Rain Crow Consulting
“Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-kow-kowp-kowp-kowp…”
The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a storied bird. Legend has it that the deep, guttural calls of the “rain crow” – heard during hot summer weather – signal, if not summon, the arrival of stormy weather—storms that bring life-giving rain. The crops are saved. People rejoice—give thanks.
The rain crow is a messenger between worlds, a harbinger of change, an embodiment of resilience and reciprocity. The rain crow is voices raised to narrate hardship and the generative potential therein.
Rain Crow Consulting helps organizations find their voice and tell their stories—relationally, respectfully, restoratively—in service of life-honoring systems. We help organizations explore and examine their storied roots, fostering wisdom and transformation. We enable organizations to rewrite, re-narrate, and realign their stories, turning the page to a new chapter, with a new verse—a message urgently needed by the people of a parched world.
Services
Storytelling
Your story needs to be told. It needs to be heard. It needs to have a positive impact. Let’s craft and disseminate your story—through the scientific literature, popular press, policy guidance, media, and the arts.
Stagecraft
Bring transformative story to and through your organization—whether it’s a keynote address or a group retreat. I’ll step into the light and take the mic in service of your mission.
Workshop Facilitation
Let’s collectively explore the story of your brand, your mission, your strategic plan, your organizational structure, and your outputs. What is the story you are telling as an organization? Who is narrating the story? Is it the story you want to be telling? Is it the best choice of narrator? Is there another story, another voice emerging?
Training
Learn how to invoke and attune to stories. Learn how to listen to stories embedded in words and without words. Learn how to create the stories told within and by your organization.
Conflict Transformation
There’s more than one side to every story—reflecting multiple timeframes, viewpoints, and narrators. Let’s explore the storied root of organizational conflict. What is being said between the lines, at the edges of the page?
Image: Anthony Martin