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We help leaders upgrade team performance through professional facilitation and strategy workshops that build science-based collaboration capabilities.

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Build high performance teams to solve anything

We help leaders upgrade team performance through professional facilitation and strategy workshops that build science-based collaboration capabilities.

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Build high performance teams to solve anything

We help leaders upgrade team performance through professional facilitation and strategy workshops that build science-based collaboration capabilities.

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Trusted by business, government, and nonprofit leaders across North America
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Trusted by business, government, and nonprofit leaders across North America

Diverse minds, better strategies

Harness collective intelligence by bringing together internal teams, stakeholders, and outside experts in structured collaboration to rapidly solve complex challenges while building organizational commitment.

2 X

Mind Meeting workshops leverage diverse perspectives, which 2X the probability of solving complex challenges compared to traditional strategy meetings¹

3 X

Mind Meeting workshops leverage cognitive diversity, which research shows enables 3X faster problem resolution compared to teams lacking diverse perspectives²

78 %

Mind Meeting workshops systematically build cognitive diversity, addressing the challenge where research shows 78% of leadership teams lack this critical capability³

Process prevents politics

World-class meeting facilitation with clear problem framing and bias mitigation prevents groupthink that derails strategic initiatives. Equal participation ensures all voices contribute to better outcomes.

6 X

Mind Meeting workshops use a structured, inclusive process, which research shows has 6X higher probability of achieving goals compared to traditional planning⁴

2 %

Mind Meeting workshops implement structured decision-making approaches, addressing the gap where research shows only 2% of executives regularly use such practices⁵

3.5 X

Mind Meeting workshops create psychological safety, which research shows generates 3.5X more innovative ideas compared to teams without structured facilitation support⁶

Implementation starts on day one

Build stakeholder buy-in during strategy development, not after. Mind Meeting workshop participants become advocates for solutions they help create, generating sustainable momentum that persists long after the workshop.

4 X

Mind Meeting workshops engage stakeholders in strategy design, which research shows creates 4X higher success rates for change initiatives compared to top-down approaches⁷

2 %

Mind Meeting workshops dramatically expand beyond the typical 2% employee involvement in strategy design by systematically engaging diverse stakeholders throughout the process⁸

80 %

Mind Meeting workshops systematically capture frontline input, leveraging research showing organizations that act on employee recommendations achieve 80% more innovation⁹

Proven in complex challenges

Tackle "wicked" problems spanning organizational silos, health systems, and other complex systems requiring unprecedented coordination. Mind Meeting Group has deep expertise in pharmaceutical strategy, healthcare transformation, and government agency alignment across silos.

3 X

Mind Meeting workshops facilitate cross-silo collaboration, which research shows can enable 3X higher financial performance compared to companies maintaining departmental isolation¹⁰

75 %

Mind Meeting workshops address the critical factors creating dysfunction in 75% of cross-functional teams¹¹

9 %

Mind Meetings systematically build cross-functional trust, addressing the organizational crisis where only 9% of managers say they can rely on colleagues in other functions¹²

HOW THE MIND MEETING PROCESS WORKS

Strategic breakthroughs don't happen by accident. Mind Meeting Group's proven four-step methodology transforms complex challenges into execution-ready strategies through disciplined collaboration that combines analytical rigor with creative thinking to deliver measurably superior outcomes.

Frame
Leaders frame a challenge as a focused question and assemble a diverse, multi-disciplinary team to co-design the strategy at one of our workshops.
Analyze
Teams systematically examine the challenge through structured analysis that reveals root causes and critical leverage points.
Brainstorm
Participants generate creative solutions through facilitated ideation that balances analytical rigor with imaginative thinking.
Choose
Workshop participants collaborate to select and prioritize the most promising solutions into an execution-ready strategy supported by the entire team.

ACCELERATED SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT

Transform complex challenges into actionable strategies through structured processes that move beyond traditional discussion to generate breakthrough solutions participants universally endorse and advocate.

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100% of Mind Meeting participants report the workshop generates actionable solutions rather than just discussion¹³

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100% of Mind Meeting participants confirm the workshop’s format accelerates progress compared to traditional planning cycles¹³

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100% of Mind Meeting participants express willingness to participate in future workshops¹³

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS & RESULTS

Strategy that delivers results across industries and complexities. Mind Meetings combine strategy development, stakeholder engagement, scenario planning, and implementation support in one collaborative process. Leaders across government, healthcare, technology, and business trust our science-based approach to tackle their most complex challenges and achieve breakthrough outcomes.

