Cultural Strategy · Advisory · Education
Culture is not peripheral.
It is foundational.
Strategic thinking and cultural intelligence for the people building a creative life on their own terms.
Strategist, advisor, and founder.
I advise cultural and civic leaders on strategy, positioning, and the long game. I build institutions. I write about the intelligence it takes to do both well.
My work sits at the intersection of cultural intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, and strategic foresight. I founded ElevenThirtySix as an advisory practice, Galerie36 as a contemporary African art space and cultural salon in Dakar, and Academy36 as a global digital academy for cultural leadership.
I believe creativity and culture are foundational to how meaning, legitimacy, and connection are formed. Everything I build starts from that position.
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ElevenThirtySix
Strategic advisory for cultural and civic institutions. Positioning, campaign strategy, and cultural intelligence applied to the decisions that define where you stand.
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A global digital academy for cultural leadership. Courses and frameworks on cultural intelligence, aesthetic intelligence, and the four intelligences model.
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A contemporary African art space and cultural salon based in Dakar. Curated exhibitions, conversations, and experiences that center cultural depth and creative exchange.
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Long-form writing on culture, creativity, and how we choose to live and lead. The newsletter for anyone building a creative life on their own terms.
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ElevenThirtySix works with a small number of cultural and civic institutions each year. Every engagement is built around the specific strategic question the organization is facing — whether that is positioning, campaign strategy, leadership development, or cultural intelligence applied to institutional decision-making.
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Academy36 courses, frameworks, and the Works in Progress newsletter are open to everyone. Start with the free Cultural Lens series or subscribe to the Substack to enter the work at your own pace.
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Cultural intelligence for the people building a creative life on their own terms. Perspective, insight, and reflection on culture, creativity, and how we choose to live and lead.
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The newsletter. Long-form writing, the Institutional Series, and cultural dispatches delivered to your inbox.
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A free five-part email series on the four intelligences. The clearest entry point into E36 thinking.
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Conversations on culture, creativity, leadership, and the intelligence it takes to build something that matters.