decolonized strategic planning
Co-creating values-driven strategy through Indigenous worldviews and two-eyed seeing.
Decolonized Strategic Planning is a co-created, values-driven process that aligns purpose, governance, people, planet, operations, and revenue in ways that honour Indigenous knowledge systems, redistribute power, and prioritize long-term collective well-being over short-term profit.
Many organizations speak about Reconciliation, ESG, DEI, or well-being—yet continue to operate using colonial business logic. This offering closes the gap between intention and action by supporting organizations to plan differently: relationally, responsibly, and with long-term collective well-being at the centre.
who this is for:
This offering is designed for organizations that want to do business in a good way, including:
Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations
Public sector, non-profit, and for-profit organizations
Leadership teams committed to Reconciliation beyond performative action
Organizations seeking to align people, planet, purpose, and profit
Teams wanting to embed social impact, accountability, and care into how strategy is designed and lived
This process creates a process and a plan for those who want maximum social impact.
this process supports organizations to:
Align strategy with core values, purpose, and long-term social impact
Move from reactive, fear-based decision-making to responsive, grounded leadership
Embed Reconciliation, equity, and relational accountability into organizational design
Strengthen trust and cohesion across leadership, teams, and community relationships
Integrate Indigenous ways of knowing alongside Western strategic frameworks
Create a living strategy that people understand, believe in, and can act on
The result is a strategic plan that is not only actionable, but relational, regenerative, and resilient.
Our Process
This process is relational, participatory, and deeply collaborative. It brings people together in facilitated spaces that honour protocol and centre dialogue, storytelling, and collective reflection—ensuring multiple voices and perspectives shape the strategy.
Participants experience a balance of structured planning and spacious inquiry, supported by trauma-aware facilitation and nervous-system-conscious pacing. The work is grounded, respectful, and human, creating conditions for honest conversation, shared ownership, and meaningful alignment.
Each Decolonized Strategic Planning engagement typically includes:
Exploratory and alignment conversations with leadership
A facilitated kickoff session introducing the R.I.Z.E. framework and outlining shared outcomes
Research and insight gathering using Indigenous and Western frameworks and methods
Engagement with team members, leadership, and community members
One- to three-day facilitated strategic planning sessions using Human-Centered Design
A synthesized strategic plan and written report
Review, refinement, and final delivery
Each engagement is customized based on organizational context, capacity, and relationships.
Our approach is grounded in Indigenous worldviews, two-eyed seeing—a term coined by Mi’kmaq Elder Albert Marshall—and relational accountability. We honour Indigenous knowledge, protocol, and reciprocity—particularly when engaging with Indigenous communities—while integrating Western tools in ways that serve rather than override collective well-being.
This work is guided by our R.I.Z.E. framework: Respond, Ishkatawew (ascend), Zaagi’idiwin (love), and Embody—ensuring strategy is alive and breathing, not simply captured on a document.
If your organization is ready to plan in a way that aligns values with action—and centres people, community, and long-term impact—we invite you to connect with us. Request a conversation to explore whether Decolonized Strategic Planning is the right fit for your organization.