"Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once."

John Lewis

Profile

As a first-generation American and son of an Egyptian mother and a French father, Igor's work has been personally motivated to celebrate cultural diversity and build community connections through the power of our shared human experience.

His work is based on traditional community organizing techniques learned on the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns as well as personal narrative work with Marshall Ganz at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Igor has also worked with cutting-edge research on how to talk to people about some of the most divisive issues through deep canvassing.

As a meditation practitioner with 15+ years of experience his work focuses on the intersection of mindful contemplation and community action.

SERVICES

Public Narrative

Coaching

Through a tailored one-on-one program Igor supports clients in honing their stories, sharing them with authenticity, and scaling their influence.

Hone your authentic, multi-faceted story as an engine for culture change
Breakthrough limiting beliefs and behaviors to embody your story
Develop a story portfolio and understand how to connect your story to the present moment

Community Engagement Consulting

Igor brings a decade of strategic and community engagement experience. Whether you are looking for genuine community input or trying to build community ambassadors Igor can help design a space and process for connecting to the community.

Community based research and human centered design
Empathy interviews
Development and coaching of fellowship and cohort programs

Leadership Team Development

The strength of any team, big or small depends on communication, trust, and understanding. Storytelling can help individuals connect to the stories that inspire them and help teams to build a shared sense of purpose.

Deeper sense of trust and camaraderie among participants
More effectively resolve conflicts for generative outcomes
Create supportive structures for individual members to overcome resistance to change

Diversity Equity & Inclusion Advisor

Recentering an organization’s workplace culture to hold Equity as a core value takes a sincere commitment to examining and transforming the organization as a whole.

Vision-Mission alignment for your leadership, teams, and organization
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Trainings
Executive and Board of Directors coaching
Equity assessments