetings for stuck teams in sticky situations that surface the truth and create new, more curious paths forward.
Curious teams can be cultivated.
We know that forward-thinking organizations like you—set on making an impact—already use curiosity to create the products and services people truly need.
But what if you turned curiosity inward?
"Curiosity causes groups to work together more effectively… and achieve better results."
"When we are curious, we view tough situations more creatively…"
— Francesca Gino, “The Business Case for Curiosity”
"The mechanics of curiosity are simple: you ask the questions you don’t already know the answers to."
— Roger M. Schwarz, Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams
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Jacob Dominicus, Executive & Team Coach
Jacob helps individuals and teams improve performance, deepen relationships, make better decisions, and actualize greater potential.
He is a meditation teacher, coach, facilitator, and group dynamics specialist. A lifelong interest in the mechanics of actualizing human potential has led him to not only study and teach meditation around the world, but also to explore the application of “technologies of self” to games, storytelling, group dynamics, and organizational behavior.
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Brenda Litzinger, Career & Entrepreneur Coach
Brenda is driven to understand what moves the people around her.
She believes listening is the key to collaboration and when it comes to challenges, two heads are better than one. As a personal and professional coach, she trusts in the power of her client's inner wisdom—using an approach that builds the bridge between rumination and action. She’s organized workshops for businesses looking to reimagine how they design, operate, and serve.
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Ken Macher, Executive & Team Consultant
Ken masterfully coaches executives and teams to activate their full capacity for evolved leadership.
For 30+ years Ken has consulted for organizations of all kinds and sizes—from well-known titans of industry to small, scrappy start-ups. Ken has run large, complex culture change initiatives and work design projects; guided strategic planning; and done a great deal of executive team building. He’s also served on the faculty of corporate leadership development colleges.
Feedback from our clients…
“Jacob helps teams have critical conversations.”
"He brings a level of mastery and finesse rarely seen in your average team-building exercises. If you suspect that your team is not operating at full potential—whether it’s due to lack of trust, capability gaps, or ineffective communication—Jacob can break through the fog and create forward-moving momentum."
– Sharon, Founder of Guild of Future Architects
“Jacob keeps the compass pointing north.”
“He is the type of thought partner and facilitator that supports everyone at the table.”
– Sirr, Product Manager at Abobe
“Jacob created the container for our team to connect on a deeper level.”
“Our team left the workshop with new language and tools to support us in connecting and collaborating with a dispersed team over Zoom.”
– Jenny, Design Manager at Amplitude
“Brenda's superpower is uncovering the truth.”
“She has endless curiosity, empathy, and patience. She helps you discover things about your business that would have taken years to access yourself."
– Anna, Product Architect at Amplitude
“Brenda enabled me to grow as a leader.”
“She is incredibly perceptive and able to connect the dots when you cannot.”
– Scott, Product Design Lead at Squarespace
“Brenda’s openness and curiosity helped me approach work in a new light.”
"She has a truly unique ability to ask the right questions, reframe challenges, and help navigate ambiguity in a way that feels organic and rooted in creative problem-solving.”
