STRATEGIC WITNESSING
Facilitated sessions for organizations ready to feel what they already know
What This Is
Your team knows something needs to shift. The symptoms are everywhere—exhaustion that rest doesn't fix, conflicts that keep recycling, initiatives that fail regardless of who leads them.
Traditional consulting would diagnose problems and prescribe solutions. Strategic Witnessing does something different.
I create space where your organization can feel its own patterns and recognize what's already trying to emerge.
This is not training. Nothing is taught. Instead, patterns reveal themselves through carefully held experiences that bypass analytical defense and speak directly to what everyone already senses but hasn't been able to name.
What Happens
We begin by arriving. Not just showing up, but actually landing in our bodies, in the room, in the present moment. This alone often shifts something.
We listen to patterns. Through movement, through stillness, through simple objects your team feels how energy actually moves (or doesn't) in your system. Where it flows. Where it sticks. Where it's dying.
We follow what emerges. If everyone's exhausted from perpetual ascent, we practice descent. If everything feels rigid, we explore release. Not as metaphors but as actual experiences in the body.
We name what we notice. Without forcing conclusions or action plans, we witness what became visible, what surprised us, what confirmed what we suspected, what remains mysterious.
We identify natural next steps. Usually three simple shifts emerge—things like one human conversation, one rhythm change, one thing to stop doing. No permission needed. No budget required. Just humans remembering they can move differently.
Who This Serves
Organizations where:
The usual approaches aren't working anymore
Bodies know something minds keep denying
The sensitive ones keep leaving
Everyone's tired of pretending everything's fine
There's readiness to feel truth rather than perform solutions
This works particularly well for:
Leadership teams sensing misalignment they can't name
Organizations in transition who've lost their center
Groups where trust has eroded despite team-building efforts
Teams whose bodies are screaming what their meetings won't discuss
How to Engage
Initial Conversation
30 minutes, no charge. We'll explore what's actually happening in your organization and whether Strategic Witnessing is the right approach.
What You Get
Not what you expect:
No framework to implement
No model to roll out
No report with recommendations
No action plan to manage
What actually helps:
Felt clarity about what's really happening
Shared language for patterns you've been sensing
Permission to stop doing what isn't working
Small shifts that restore natural movement
The beginning of remembering you're human
Session Structure
Typically 3-4 hours with leadership teams or working groups of 8-20 people. Can be single session or series, depending on what's needed.
Contact: info@performancerising.org
Investment
Varies based on organization size and session structure. Contact for specifics.
This Work Emerges From
Strategic Witnessing is grounded in seven transmissions on organizational consciousness published by Fractal Praxis Press:
Organizational Metaphysics (cosmological framework)
The WE GATHER Trilogy (mythology of modern work)
The Field Manual (underground practice protocols)
The Rhythm of Us (accessible framework: BREATH, PULSE, TIDE)
MOVEMENTS (geometric proof of organizational consciousness)
THE FIELD (theoretical integration, forthcoming)
These aren't separate from the facilitation—they're the foundation that makes this witnessing possible.
Strategic Witnessing provided by Performance Rising, which is the consulting entity of Field Witness.
The outcomes are not pre-determined. The session is designed to surface what wants to emerge—not to force an answer. Success isn't a deliverable—it's a shift in clarity, coherence, or capacity.