Discover the simple question that awakens empathy, creativity, & inclusion.
Watch the 2-minute video!
✅ Reveal hidden barriers that are missed in surveys and focus groups.
✅ Uncover honest insights from lived experiences.
✅ Strengthen trauma-informed and inclusive practices.
✅ Spark divergent thinking that helps you design programs, services, and resources that make an impact.
TRUSTED BY NONPROFITS, FACILITATORS, AND CHANGEMAKERS ACROSS SOCIAL SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHCARE
Professional Development
Spark new ways of thinking about how you serve your clients and community. Experience The Shoelace Question and Human-Centered Design through an engaging, interactive workshop. Available online or in person.
The Book
Go deeper and share with your team. Learn how to introduce The Shoelace Question with your own clients and families, to listen more effectively and co-design together.
Facilitation Training & Support
Hands-on training to help your leadership & staff confidently facilitate this method, with optional grant-writing support that enhances your organization’s ability to center lived experiences.
MEET YOUR GUIDE
“HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONALISM AND MULTI-FIELD EXPERTISE WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A SENSE OF FUN.”
Dr. Jackie Bee will lead your team on a journey of creativity, inclusivity, and co-design.
Jackie Bee, PhD, is a keynote speaker, human-centered design leader, and social entrepreneur who helps people and organizations reimagine the stories we tell ourselves, and how we listen to each other’s stories, through collaboration and creativity, so that we can grow, connect, and create change.
Dr. Bee will guide you through The Shoelace Question, an accessible starting point for your team to explore, share, and communicate new and innovative ideas. Her interactive programs incorporate actionable strategies that use creativity, divergent thinking, and playfulness to transform how you listen and co-create with your community.
With a research background from Princeton University and Vanderbilt University, she brings a playful spirit of growth mindset and human-centered innovation to nonprofits, community foundations, conferences, medical centers, and corporate clients through new approaches to connecting, listening, and making an impact.
GET READY TO INSPIRE YOUR TEAM AND YOUR COMMUNITY!
