PURPOSE. PEOPLE. PROCESS.
WE ARE HUMAN SCALE BUSINESS
We help groups think before they meet.
Most meetings gather people before they’ve had time to reflect. By the time the conversation starts, thinking has often collapsed into positions. We design preparation that makes conversation worth having. That way, shared time is spent on meaning rather than catching up.
REFLECT & ENGAGE
Reflect & Engage is a facilitation architecture.
It turns individual reflection into contextualized collective insight before people gather. Reflect & Engage uses AI to prepare thinking, not to answer, decide, or optimize. It’s not a chatbot, a survey, a dashboard, or a decision engine.
When This Helps
Reflect & Engage is useful when the work is about meaning, interpretation, and judgment—not speed:
- The stakes are high, but thinking is uneven
- People arrive with different assumptions and language
- Meetings feel productive, but little actually changes
When This Doesn't
Reflect & Engage is not a fit when reflection slows things down unnecessarily:
- You need a quick decision
- Authority and criteria are already clear
- Speed matters more than shared understanding
HOW WE WORK
We treat preparation as a craft, not an implementation.
We don’t sell templates, prompts, or turnkey systems. Our work supports organization leaders, consultants, and facilitators who want to:
- Ask better questions before the conversation begins
- Use AI without surrendering judgment
- Spend live time on addressing critical tensions
ABOUT US
We design facilitation and preparation practices that make human conversation matter.
Because technology changes, we focus on:
- Question quality
- Interpretive clarity
- Responsible use of automation
Laura Black
CO-FOUNDER
Facilitator of reflective conversation
Dave Bayless
CO-FOUNDER
Architect of reflective systems
A SIMPLE CHECK
If this resonates with how you think about preparation and facilitation, we should talk.
If you’re looking for scripts, templates, or ready-made AI solutions, this probably isn’t for you.