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Start Better Conversations—Bringing clarity and alignment for a better world together.
THE WORLD IS DROWNING IN NOISE
Too much information. Too little understanding.
If we want a better world, we need better conversations.
Sensemaking unlocks clarity, alignment, and the power of co-intelligence.
FROM CHAOS TO CLARITY
Unclear priorities. Scattered focus. Constant reactivity.
We begin by slowing things down. Listening deeply. Through exploration and guided discovery, we surface what matters most.
Patterns emerge, focus returns and clarity takes root.
Why Conversations Fail?
We think we’re communicating, but we’re just reacting.
Assumption
Surface-level reactions and fixed beliefs that shut down deeper inquiry.
Obscurity
Mistrust and misinterpretation that distort meaning instead of revealing it.
Fragmentation
Conversations that divide instead of bringing people together.
The cost? Misunderstanding, missed opportunities, and divided communities.
But there’s another way.
When conversations fail, understanding breaks down. But with sensemaking, we turn fragmented dialogue into clarity, curiosity, and shared meaning.
Why Sensemaking Works?
Sensemaking facilitates clarity and alignment, turning confusion into understanding.
Curiosity
Better questions, deeper listening, richer insights.
Co-Creation
Conversations that build together.
Transparency
Trust-driven dialogue that uncovers shared meaning.
Sensemaking reveals patterns, relationships, and blind spots.
Together, we make better sense of a chaotic world.
Start Better Conversations is where sensemaking becomes action. It’s a space for people to practice co-intelligence in real conversations.
What is Start Better Conversations?
It’s a growing space for people to navigate complexity together through co-intelligence.
Exploration
Creating space for open inquiry, shared learning, and new perspectives.
Alignment
Bringing diverse voices together to uncover meaning and build understanding.
Clarity
Turning scattered insights into coherent understanding that drives better decisions and action.
Better conversations aren’t just about talking, they’re about co-intelligence. Learning, exploring, and uncovering deeper meaning together.
Start Better Conversations creates space for people to explore, align, and build clarity in a world overloaded with information.
Explore Sensemaking with Us
We offer two ways to engage with sensemaking.
Choose between open community experiences or tailored professional partnerships.
Community Engagements
Explore → Reflect → Co-Create
Free and open-access pathways to learn, connect, and build together.
Professional Engagements
Discover → Align → Embed
Tailored partnerships that support clarity, alignment, and embedded capability.
Explore Sensemaking
Practise new ideas and perspectives in action.
Purpose: Practise and explore sensemaking in a supportive environment to bring new perspectives back into your world.
What We Offer:
- Regular Community of Practice workshops
- Theme-based explorations on topics of interest
- Shared experimentation and reflection
Impact: Build awareness, confidence, and practical insight you can apply immediately.
Discovery Labs
Discover what matters beneath the noise.
Purpose: Uncover patterns, surface tensions, and map what’s emerging beneath the noise.
How We Deliver:
- Facilitated discovery sessions grounded in listening and reflection
- Insight mapping and narrative sensemaking
- Guidance to help you notice what’s emerging and why it matters
Outcome: Shared insight that cuts through chaos, aligns direction, and sets the stage for intentional next steps.
Community of Practice
Reflect together through shared learning and lived stories.
Purpose: Engage in shared learning and reflection within a supportive community that evolves together.
What We Offer:
- Peer-led forums and online events
- Real stories, shared tools, and applied methods
- Open dialogue and inquiry on live challenges
Impact: Ongoing learning, mutual support, and a trusted network across boundaries.
Applied Sensemaking
Align your team around shared meaning and informed action.
Purpose: Explore systemic patterns, co-intelligence, and shared narratives to align thinking and drive action.
How We Deliver:
- Facilitated workshops to reveal underlying challenges
- Collective intelligence exercises and structured reflection
- Co-created synthesis, including systems mapping and insight generation
Outcome: A shared understanding of what matters most, unlocking alignment, trust, and momentum for action.
