Organizational Culture
Humans are social mammals. We evolved to work together in groups, depending on one another to survive and thrive. From local to global scales, the need has never been greater for healthy, effective institutions. This challenge is our core passion.
Leadership & Strategy
Sociology, ecology, and business agree. It’s all about relationships.
Build a shared vision. Cross boundaries. Empower teams. Understand stakeholders and clients. Practice emotional intelligence. Work through conflict. Make complex decisions. Respond to change.
NatureWerks helps organizations understand and improve core relationships, hone their competitive niche, and adapt in a rapidly changing world.
Culture, Engagement, Satisfaction
Build vision. Bridge boundaries. Be more human.
The effectiveness of the team lead is the strongest factor in determining employees’ level of engagement.
We help organizations transform managers into multilevel leader-coaches who work across boundaries and grow great teams.
Mindfulness in the Workplace
Mindfulness improves: creativity, clarity, focus, productivity, stress management, job satisfaction, and work-life balance.
NatureWerks’ unique approach to mindfulness prioritizes sensory experience, moving our bodies, and interacting with one another and the world around us.
We build programs that fit organizations’ needs, balancing resources for teams and individuals as well as opportunities for practice, discussion, and instruction.
Bring Nature to Work
Work better together in environments that support human nature.
Humans evolved to move, use our senses to scan our surroundings, and constantly adjust to cues from other people and the world around us. Regular sensory experiences with nature and community improve mental and emotional health, creativity, cognition, focus, and productivity.
NatureWerks builds on the emerging science and practice of workplace environment, teamwork, posture, screen time, and work-life balance. We offer evidence-based resources to make your workday more natural, connected, and productive.
Social & Environmental Contracts
Protecting the most vulnerable while working towards well-being for all.
In an interconnected world, smart organizations work to expand the neighbor concept and steward the complex ripple effects of their actions.
We help groups consider whole impacts of decisions and develop innovative ways to understand and leverage outcomes across scales. This work includes implementing and responding to stakeholders’ input, incentives, regulations, lifecycle assessment, and market-driven solutions for public and private sectors.
One of the best decisions I made while leading an organization through a major cultural transition and shift in strategic direction was to hire NatureWerks to support this change. They brought an expertise that was lacking internally, came equipped with their knowledge and network, and supported a long-range strategic plan. Anna and Ryan are two of the most mission-driven, imaginative, and collaborative people with which I have worked.
Claire Wilson
Former Executive Director, The Loppet Foundation
Project & Program Portfolio
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Chasing Bird Migration Through Time
The ghost of a Great Lakes ore ship captain helps protect a natural phenomenon under threat.
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Programs & Retreats
Empowering individuals and teams to grow resources, reframe challenges, and realize change.
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Environmental Justice Through Story
Amplifying community voices to create connections between city and green space.
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Workplace Culture at Yellowstone
Integrating lessons from the park’s ecology and the science of business management.
