Small groups are the agents of social transformation
My name is Michael James and I am passionate about helping local communities and mission-driven organizations share power, build capacity, and ride the waves of change.
I am a facilitator and trainer helping teams self-govern with equity and effectiveness.
As a consultant, I leverage sociocracy, consent decision-making, and innovation methods to develop a culture of safety, intentionality, and experimentation.
Small groups are the agents of social transformation
My name is Michael James and I am passionate about helping local communities and mission-driven organizations share power, build capacity, and ride the waves of change.
I am a facilitator and trainer helping teams self-govern with equity and effectiveness.
As a consultant, I leverage sociocracy, consent decision-making, and innovation methods to develop a culture of safety, intentionality, and experimentation.
Additional Projects
A More Sustainable Existence: designing and implementing strategy and interventions to improve mental health and wellness at CMU with a focus on service design, cultural intervention, and campus-as-ecosystem.
Reducing HIV Transmission in the US within 10 Years: a design strategy, futuring, and social entrepreneurship process which led to a proposal for a social venture which would co-package and work to subsidize condoms and home tests.
Design for San Diego: I worked on the leadership team for 2017’s inaugural Civic Design Challenge for the City of San Diego.
Memothy: a speculative critical design project about a future in which building empathy is incentivized by the government.