Co-Creation Labs
Co-create tools and practices that help others navigate complexity.
Purpose: Move beyond learning and reflection, join others in shaping new possibilities.
What We Offer:
- Open calls to explore live challenges
- Collaborative design sprints and inquiry sessions
- Co-creation of tools, insights, and methods
Impact: A space where shared learning becomes contribution.
Capability Development
Embed critical skills and systems thinking into your team’s day-to-day.
Purpose: Strengthen critical thinking, systemic awareness, and adaptive dialogue skills to navigate complexity with confidence.
How We Deliver:
- Bespoke learning journeys tailored to your needs
- Skill labs on sensemaking, systems thinking, and dialogue
- Integration and support to embed sensemaking into real-world challenges
Outcome: A more agile, reflective, and future-ready organisation equipped to navigate complexity.
Community Engagements
Explore → Reflect → Co-Create
Free and open-access pathways to learn, connect, and build together.
Explore Sensemaking
Practise new ideas and perspectives in action.
Purpose: Practise and explore sensemaking in a supportive environment to bring new perspectives back into your world.
What We Offer:
- Regular Community of Practice workshops
- Theme-based explorations on topics of interest
- Shared experimentation and reflection
Impact: Build awareness, confidence, and practical insight you can apply immediately.
Community of Practice
Reflect together through shared learning and lived stories.
Purpose: Engage in shared learning and reflection within a supportive community that evolves together.
What We Offer:
- Peer-led forums and online events
- Real stories, shared tools, and applied methods
- Open dialogue and inquiry on live challenges
Impact: Ongoing learning, mutual support, and a trusted network across boundaries.
Co-Creation Labs
Co-create tools and practices that help others navigate complexity.
Purpose: Move beyond learning and reflection, join others in shaping new possibilities.
What We Offer:
- Open calls to explore live challenges
- Collaborative design sprints and inquiry sessions
- Co-creation of tools, insights, and methods
Impact: A space where shared learning becomes contribution.
Professional Engagements
Discover → Align → Embed
Tailored partnerships that support clarity, alignment, and embedded capability.
Discovery Labs
Discover what matters beneath the noise.
Purpose: Uncover patterns, surface tensions, and map what’s emerging beneath the noise.
How We Deliver:
- Facilitated discovery sessions grounded in listening and reflection
- Insight mapping and narrative sensemaking
- Guidance to help you notice what’s emerging and why it matters
Outcome: Shared insight that cuts through chaos, aligns direction, and sets the stage for intentional next steps.
Applied Sensemaking
Align your team around shared meaning and informed action.
Purpose: Explore systemic patterns, co-intelligence, and shared narratives to align thinking and drive action.
How We Deliver:
- Facilitated workshops to reveal underlying challenges
- Collective intelligence exercises and structured reflection
- Co-created synthesis, including systems mapping and insight generation
Outcome: A shared understanding of what matters most, unlocking alignment, trust, and momentum for action.
Capability Development
Embed critical skills and systems thinking into your team’s day-to-day.
Purpose: Strengthen critical thinking, systemic awareness, and adaptive dialogue skills to navigate complexity with confidence.
How We Deliver:
- Bespoke learning journeys tailored to your needs
- Skill labs on sensemaking, systems thinking, and dialogue
- Integration and support to embed sensemaking into real-world challenges
Outcome: A more agile, reflective, and future-ready organisation equipped to navigate complexity.
Meet the People Behind Start Better Conversations
Pascal Clarkson
Co-founder, Facilitator, and Learning & Development Specialist, based in The Netherlands
Umar Ijaz
Co-founder, Sensemaker, and Organisational Development Specialist, based in The UK
Together, we help individuals, teams, and organisations unlock better conversations and co-intelligence to navigate complexity.
Sensemaking starts with connection.
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Sensemaking starts with conversation.
Take the next step, join us, share your perspective, and shape something bigger.
Together, we can unlock clarity, alignment, and meaningful action.