ARISE · Stage 1 of 5
Arrive
Welcome people into the room.
Begin with orientation, warmth, and voluntary connection. Give people time to put down the pace of the day, understand why they are here, and notice who is in the room.
Teams & Organizations
Strengthen what makes your team human.
I partner with leaders and teams to design programs that help people meet the moment. From workforce adaptation and leadership development to employee experience and team effectiveness, I turn complex organizational challenges into practical learning experiences and lasting capabilities.
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A team is more than its roles
What is this moment asking of your people?
AI adoption, organizational change, rapid growth, and shifting expectations ask people to learn and work differently, often before the path is clear.
I begin by understanding the organizational challenge, the people navigating it, and the capabilities they need to develop. From there, I design structured programs and facilitated experiences that connect understanding with practice, helping new behaviors take hold beyond the room.
📍 San Francisco Bay Area. Virtual options available.
The human side of AI and organizational change
Technology can change overnight. Human behavior takes longer.
As AI reshapes how we work, teams need more than new tools. They need the ability to learn continuously, navigate uncertainty, rethink familiar workflows, and practice new ways of working together.
I help organizations create the conditions for that adaptation through human-centered learning, change enablement, and facilitated experiences that connect understanding with action.
Maryam Zand
VP Partner Ecosystems · Equinix
The workshop was heartfelt, engaging, fun, and full of valuable insights and learning. … I highly recommend Jeremy to any leader looking to cultivate connection, well-being, and resilience in their team.
ARISE
A five-stage sequence from welcome to workplace application.
Erick Betancourt
Sr. Director, Program Management · Salesforce
Jeremy masterfully designed a 12-session program on mindset strategies and stress reduction. Our team didn’t like the “woo-woo” side of mindfulness work, but even the most doubtful participants came away raving about the positive impact. I would instantly hire Jeremy again.
Ways to work together
Start with the challenge. Build what the moment requires.
Learning & Change Programs
Learning journeys, capability-building programs, and enablement resources designed to support new skills, behaviors, and ways of working. From focused training experiences to multi-session programs, each engagement is shaped around the capabilities your people need to develop.
Team Effectiveness & Employee Experience
Strategic workshops and offsites that strengthen trust, collaboration, resilience, and shared direction during organizational change, growth, or disruption. Available as half-day, full-day, or two-day experiences, virtually or in person.
Sustained Development & Reinforcement
Multi-session programs that combine learning, practice, reflection, and reinforcement to help new capabilities become part of how teams work. A typical engagement may include six to eight sessions over a quarter, with the sequence tailored to your team's needs.
Selected Work & Impact
Learners across 8 countries
Built certification pathways and scalable delivery systems supporting more than 400 learners and 30 instructors across eight countries.
Voluntary participation
Sustained engagement across a 12-session employee experience and resilience program for a 100-person Salesforce organization.
Shorter onboarding ramp
Reduced instructor time-to-productivity from three weeks to two through standardized onboarding and enablement.
Digital learning modules
Translated expert knowledge into a scalable digital training course, instructor manual, and certification pathway.
AJ Goldstein
Founder and CEO · Titan
Jeremy's ability to combine empathy and insight with clear, structured guidance allows him to create learning experiences that truly deliver results.
Sample engagements
Different moments call for different rooms.
These are not templates. Each shows how a real business moment becomes a tailored experience: begin with the catalyst, define what participants need, then build the flow backward.
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Team offsite
Reconnecting a team through disruption
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The design brief
A VP-led organization was navigating AI-driven change, a reorganization, layoffs, and strained morale. Renew common ground, offer practical tools for stressful moments, and create a shared language for meeting challenge with more curiosity and less defensiveness.
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Experience flow
- RecognitionShared experiences and paired reflection reveal common ground.
- Stress educationPractical teaching on stress management and the nervous system creates a shared understanding of pressure.
- Leadership choiceA simple lens makes openness, defensiveness, and shifting visible.
- Collaborative challengeA playful group challenge puts flexibility, collaboration, and iteration into practice.
- IntegrationPersonal stories surface themes of growth, support, and momentum.
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Designed to carry forward
An arc from recognition to practical rehearsal to collective meaning-making—not simply a motivational afternoon.
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Founder cohort workshop
Clear thinking and trust under pressure
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The design brief
A cohort of co-founders was entering an intensive build sprint filled with pitches, difficult decisions, and uncertainty. They needed personal tools for staying resourceful and a cohort culture where honest stakes could be spoken.
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Experience flow
- Read the signalFounders identify how flow, reactivity, and shutdown show up.
- Reset the stateBreath, body awareness, and movement create a route back to presence.
- Build cohort trustStructured commonality makes the sprint feel less solitary.
- Make ambition concreteA future front page turns aspiration into a specific vision.
- Face the real obstacleMental contrasting converts an internal pattern into an if-then plan.
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Designed to carry forward
A workshop designed to connect embodied capacity with entrepreneurial execution: regulate, envision, anticipate, and commit.
How an engagement takes shape
From organizational challenge to lasting behavior change.
Discover & Align
Understand the organizational context, stakeholder needs, current barriers, and desired outcomes. Identify what people need to learn or do differently, and align the engagement around meaningful measures of progress.
Architect & Build
Translate those insights into a practical program, learning journey, or facilitated experience. Create the structure, content, and resources needed to move from a strategic goal to something people can actually use.
Activate & Facilitate
Bring the program to life through engaging, participatory experiences that create space for people to explore, practice, reflect, and apply new capabilities.
Measure & Embed
Gather feedback and evidence of what is working, refine the approach, and reinforce learning over time. Where appropriate, equip internal leaders and facilitators to carry the work forward.
Dr. Joel French, Ph.D
Director, Human Performance Lab
I've managed teams for 30 years and Jeremy is at the top of my list with his passion, knowledge, organization, and communication skills. He is equally at home with product managers, engineers, and founders.
Begin a conversation
What is this moment asking of your people?
A 30-minute discovery call to talk about your team, what’s changing, and the format that might fit.