We work side by side with organizations to navigate complex challenges, build equitable strategies, and empower leaders to share decision-making with the communities they serve.

Transformed people transform organizations.

The latest from TCDG

  • What We Do

    We help organizations and communities strengthen their capacity for authentic collaboration, shared decision-making, and equitable growth. Through strategic planning, organizational development, leadership training, and community engagement—offered in-person or virtually—we create spaces where marginalized voices are heard and valued. By guiding leaders to build trust, navigate complexity, and shape inclusive strategies, we foster more just and impactful outcomes across Vermont and beyond.

  • Our Values

    Building Community, working towards Justice, and making Progress. These values guide our work .

Community Engagement

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We help organizations bridge the gap between their mission and the communities they serve by connecting decision-makers with community voices, especially those traditionally marginalized. Through interactive and culturally appropriate processes, we empower communities to solve problems, plan for the future, and build trust.

Leadership Coaching + Development

We support the growth and development of organizational leaders and executive teams, helping them navigate uncertainty with confidence and equity-focused solutions. Transformational change within organizations begins with the transformation of the people within.

Education + Training

We offer interactive learning experiences that combine informative content with opportunities for dialogue and relationship building. These programs are customized to meet your organization’s unique needs and create space for the collective wisdom and lived experiences of participants to guide the learning.

Organizational Change + Development

Organizations thrive when they cultivate a culture of adaptability, equity, and inclusion. We help teams implement collaborative change processes that align with strategic goals and create sustainable solutions to complex problems.

Strategic Planning + Visioning

We guide organizations through the hard conversations and decisions needed to achieve meaningful and sustainable outcomes.

What Clients are Saying

  • “The Creative Discourse Group, as an organization and through their associates, has provided EWSD with the critical external partnership needed to hold the system accountable while teaching and coaching forward in our efforts to be an antiracist, LGBTQ affirming and equitable organization. The journey is long and there is much to do. The facilitation, coaching, training and support has been an essential part of our progress to date. I am grateful for the hard conversation and the celebrations provided through Sue, Nadia, and the many associates with whom we have had the pleasure to work.”

    -Erin Maguire, Director of Equity & Inclusion, EWSD

  • “Our work with The Creative Discourse Group helped our team to look more closely at our organization using a series of conversations, workshops, breakout groups, and interviews. Nadia and Sue brought a clear plan to VYCC and were flexible in working together to modify the approach to fit the needs of our staff and board. The most powerful aspect of our work together was the way in which they engaged all staff and board members with several facilitation techniques to bring multiple perspectives together to highlight key priority areas of focus in our equity and inclusion approaches.”

    -Leah Mital, Executive Director, VYCC

  • “You both did an amazing job providing a safe and inclusive environment with close to 400 staff! This is incredibly exciting and it will also challenge us as a team to continue to commit to this work now that we've provided this opening for staff.”

    - Regina Clement, ELL Director, Westbrook School Department, ME

  • “Working with TCDG has made our process of developing district goals stronger and more inclusive.  We were able to hear the voices of those traditionally left out, and their voices will make our work stronger and more impactful in the end.”

    -Bill Kimball, Superintendent