"When you have to get it right the first time, use a Mind Meeting. We ran pandemic scenarios and avoided costly mistakes."

Mila Ray-Daniels

CEO, Head Injury Rehabilitation Ontario

“The workshop brought clarity on the complexity of the MRI system and generated real solutions to improve patient access.”

Pat Forsythe

VP & General Manager, Eisai Canada

“Leaders got a strategy with clear metrics and accountabilities. Our people now understand where we’re going – and why.”

Dr. Evan Howell

Director, Science and Technology, NOAA Fisheries

"Leadership and the entire organization aligned on an innovative new strategy for hyper-growth – which we achieved."

Riz Somji

CEO, Cymax Group

"They have a very methodical, science-based way of tackling complex challenges – like the ones facing NOAA."

Dr. Steve Volz

Head, NOAA Satellites

“In a word: wow. We could have done multiple stakeholder ad boards, but they wouldn’t have been as good as this workshop.”

Farah Jivraj

Head, Market Access & Policy, Biogen Canada

“It accelerated scientific collaboration and led to building a system that can detect wildfires in as little as one minute.”

Mike Pavolonis

Fire Weather Research Scientist, NOAA Satellites

COLLABORATIVE STRATEGY USE CASES

Mind Meeting Group helps you design and execute strategy faster across unlimited business and government challenges. From drug market access and healthcare reform to workforce resilience and organizational change, our collaborative approach has helped leaders create strategies that their teams and stakeholders champion – because they helped build them.

Build stakeholder coalitions for public policy reform.
Achieve hypergrowth targets at startup companies
Boost resilience to tariff and other VUCA shocks.
Generate research findings for academic publications.
Get experts to overcome silos and collaborate.
Influence healthcare policy to reduce MRI wait times.
Create synergies across departments and brands.
Build new AI tools to detect wildfires faster.
Overcome inertia and resistance to change.

EXCEPTIONAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

Our facilitatated workshops create psychological safety that enables complete participant support by fostering judgment-free environments where diverse stakeholders feel heard, valued, and committed to collaborative outcomes.

100 %

Mind Meeting's collaborative development process builds ownership, with 100% of participants supporting the strategy they helped create¹³

100 %

Mind Meeting's collaborative approach overcomes inertia, with 100% of participants hoping the strategy will be implemented¹³

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Mind Meeting facilitators create psychological safety, with 100% of participants confirming they felt safe to share ideas without judgment¹³

PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS & OUTCOMES

Our collaborative approach creates breakthrough strategies by connecting diverse perspectives across organizational and professional silos. Participants consistently report enhanced alignment, deeper system understanding, and superior facilitation that drives consensus – proving strategy works best when everyone's voice is heard.

"I learned a lot about the complexity of the MRI system in Canada thanks to the workshop’s multidisciplinary approach."

Dr. Sandra Black

Neurologist & Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Hospital

“The best facilitation I've ever experienced. The workshop’s multi-sectoral approach created new hope for people living with dementia.”

Laura Tamblyn Watts

President & CEO, CanAge

"Incredible collaboration! What a rewarding experience. So much opportunity to help the patients and community we serve."
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Stacey Moore

Nurse Practitioner, Peterborough Regional Health

"These workshops are a great way for scientists to collaborate across professional silos to align on an integrated approach."

Dr. Mitch Goldberg

Chief Scientist, NOAA Satellites

"The diversity of knowledge and viewpoints within the group uncovered some high-potential, low-cost tools and actions to reduce MRI wait times."

Katherine Kwan

MRI Technologist, Simon Fraser University

"The workshop shows the value of a multidisciplinary approach to solving complex healthcare issues."

Dr. Paula Alcaide-Leon

Neuroradiologist, Toronto Western Hospital

"Best online workshop ever. Kudos to the Mind Meeting Group team for the excellent use of technology and facilitating techniques."

Dr. Simon Duchesne

Professor, Radiology, Laval University

SUSTAINED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Build lasting organizational capability by equipping workshop participants with transferable collaboration tools and deeper system understanding that extends impact beyond workshop walls.

