Open Circle

Adam and Miriam are co founders of Open Circle established in 2019. They are experts in the field of transformational education specializing in forms of participatory leadership. Leading this workshop at the Topa Institute, formerly The Ojai Foundation, brings a full circle moment for Adam and Miriam. Adam Rumack was a resident and staff member of the Ojai Foundation for 6 years. After meeting Miriam in 2015, he invited her to join him as co-executive director of the Ojai Foundation from 2016–2017, at the end of his tenure there. Over the past ten years they have trained hundreds of leaders in guiding change and worked with a wide diversity of organizations and industries. Through their work with this wide array of organizations and community groups they have distilled core principles and methodologies for guiding transformation in individuals and groups based on an ecosystem model for change.

Open Circle Participatory Leadership expertise includes:

 

Listening Circle facilitation and training
Certified Council Trainers
Group Shadow exploration
Dynamic Governance and group decision making
Guiding Rites of Passage
Power Intelligence
Immunity to Change
Somatic trauma processes

Through their journey at Open Circle they have deliberately worked with organizations communities and leaders in diverse environments and cultural contexts including:

Government Military and community collaborations
Veteran and first responders
At risk Youth and associated non profits
Peer recovery coaches and mentors
Environmental organizations and networks
Startups and high growth businesses
Mergers and acquisitions
Grassroutes community action movements
Religious and spiritual communities including work with priests and military chaplains
Graduate colleges in psychology
Health professionals
Prisons
International guide and facilitation networks