Most of my early professional work was ethnographic, having received doctoral training in anthropology. I later began crafting stories with materials, sounds and light to express what is beyond language. I still work in relationship with people but mostly, nowadays, with plants and soils whose lessons are far worthier of our attention.

new directions FOR A LEGACY BRAND

With Axen Research, I facilitated “New Directions” charrettes in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area for the brand heads and R&D department of the legacy US company, General Mills. Our work brought health-impacted individuals and customers to their headquarters, helping the company's product developers strategically engage America's obesity and diabetes epidemics.