Work that stays alive
Building leaders and systems that don’t crush the people inside them
The Generative Commons is a cultural, consulting, and coaching practice devoted to helping people, teams, and movements regenerate what modern work often depletes — clarity, agency, joy, and shared capacity.
WHAT We Do
Through leadership and life coaching, facilitation, organizational design, and creative projects, we create spaces where seriousness and play coexist, responsibility doesn’t require self-abandonment, and meaningful work can be sustained for the long haul.
WHO We Support
We help people who want to stay engaged with their work without losing themselves to it.
Organizations like nonprofits, social good & civic ventures, campaigns, & governments.
Individuals like execs, directors, public servants, & public interest practitioners.
Groups like boards, political committees, & organizational teams & departments.
WHY “The Generative Commons”?
A commons is a space we tend together — shared, durable, and alive.
Generative means life-giving, creating capacity rather than draining it.
The Generative Commons exists to help leaders and organizations sustain what matters, in themselves and in their work.