93 %

Mind Meeting participants report taking away collaboration tools they can apply in their organizations, with 93% confirming knowledge transfer beyond the workshop¹³

87 %

Mind Meeting's systems thinking approach helps participants grasp organizational complexity, with 87% reporting improved understanding of system-level challenges¹³

EXPERT STRATEGY FACILITATORS

We connect people and ideas to build strategy with impact. We’re a team of strategy consultants and professional facilitators with 100+ years of combined experience helping Fortune 500s, governments, and nonprofits across three continents. We believe organizations have greater commercial and social impact when leaders systematically engage their people to co-create strategy.

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Mark McCarvill
Founder & Lead Facilitator
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Karen Elkin
Facilitator
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Lynn Fergusson
Facilitator
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Michelle Nelson
Facilitator
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Judy Wolf
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Sources and research citations

  1. 2X higher probability of solving a complex challenge by adding fresh perspectives. In an experiment where teams had to solve a complex challenge, tight-knit teams who were joined by an “outsider” had 2X the probability of arriving at the correct solution. Source: Hewlett et al. “How diversity can drive innovation.” Harvard Business Review, 2013.
  2. 3X higher speed solving a complex challenge with a cognitively diverse team. In experiments repeated over 12 years, high cognitive diversity teams solved complex challenges requiring strategic thinking 3X faster than low cognitive diversity teams (which often failed altogether to solve the challenge). Source: Reynolds & Lewis. “The two traits of the best problem-solving teams.” Harvard Business Review, 2017.

  3. 78% of leadership teams lack cognitive diversity. Research based on a survey of 1,800 professionals and 40 case studies found that 78% of companies lack cognitive diversity in their leadership – highlighting the urgency of diversifying the strategy development team. Source: Hewlett et al. “How diversity can drive innovation.” Harvard Business Review, 2013.

  4. 6X higher probability of a strategy achieving its goals. Based on McKinsey research analyzing 1,048 major decisions over five years across new products, mergers & acquisitions, and capital expenditures. The study found that decision-making process quality explained effectiveness 6X more than the quantity and detail of analysis alone. Source: Dan Lovallo and Olivier Sibony. “The case for behavioral strategy.” McKinsey Quarterly, 2010.
  5. 2% of executives regularly apply structured practices when making major decisions. Based on a study of 500 managers and executives. Source: Niels van Hove. “A Case for a More Decision-Centric IBP.” Foresight, International Institute of Forecasters, 2024.

  6. 3.5X more innovative ideas. Research based on a survey of 1,800 professionals and 40 case studies found that employees in a “speak up” culture are 3.5X more likely to contribute their full innovative potential. Source: Hewlett et al. “How diversity can drive innovation.” Harvard Business Review, 2013.

  7. 4X higher probability of a change initiative succeeding if employees are included in its design. Based on McKinsey analysis of 44 organizations undergoing transformations over two years. Source: Skerritt et al. “Going all in: why employee ‘will’ can make or break transformations.” McKinsey, 2024.

  8. 2% employees typically involved in major company transformations. Based on McKinsey analysis of 44 organizations undergoing transformations over two years. Source: Skerritt et al. “Going all in: why employee ‘will’ can make or break transformations.” McKinsey, 2024.

  9. 80% more innovation at companies that act on recommendations from frontline employees. McKinsey analysis of 44 organizations undergoing transformations over two years showed that organizations that actively listen and act on recommendations from frontline employees were 80% more likely than their peers to implement new and better ways of doing things. Source: Skerritt et al. “Going all in: why employee ‘will’ can make or break transformations.” McKinsey, 2024.

  10. 3X higher financial performance at companies that collaborate across organizational silos. A Bain & Company study of 1,250 companies found that organizations led by highly collaborative executive teams had revenue growth, profitability, and total shareholder returns 3X higher than the study group’s average. Source: LeStage et al. “Teamwork at the top.” Harvard Business Review, 2024.

  11. 75% of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional. Based on a study of 95 teams in 25 leading corporations. Dysfunctional is defined as failing on at least three of five criteria: meeting planned budget, staying on schedule, adhering to specifications, meeting customer expectations, and/or maintaining alignment with corporate goals. Source: Behnam Tabrizi. “75% of cross-functional teams are dysfunctional.” Harvard Business Review, 2015.
  12. 9% of managers say they can rely on colleagues in other functions and business units. A survey of more than 400 global CEOs found that only 9% of managers say they can rely on colleagues in other functions and units all the time, and just half say they can rely on them most of the time. Source: Sull et al. “Why strategy execution unravels – and what to do about it.” Harvard Business Review, 2015.
  13. Source: Anonymous post-workshop Mind Meeting participant survey.