Cultural Strategy · Advisory · Education

Where culture, strategy,
and intelligence converge.

I partner with cultural and civic leaders to navigate complexity, communicate value, and build institutions that endure.

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About

Strategist, advisor,
and cultural architect.

I move fluidly between strategy and aesthetics, advising cultural and civic institutions, shaping narratives, and curating spaces and experiences that center cultural intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, and depth.

My work is grounded in the belief that culture is not peripheral, but foundational to how meaning, legitimacy, and connection are formed.

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Ayofemi Kirby
Choose Your Path

Four ways to enter the work

Whether you want strategic partnership, structured learning, contemporary art, or long-form thinking, there is a point of entry designed for where you are.

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ElevenThirtySix

Strategic advisory for organizations ready to think and move differently. Campaign strategy, institutional positioning, and cultural intelligence.

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02

Academy36

A global digital academy for cultural leadership. Courses, frameworks, and community built around the three intelligences. Currently accepting waitlist.

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03

Galerie36

A contemporary African art space and cultural salon in Dakar. Exhibitions, salons, and intimate cultural encounters that extend beyond place.

Visit Galerie36
04

Works in Progress

Long-form writing on culture, creativity, and how we choose to live and work in a world in flux. Plus 36 Signals, the weekly cultural dispatch.

Read on Substack
Engagement Options

How we work together

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E36 Advisory

Strategic Partnership

Six-month engagement. Monthly strategy sessions, campaign advisory, cultural intelligence frameworks, and quarterly strategic briefs.

$15,000 / 6 months
A36 Sprint

Leadership Development

Three-month engagement. Bi-weekly sessions, curated frameworks and tools, team workshop, and written action plan.

$4,500 / 3 months
E36 Digital

Self-Directed Learning

Academy36 courses, downloadable guides, 36 Signals dispatch, and the Substack community. Access E36 thinking at your own pace.

$36 – $297 / course
Writing & Dispatch

Read the work

Perspective, insight, and reflection on culture, creativity, and how we choose to live and work in a world in flux.

Works in Progress on Substack
36 Signals weekly cultural dispatch
ElevenThirtySix monthly newsletter on LinkedIn
The Cultural and Creative Workers Toolkit
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