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Regenerative Transformation

The work of becoming requires company.

We work alongside organizations, communities, and leaders through the passages of structural change — bringing rigorous presence to what conventional consulting cannot reach.

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limicelia

limen — threshold, the space of crossing

mycelia — the underground networks that connects and enables exchange between organisms

Our name is drawn from the biology of threshold crossings. The mycelium doesn't produce uncapped growth — it connects, communicates, and creates conditions for what is trying to emerge. We believe organizations face genuine thresholds, not just problems: moments when old structures dissolve before new ones have formed.

A guide that can stay present at a threshold makes the difference between productive and destructive passage. That is what we are trained to do at Limicelia.

01 / Who we work with

Organizations, communities,
networks, and individuals

Mission-driven orgs
& networks

Nonprofits, cooperatives, foundations, social enterprises, and the networks connecting them.

NonprofitsCooperatives NetworksCoalitions Social enterprise

Teams & orgs at
inflection points

Founding teams, leadership transitions, mergers, mission pivots — the passages no strategic plan fully prepares you for.

Founding teamsGrowth stage RestructuringSuccession

Leaders &
individuals

Executives, directors, and emerging leaders navigating the personal work systemic change requires.

Executive leadershipEDs & CEOs Emerging leadersFounding teams

Institutions &
societal systems

Government agencies, anchor institutions, civic organizations carrying public trust and shaping what communities believe is possible.

Public agenciesCivic institutions Anchor orgsSystems change

02 / What we do

Organizations get stuck.
We help them move.

Not with a framework or a program — with sustained, practitioner-led work inside the actual situation. Four domains, custom every time.

Organizational Design & Governance

Structure that reflects
how you actually decide.

"We've grown fast and the way we make decisions hasn't kept up. Nobody knows who's accountable for what."

Conflict Resolution & Coalition Building

The conflict you keep
not naming.

"There's something underneath all of this that nobody is saying out loud. It's affecting everything."

Leadership & Culture Transformation

When the culture
hasn't followed the words.

"Leadership is saying the right things. The organization hasn't moved. There's a gap we can't close."

Organizational Memory & Knowledge

What leaves when
people leave.

"Key people are walking out the door and taking years of knowledge with them. We have no way to hold it."

Full practice detail and service hierarchy →

June 22, 2026 · By invitation

The AI Confessional

What is actually happening with AI inside organizations — told honestly, in a room built for it. Four or five leaders share what the public conversation won't say.

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03 / Lineage

We stand on
many shoulders.

Our practice is synthesized from systems thinking, sociocracy, Deep Democracy, generative somatics, complexity leadership, and organizational narrative traditions — shaped by decades of work across movements and institutions. We name our lineage because attribution matters, and because it helps you understand what we bring.

Full lineage & acknowledgements →

04 / Co-stewards

Two practitioners.
A network of collaborators.

BK

BK

Co-steward · Regenerative Technologist · Systems & Governance Coach

Fifteen years across private sector, public sector, cooperatives, and community. Practice focused on governance architecture, systems thinking, and the conditions that allow organizations to make decisions that actually hold. Practitioner of Warm Data.

Regenerative Tech Governance Warm Data Systems Coaching Present of Work
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Carol Xu

Co-steward · Organizational Transformation Designer

Former academic researcher (Stanford Ph.D., Management Science) turned transformation designer. Carol designs experiential containers that integrate contemplative, creative, and strategic elements — helping leaders and organizations move through the passages that strategic plans don't address.

Experiential Learning Generative Dialogues Org Transformation
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Let's find out
if we're a fit.

We take on a small number of engagements at a time. A first conversation is free and without obligation — it's how we both find out whether this work can help you.

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