| Founder & CEO, Co.school.
Kevan is a writer / strategist / public speaker / facilitator / general creative-entrepreneurial-consultant-person, who also writes songs, raises chickens, and helps parent four kiddos alongside his partner Kendra. Kevan founded Co.school with the hope of helping people work together, through conflict, towards peace.
Kevan's background is in communications and technology, where he has helped lead large digital transformation projects, as well as creative experiments. At the heart of Kevan's work is a strong sense that when people can contribute their authentic self and story, we become healthier and more whole.
In Kevan's toolbox:
- Technology leadership: Helping organizations adapt to digital opportunities for 20+ years
- Creative engagement: From writing, to music, to video production, to digital prototyping, Kevan is a hands-on creator who can move from "idea" to "done" in short bursts.
- Systems thinking leadership: Training with Barry Oshry’s Power+Systems group, including Organization Workshop and When Cultures Meet
- Human-centered design processes: Twelve years of experience leading projects, strategy and facilitation at a design agency; training with THNK School of Creative Leadership
- Art of Hosting participatory design processes: Cynefin complex systems framework, circle Practice, Open Space, World Cafe, Pro-Action Cafe
- Project leadership skills: Project management diploma from Simon Fraser University
Kevan’s creative & community contributions:
- Author of Co.school’s online guides (Living Systems Thinking, Whole-hearted Co-creation, Pocket Guide to Design Thinking), which teach interconnected pathways to innovation.
- Former board member with New Hope Community Services Society in Vancouver, a refugee resettlement organization.
Find more at kevangilbert.com
