Stories of Transformation

Spreading the Seeds of Change

Be Possible is dedicated to fostering vibrant cultures of belonging that are relational, responsive and restorative. We believe that navigating today's complex challenges of rapid environmental, technological, and demographic change requires courage and fortitude. Below are stories of people becoming agents of change.

New Relationship with Conflict

With the support of Be Possible, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is becoming an organization that can hold complexity with confidence. Instead of avoiding conflict and retreating into caution in the face of polarization, SPU chose to do a pilot with Be Possible to design an evidence-based path toward a new relationship with conflict.

In this video, SPU staff share their experience conducting micro-experiments to transform conflict into connection through their daily interactions and offer their evidence-based recommendations.

Listen for their capacity of durable, equity-driven change being embedded through everyday interactions based on appreciative, relational practices. Participants are becoming the change they’ve been waiting for.

Kristina and her team encouraged us to examine ourselves, our roles, and our contributions to organizational culture.

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Chief Operating Officer

Tideworks Technology

I now know, and it’s amazingly freeing, that my judgments are not part of my identity.

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Senior IT Analyst

Tideworks Technology

If I come to work and pretend to be a good corporate person, it's not energizing for me and it's not good for the company. When I show up as my authentic self, I can have a really good impact.

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Product Manager

Tideworks Technology

Thank you, Be Possible, you have fostered incredible growth in me, as painful and wonderous as that is.

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Senior IT Analyst

Tideworks Technology

We worked on ways to transform yourself, so that you can transform the organization you work for.

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Chief Operating Officer

Tideworks Technology

I have a choice of how I work. I can impact not just my work life, but my whole life.

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Product Manager

Tideworks Technology

Now, I can reach across differences and have difficult conversations respectfully.

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Sr Software Test Engineer/Lead

Tideworks Technology

You have fostered incredible growth in me, as painful and wondrous as that is.

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Senior IT Analyst

Tideworks Technology

I used to think that the leaders were responsible for an organization’s culture. I no longer believed that to be the case. I think everybody in the culture is responsible for the culture.

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Senior IT Analyst

Tideworks Technology

Be Possible changed the game for us because they use an introspective approach driven by the science of psychology.

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Chief Operating Officer

Tideworks Technology

I've learned a lot about myself, a lot about things that I just would never have been aware of.

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Senior IT Analyst

Tideworks Technology

The most valuable thing that I am taking from this experience is that I have a choice in how my life goes. I can impact not just my work life, but my whole life.

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Product Manager

Tideworks Technology

I more actively listen, so that I can ask more questions, show up, be curious and learn. We definitely built stronger relationships going through the program.

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Director of Client Support

Tideworks Technology

I was surprised again and again. I learned so much about my co-workers.

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Information Systems Administrator

Tideworks Technology

As participants discovered and developed themselves, they became agents of change in their teams.

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Chief Operating Officer

Tideworks Technology

My participation afforded me the opportunity to learn more about what motives our staff, how they think, and what’s in their hearts.

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Chief Operating Officer

Tideworks Technology

I am becoming more aware of my impact on others, how I can reach across differences, and have difficult conversations respectfully.

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Sr Software Test Engineer/Lead

Tideworks Technology

To get to learn more about what somebody's thinking, and what's in their heart. That was really encouraging. Made me feel a little bit less alone.

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Chief Operating Officer

Tideworks Technology

Now, I seek to understand where others come from...instead of just jumping right into judgment.

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Director

Tideworks Technology

I feel like I can be more myself. I recognize that who I am is really valuable to this company, and that's if I am my authentic self.

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Product Manager

Tideworks Technology

The Be Possible approach is brave and clear, which set the tone for us to be brave and clear.

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Strategic Advisor

Seattle Public Utilities

Working with Be Possible really highlighted that as I want my team to grow, I have to continue to grow.

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Director of Operations

Seattle Public Utilities

It's full of thought-provoking questions that make you consider yourself in the bigger picture in a whole new way. These are questions we, as leaders in the world as it is today, need to be asking.

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Strategic Advisor

Seattle Public Utilities

I learned that conflict is the beginning of growth. It's not the end or destination or anything like that. It's the beginning of something good.

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Frontline Service Provider

Seattle Public Utilities

I felt Kristina's organization would be the right group to bring to our team to help them grow -- not only as leaders in this job, but grow as individuals.

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Director of Operations

Seattle Public Utilities

What I learned from working with Be Possible is that we all have to be willing to continue to grow.

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Director of Operations

Seattle Public Utilities

I am truly transformed by this experience and I know the same is true for those who were a part.

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Director of Corporate Policy & Planning

Seattle Public Utilities

This program really forced me to self-reflect on my life, mentorship and people in my past. I am a lot more humbled due to it.

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Frontline Service Provider

Seattle Public Utilities

Truly, I believe, the heart, the importance, the meaning of this effort has been fully captured and a path, a light, a trail to blaze is emerging.

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Director of Corporate Policy & Planning

Seattle Public Utilities

Be Possible made the decision to not necessarily be comfortable and surfacy, but to be true and be real. That makes it worlds apart from all the other DEI trainings.

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Strategic Advisor

Seattle Public Utilities

We got to authentically discuss the real issues we were facing.

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Sr Civil Engineering Specialist

Seattle Public Utilities

This process made me actually reach and learn about other people and try to figure out what all that means.

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Sr Mgmt Systems & Data Analyst

Seattle Public Utilities

I am left in awe about what has emerged, been expressed, and, importantly, the representation, distillation, and way-making of it.

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Director of Corporate Policy & Planning

Seattle Public Utilities

I am truly transformed by this experience and I know the same is true for those who were a part.

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Director of Corporate Policy & Planning

Seattle Public Utilities

I am left in awe about what has emerged, been expressed, and, importantly, the representation, distillation, and way-making of it.

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Director of Corporate Policy & Planning

Seattle Public Utilities

It's full of thought-provoking questions that make you consider yourself in the bigger picture in a whole new way. These are questions we, as leaders in the world as it is today, need to be asking.

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Strategic Advisor

Seattle Public Utilities

I learned that conflict is the beginning of growth. It's not the end or destination or anything like that. It's the beginning of something good.

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Frontline Service Provider

Seattle Public Utilities

The Be Possible approach is brave and clear, which set the tone for us to be brave and clear.

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Strategic Advisor

Seattle Public Utilities

Be Possible made the decision to not necessarily be comfortable and surfacy, but to be true and be real. That makes it worlds apart from all the other DEI trainings.

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Strategic Advisor

Seattle Public Utilities

This process made me actually reach and learn about other people and try to figure out what all that means.

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Sr Mgmt Systems & Data Analyst

Seattle Public Utilities

This program really forced me to self-reflect on my life, mentorship and people in my past. I am a lot more humbled due to it.

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Frontline Service Provider

Seattle Public Utilities

We got to authentically discuss the real issues we were facing.

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Sr Civil Engineering Specialist

Seattle Public Utilities

Truly, I believe, the heart, the importance, the meaning of this effort has been fully captured and a path, a light, a trail to blaze is emerging.

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Director of Corporate Policy & Planning

Seattle Public Utilities

I felt Kristina's organization would be the right group to bring to our team to help them grow -- not only as leaders in this job, but grow as individuals.

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Director of Operations

Seattle Public Utilities

Working with Be Possible really highlighted that as I want my team to grow, I have to continue to grow.

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Director of Operations

Seattle Public Utilities

What I learned from working with Be Possible is that we all have to be willing to continue to grow.

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Director of Operations

Seattle Public Utilities

Stories of Transformation

Spreading the Seeds of Change

New Relationship with Conflict

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