Design is a human-centered approach to solve problems.
Transforming the way leaders and teams learn and work together to impact nature and people
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What is Design?
What is a Pathway?
A pathway is an iterative roadmap to achieve a specific result.
Our Why
Our purpose is to impact people and nature through the power of learning and design.
The nonprofit sector is navigating rapid changes, from a shifting funding landscape and layoffs to AI and new ways of working. Now is the time for leaders to invest in themselves and their teams; to learn, grow, and evolve.
However, leaders often work in high-intensity, low-resource, and remote environments. It can be difficult to commit the time, money, emotional bandwidth, and energy to their personal and professional development. They may feel that challenges they’re not trained to address are unique to them and that they must learn to live with them. But leaders have a choice: they can remain stuck in patterns that hold them and their teams back or design their way forward.
The stakes are too high for leaders to feel lonely and stressed, solve their challenges alone, or learn through trial and error. They need affordable, expert-led training, coaching, and support that creates change in their lives and work.
We believe design is critical for leaders because it...
- Helps us understand what shapes human behavior
- Strengthens teams to collaborate and get unstuck
- Unlocks new ways of thinking and doing to see faster results
What We Do
Our work leverages private sector expertise and real-world experience to help leaders and teams uncover gaps in their thinking and behavior, gain new insights, and achieve breakthroughs. We offer virtual and in-person learning programs to help organizations of any size, anywhere master skills in leadership, culture design, and behavior design.
FOR INDIVIDUALS / LEADERS
Transform Program
6-week cohort-based leadership program and coaching to build skills in well-being, time management, and more
Upskill Program
2-hour public or private leadership workshops to upskill in goal setting, storytelling, and stress management
FOR GROUPS / TEAMS
Culture Design Program
To survey your team, design your organizational culture, and improve your communications
Behavior Design Program
To apply Behavior Design models and methods and change environmentally harmful human behavior
Let's have a conversation to explore what's possible!
FOR GROUPS / TEAMS
Custom Leadership Program
To survey your team and gain skills such as decision-making and feedback in leadership workshops
Custom Gathering
To gather for a team retreat, meeting, conference session, or holiday party that aligns with your culture and needs
BJ Fogg, Ph.D.
Founder & Director, Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University
'Over the last 15 years, I've taught at Stanford University and trained industry innovators to use my methods in Behavior Design. I am delighted to see that my work will benefit the environment. I trained Design Pathways' founder Amy Clanin in my methods and I am a champion of this organization.'
Who We Are
Our team combines design, conservation, and leadership expertise. We are united by our shared passion to help leaders and teams transform the way they learn and work together.
Amy Clanin
Founder, Learning Design
E.J. McAdams
Advisor, Fundraising
Katie O'Malley
Advisor, Sales
Rhett Butler
Advisor, Conservation
Pradeep Suthram, MBA
Advisor, Leadership Coaching
Karen Poiani, Ph.D.
Advisor Emeritus, Conservation
Our Values
Design Pathways’ values serve as a compass for everything we do and reflect what matters to us.
OPTIMISM
Face challenges with hopefulness and confidence about the future
COLLABORATION
Work together and support each other as an open and caring team
CREATIVITY
Leverage our originality to design one-of-a-kind learning experiences
GROWTH
Empower each other to learn and bring out the best in ourselves to drive greater impact
CELEBRATION
Recognize and celebrate our wins and failures as our teacher
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Our Story
We help leaders and teams transform the way they learn and work together to impact nature and people.
Let's Work Together
We customize our high-impact learning programs to meet your needs and set you up for success.
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Your generosity will strengthen organizations fighting social injustice, climate change, and biodiversity loss.