Our Services

StudioYellow offers design consulting services on various social issues. We provide: Issue area framing, Project planning. Research and analysis (including quantitative/qualitative and stakeholder interviews), Facilitation of ideation and implementation sessions, Report/recommendations.

Our practices are rooted in the following principles.

Empathy first: We start with understanding the past and current experiences to build the future vision.

Co-created vision: We listen to the community and provide space to co-create the future. No information is taken from the community members to make recommendations without their active participation.

Equity-centered: When forming a design team, we ensure that historically and systemically marginalized groups with lived experiences are represented.

StudioYellow offers planning and facilitating community engagement sessions. We make sure that:

We invite the right people to meet the project goal.

Participants are prepared beforehand for the conversations.

The events are culturally relevant and mindful of participants’ needs.

The activities are fun and creative, and relationships are formed in the process

There is alignment on decisions and action items with a clear path forward.

StudioYellow helps teams and organizations imagine the future unbound from what they think is possible right now, by thinking beyond incremental changes. With an established future vision, the team can develop and align its strategies to make progress toward the ideal state.

StudioYellow works with institutions and programs to co-create organizational culture and structures that actively dismantle structural white supremacy and its cultural norms.

StudioYellow offers extensive facilitation services. We enjoy a reputation for excellent facilitation, creating and holding space within which all participants may co-create their successful outcomes together. In doing so, progress is made on any specific issue or project. At the same time, participants experience what's possible when they come together. There's no "magic" facilitation; there's simply facilitation that invites participants to participate actively in the process. When that comes together, that's the "magic".

StudioYellow offers coaching services that support each client's unique personality and process. We bring an attitude of curiosity about and compassion for those with whom we work. Our coaching is informed by our understanding of working within local government dynamics.

StudioYellow has over 40 years of combined experience offering executive-level coaching relationships, both formally and informally. In addition, mentorship through professional and community relationships has been and continues to be offered. Coaching expertise includes inner work, intergenerational trauma, process-oriented psychology, somatic work, and nature-based depth psychology.

Move beyond theory. Learn to apply practical design tools to the real-world challenges of government and non-profit work.

In this training, you will master a suite of powerful techniques to cut through complexity, understand the people you serve, and build momentum for new solutions—even within large, established systems.

Who is this for?
Program managers, policy advisors, communications staff, and service delivery teams in government and non-profit organizations who are tasked with improving services and processes.

Master the Tools for Change

We will guide you through a practical toolkit, focusing on how to adapt and use them effectively within bureaucracies.

• Journey Mapping: Visualize your client's or citizen's end-to-end experience to pinpoint frustrating delays, critical handoffs, and hidden opportunities for improvement.

• Archetypes: Move beyond one-size-fits-all approaches. Create realistic profiles of the people you serve to tailor communications, programs, and policies effectively.

• Empathy Maps: Go beyond demographics to deeply understand what your stakeholders are seeing, thinking, feeling, and hearing. Build internal alignment around a shared understanding of their needs.

• Concept Cards: Quickly generate, test, and communicate new ideas without lengthy (and risky) proposals. Foster a culture of experimentation and iterative learning.

Key Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

• Translate abstract stakeholder needs into clear, actionable insights.

• Identify the most impactful leverage points for change within a complex service journey.

• Communicate challenges and proposed solutions to leadership and colleagues with greater clarity and credibility.

• Facilitate collaborative workshops that break down silos and build cross-functional buy-in.

Format: This is a hands-on, workshop-style training. Come with a real-world challenge and leave with a practical starter plan.