Creative Leader

Design Strategist

Storytelling Guru
Facilitator / Consutant

Rogue Decorator of Air-Sickness Bags.

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Hi! I'm Tim, I help people and teams solve problems, tell stories, and build amazing things.

I have worked at XPLANE in the Pacific Northwest for 16 years where I've been the Creative Director since 2017.


Exploration

Seeking adventure is a constant in my life. 🔭 I Have been privileged to work and explore on four continents, with a couple of extended stints in Denmark and Amsterdam. My Danish is pretty good, my Dutch doesn’t go much beyond ordering frites.🍟
Wherever the challenge is, I’m happy to bring my markers and sticky-notes along and we’ll figure it out. 🖊️🗒️

Collaboration

Visual methods supercharge collaboration. If people can see an idea in a sketch or drawing, it’s much easier to edit, align around, and improve that idea.💡 Whether digital or analog, through visual collaboration methods I can help people and teams get unstuck, align, and lock-in on a strategy that will propel the organization forward. ➡️

Storytelling

Even great ideas fall short if they’re not presented in a memorable way. By finding the narrative, ideas can grow wings. I teach a number of storytelling courses and have hosted keynotes focused on helping leaders and teams tell better stories. 📖

Curiosity

I once worked as a designer and art director for Curiosity, a marketing agency with a mission to help people have creative experiences to deepen connections with brands. A former painting professor told me that curiosity was one of my best traits, and my hope is that it manifests itself in a drive to keep discovering and asking questions, and never being satisfied. 🌈

Optimism

Radical optimism is something I employ to help leaders better define an illusive future state, but it is also something I strive for in all I do. "When I choose to see the good side of things, I’m not being naïve. It is strategic and necessary."
- Everything, Everywhere, All at Once 🥯