ADAPTIVE EDGE

Partnering for Transformative Change

In a rapidly changing world, the ability to adapt, communicate, and come together matters more than ever. Adaptive Edge helps individuals, organizations, and communities develop the skills, practices, and resilience needed to navigate complexity with wisdom and compassion. Through experiential learning tailored to your unique challenges and context, we create spaces where people can build the adaptive capacity to meet whatever challenges—and opportunities—lie ahead.

How We Work

Games and Activities
Facilitated Dialogue
Role Plays and Simulations
Embodied Practice
Reflection and Integration

Who We Serve

Non Profit Organizations
Businesses
Government Agencies
Community Organizations
Intentional Communities

Workshops and Trainings

Why Choose Adaptive Edge

We bring people together to build stronger, more compassionate organizations and communities—through experiential learning, meaningful dialogue, and embodied practice.

We Customize Everything

There are no cookie-cutter workshops at Adaptive Edge. Every engagement begins with listening—understanding your unique culture, challenges, and goals. We design experiences specifically for you, not generic training packages that force you to fit a predetermined mold.

We Teach Methods, Not Just Content

When we leave, you don't just have new information—you have new capacities. We teach facilitation approaches, communication frameworks, and collaborative processes you can use again and again. You become more capable of solving future problems, not just the current ones.

Learning That Actually Sticks

Our experiential methodology is grounded in decades of research on how adults actually learn, how the nervous system works, and what creates lasting behavioral change. With 75% retention rates (vs. 5% from traditional lectures), our approach doesn't just feel good in the moment—it transforms how you work.

We Bring People Together

In a world that often feels divided, we're experts at creating spaces where diverse perspectives can come together productively. Whether it's bridging gaps between staff and management, navigating organizational conflict, or building trust across differences, we help groups discover their collective wisdom.

We Practice What We Preach

Every workshop embodies the principles we teach—trauma-informed care, psychological safety, harm reduction, and genuine human connection. We don't just tell you to create safe yet brave spaces; we model what that actually looks like.

We've Been Where You Are

Our team brings over a decade of combined frontline experience in homeless and housing services, mental health, and some of the most complex, high-stakes work imaginable. We don't just study organizational challenges from the outside—we've lived experience, combined with academic backgrounds as well as deep training in facilitation, trauma-informed practice, and systems thinking, means we understand both the theory and the reality of your work.

The result?

Organizations that are more effective, Communities that are more connected, and people who are more resilient.

Meet the Co-Founders

Plaedo

Adaptive Edge Co-Founder