Social Innovators Breakfast Club

This month, we’re thrilled to have Laura Keating Elske join us for some behind-the-scenes storytelling of People & Planet Consulting is a social enterprise helping organizations make clear, confident decisions using science-backed frameworks that incorporate ideas, evidence, and values from diverse perspectives.

Outcomes in life are shaped by two things: decisions and chance. We can’t control chance, but we can improve the quality of our decisions. For decades, structured decision-making frameworks have delivered billions in value across industries like energy, infrastructure, and pharmaceuticals. They believe it’s time social innovation and community-impact benefited from these same tools, and are on a mission to make that happen.

One of their recent initiatives is a ‘learn by doing’ one-day program, where purpose-driven decision makers bring real challenges they’re stuck on and work through a facilitated structured decision-making process in community with peers facing similar problems.

Agenda:

• 9:00 Doors Open, Arrival, coffee, and pastries served
• 9:15 Speaking and Q&A
• 10:00 Networking

Enjoy breakfast on us and immerse yourself in learning and connecting with fellow innovators. Guests are also invited to work out of the Social Innovation Hub for the rest of the day for free.

About the Speaker (seen below)

Laura Keating Elske helps guide thoughtful decisions in service of people and the planet. She is a co-founder and Decision Science Lead at People & Planet Consulting, supporting purpose-driven organizations in turning complexity into clear, actionable pathways.

With over a decade of experience in decision analysis, Laura combines analytical rigor with values-focused facilitation. Her proficiency has been recognized with a lead practitioner certification from the Society of Decision Professionals. Her work has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Decision Analysis. Examples of projects that she has worked on include enterprise risk management for an electric utility cooperative, revenue forecasting for a local county, financial analysis for a potential executive education partnership, cost-benefit analysis to prioritize conservation projects, feasibility assessment for translocating an extirpated species-at-risk, conservation planning workshops for endangered species, social sector non-profit roadmapping (strategy), multi-agency collaborative strategy and action planning, and ‘learn by doing’ workshops where people work through their own decision problems in parallel and in community with others with similar problems.

More recently, Laura has become fascinated with organizational culture and the role that it plays in healthy people, organizations, and societies. She is Awakened Company Certified and is a member of the Awakened Company Collective.

Laura holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science from Queen’s University, a Master of Science degree in Mathematical Modelling and Scientific Computing from the University of Oxford, and a professional certificate in Strategic Decisions and Risk Management from Stanford University. Prior to her career as a decision professional, Laura worked as an environmental consultant and wildlife biologist. Outside of work, she is a proud parent and enjoys spending time in nature.

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