Yve stewards the Principles Focused Co-Creation process for NewStories. She has been working with NewStories since 2018, leveraging over 20 years of experience in her company Praxis Associates supporting organizations to transform the way “business is done” to create a more equitable, just, and humane society. Yve’s practice centers on helping people think clearly about and answer the questions that are important to them around what they do, how they do it, what is resulting, whether what’s resulting matters, and what to do next. She uses practices that ignite people’s creativity and collaboration, such as story-based participatory methods, developmental and principles-focused evaluation. Yve holds a doctorate in interdisciplinary planning, and a master’s degree in environmental education, both from the University of Michigan.
“My practice is fundamentally about engaging people, especially those who have historically been marginalized from organizational, community and political decision making, in collective discovery and meaning making, about the issues and institutions that impact their lives.”