Three legislative sessions could not produce an AI governance framework. Years of discussion could not move transit reform. A twenty-year criminal justice commission was sunsetting without a successor. These are the engagements that define the firm.
Wildfire Resiliency Code Board
Statewide Code Developed & Adopted
Colorado AI Governance Framework · Senate vote · after three failed sessions
RTD governance recommendations codified in legislation after years of gridlock
Most high-stakes processes fail not because the parties are unreasonable, but because they were put in the wrong order. The Collaborative Decision Making Process addresses that in five structured phases, and it applies equally to a Governor’s working group, a county strategic plan, and a leadership team that has stopped being honest with itself.
Individual pre-session conversations surface what each participant needs to engage authentically.
Shared definition of the problem before any proposals are introduced.
Information and data surfaced before any party stakes a position.
Full range of options explored before anyone commits to an outcome.
Actual text of agreements drafted together. This is why gridlocked rooms reach unanimous conclusions.
I’ve done one to two task forces a year for the last 18 years. Hands down, this is the best run one. State agencies should just be required to hire you all.
Working group member · State agency leader
Task force participant · civil rights engagement
Participant · public safety engagement
Senate vote · SB26-189 · AI Governance Framework
House vote · unanimous working group support
Five months of structured deliberation on transit governance reform. A failed supermajority became an 11–2 vote on the same question one week later.
31 recommendations codified in SB26-150
Roadmap for Action published · CDE ongoing implementation
Full-day board retreat and ongoing strategic planning roadmap for the state’s new clean transit enterprise, established under SB25-230.
Strategic roadmap in development · Active engagement
The real trust-building work happens before anyone enters the room. Pre-session 1:1 conversations are not preparation. They are the process.
More than half reported being physically injured by a student. The finding that contradicted every prior data source and reframed what action was required.
The full CDMP methodology. Why sequence produces outcomes that generic facilitation cannot. Download the paper.
State agency leaders, Governor’s offices, county governments, and organizations navigating problems that have resisted every standard approach reach out directly. The engagement starts with a conversation.
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