WHAT WE DO

What makes Human Inspiration Works, LLC different? Well, our architect in chief is a transgender woman, Ellen “Ellie” Krug, who lived five decades as male before transitioning to female. As a result, Ellie’s learned firsthand what it means to go from one of “us” to one of “them” or “other.” This has given her the ability to share about this in ways that make the listener more aware of their own internal “otherness.”

And speaking of learning, that’s actually what it’s all about: learning, along with unlearning.

Because humans are hardwired to label, sort, and group other humans, and even more tend to associate with people who look or act like them (something we define as tribalism), we have to learn about the hard-wiring for bias that’s part of everyone’s DNA. At the same time, we need to unlearn the fear and bumpiness that come from the idea of interacting with someone who looks, sounds, or acts “different.” Finally, we need to learn tools for how to internally combat our bias.

We’ve got you covered on all of that.

Pivoting from her fairly unique life experience, Ellie’s developed Gray Area Thinking™, a toolset for how to be inclusive of anyone who’s outside your usual (and comfortable) group.

However, our menu of possibilities isn’t confined to just one item.