getting you on the
right path is our passion
Meet JACK
I am a writer, focusing on human potentials—our unrealized capacities for creativity, connection, and meaning. I am the author of 39 books and a growing collection of professional publications, and I am a Senior Advisor to Third Floor Design.
Over the past 40 years, I have been giving leaders and groups in organizations and communities new language for new impacts. This has included work around the world with Fortune 500, non-profit, and government organizations, as well as urban, rural, and indigenous communities.
With an MA in Psychology from Goddard College, I have also taught in undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate programs, including John Carroll University, Kent State University, Harvard Business School, UC Berkeley, and Vanderbilt University.
I am the co-creator of the Pathway Conversations™ Framework with Jane Rogan, along with her woman-owned firm, Third Floor Design. With June Holley, I co-coined the term "network weaving" that has globally transformed community building.
I live in Historic Hudson, Ohio, and my personal interests include writing, cooking, gardening, hiking, and passion projects. For my growing collection of articles, visit SubstackJack.com. Visit my author page on Amazon for my books.
Meet JANE
Focusing on the community engagement work I enjoy so much, I launched my business after dedicating over 25 years to higher education where I worked in external engagement, curricular program design, and teaching.
Understanding the challenges faced by multi-disciplinary teams and community groups alike, I wanted to develop a simple and powerful system that would work easily for each. When I crossed paths with Jack, we were able to unite our experiences to build the Pathway Conversations™ framework that we have since tested and proven remarkably effective.
Jack leverages the power of a group’s new questions to forge realistic futures. I enjoy walking organizational and community teams through ideation and planning to discover new possibilities. We’re delighted to have the opportunity to work with and animate your team from the ground up.
The nature-inspired theme throughout the Third Floor Design website is deliberate. I grew up in the Northwest of England and started hiking when I was eleven. I still enjoy getting on the trails. I draw inspiration and comfort from the nature that surrounds our daily lives. Food, along with gardening and general fix-it tinkering are high on my list of ways to relax.
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CURIOSITY IN ACTION
Pathway Conversations™ frees groups to challenge assumptions and answer questions through action. Let’s spark the curiosity of your group.
collaboration
Engagement does not have to be top-down. Through Pathway Conversations™ groups learn to take action together and experience results quickly.
active engagement
Groups in endless debate and stuck projects can be engaged swiftly through Pathway Conversations™ to develop their own pathways to action.