Humantific | sensemaking for changemaking

ABOUT

Humantific is a hybrid, next generation innovation consultancy.

We help multi-disciplinary teams and organizations innovate and build inclusive innovation cultures.

Our focus is operationalizing insight-driven cross-disciplinary innovation, making it understandable, teachable and real.

Our hybrid approach integrates the best of human-centered design thinking, strategic problem solving, and information visualization.

United States | Spain | Brazil

SERVICES

Working with organizational leaders we make innovation happen!

Our unique SenseMaking for ChangeMaking services provide a wide range of options for getting started as well as the onboarding of advanced innovation expertise. Humantific has pioneered the integration of visual sensemaking into
multi-disciplinary innovation.

1 SENSEMAKING:
We make complex situations visual, clear and actionable.

2 CHANGEMAKING:
We help tackle strategic complex situations that often require multi-disciplinary cocreation.

3 INNOVATION CAPACITY:
We are on a mission to help build next generation innovation leaders, teams and cultures.

CASE STUDIES

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sensemaking
changemaking
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LEADERSHIP

ELIZABETH PASTOR

co-founder & director

Elizabeth Pastor is a leading expert in the hybrid combination of Visual SenseMaking and Strategic CoCreation. As an innovation enabling consultant, facilitator, trainer and design thinker she works with organizational leaders in numerous industries. Her passion lies in helping people learn, understand and make sense of complex situations in new and inclusive ways. Designing the conditions for design, learning and accelerated innovation is a stream of logic that runs throughout her work.
GARRY K VANPATTER

co-founder & director

GK VanPatter is an internationally recognized innovation capacity building advisor and design thinking visionary. The practices of Humantific help organizations large and small create inclusive innovation strategies, visualize early stage innovation ideas and build adaptable cross-disciplinary innovation capabilities. Humantific has pioneered the integration of visual sensemaking into cross-disciplinary innovation.

CLIENTS

CLIENTS SPEAK

“Humantific’s work with BBC UX&D was transformational.”

Adam Powers, Head of User experience & design for Branded Experiences, BBC
“Humantific is first-rate! They have helped us think innovatively about our business problems and are excellent at visualizing challenging ideas.”

Dan Casper, Business Technology Director, Pfizer
“Humantific's contribution to our offsites - from designing interactive working sessions to creating compelling information panels and presentations - has allowed us to transform our Leadership Team offsites into meaningful collaborations across businesses and departments.”

Michele (Horowitz) Moskowitz, Strategy, Execution and Organizational Development, Liquidnet
“Humantific has become trusted collaborators helping us to think through possible scenarios regarding customer experiences, products and services in the financial services industry of the future.”

Mark McCormick, Senior Vice President, Customer Experience Strategy, Virtual Channels, Wells Fargo
“Going through the Complexity Navigation Program has literally changed my life.”

Remar Thorsness, Senior Director, VHA
“Humantific has done incredible work with Liquidnet over the past several years. They have partnered with us on delivering a Talent Strategy Program, Process and Leadership Offsite that has exceeded the expectations of the most discerning and demanding group of executives. The value provided to our company has been immeasurable.”

Mary Corradino, Global Head Talent Management, Liquidnet
“I highly recommend the pioneering creative work of Humantific.”

Susan Hairston, Director, Office of Program Services, Ford Foundation
“Humantific has consistently enabled me to visualize and present intricate business concepts in a clear and persuasive way. The process of working with Humantific and visualizing the concept has extended and deepened my own thinking about it in valuable ways.”

Amit Barniv, Marketing Senior Director, Pfizer
“Humantific's Complexity Navigation Program was a very insightful program. There was a nice balance between listening/learning and practice time. I felt refreshed, renewed, and energized each day. Loved it!“

City of Austin Innovation Program
“Humantific provided valuable experience for a team just coming together and we ended the workshop with actionable results for next steps.”

John Colborn, Vice President Operations, Ford Foundation
“Working with Humantific has been superb! They helped us organize our thinking and create a system out of what we were doing.”

Sarah Burd-Sharps, Co-director, Measure of America
“Humantific has an amazing ability to take a difficult concept and literally draw it out in a simple-to-understand diagram.”

Steve Greenblatt, Founding member, Liquidnet
“Complexity Navigation Program has been one of the most practical training I’ve ever had in my career.”

VHA
“If you're looking for a partner to drive you through a co-creation process review... Humantific is the solution.”

Ignacio Casado, Head of Online, Vodafone Spain
“Humantific has great integrity and commitment to doing only the best work.”

Leslie Fleuranges, Director, New Products, Hill's Pet Nutrition

ABOUT

United States | Spain | Brazil

SERVICES

CASE STUDIES

WELLS FARGO

FUTURE ENVISIONING PROGRAM

sensemaking / innovation capacity / changemaking

CITY OF AUSTIN

BUILDING A CIVIC INNOVATION CULTURE

innovation capacity

BBC

INNOVATION CAPABILITY BUILDING

innovation capacity

SERMO

BUSINESS CONCEPT VISUALIZATION

sensemaking

IDB

FUTURE ENVISIONING

changemaking

MEASURE OF AMERICA

BEING IN AMERICA UNDERSTANDABLE

sensemaking

SCIENT

INNOVATION CULTURE BUILDING

innovation capacity

HILL´S PET NUTRITION

COMING SOON

sensemaking / changemaking

LEADERSHIP

ELIZABETH PASTOR

co-founder & director

GARRY K VANPATTER

co-founder & director

CLIENTS

CLIENTS SPEAK

“Humantific’s work with BBC UX&D was transformational.”

Adam Powers, Head of User experience & design for Branded Experiences, BBC

“Humantific is first-rate! They have helped us think innovatively about our business problems and are excellent at visualizing challenging ideas.”

Dan Casper, Business Technology Director, Pfizer

“Humantific's contribution to our offsites - from designing interactive working sessions to creating compelling information panels and presentations - has allowed us to transform our Leadership Team offsites into meaningful collaborations across businesses and departments.”

Michele (Horowitz) Moskowitz, Strategy, Execution and Organizational Development, Liquidnet

“Humantific has become trusted collaborators helping us to think through possible scenarios regarding customer experiences, products and services in the financial services industry of the future.”

Mark McCormick, Senior Vice President, Customer Experience Strategy, Virtual Channels, Wells Fargo

“Going through the Complexity Navigation Program has literally changed my life.”

Remar Thorsness, Senior Director, VHA

Mary Corradino, Global Head Talent Management, Liquidnet

“I highly recommend the pioneering creative work of Humantific.”

Susan Hairston, Director, Office of Program Services, Ford Foundation

“Humantific has consistently enabled me to visualize and present intricate business concepts in a clear and persuasive way. The process of working with Humantific and visualizing the concept has extended and deepened my own thinking about it in valuable ways.”

Amit Barniv, Marketing Senior Director, Pfizer

“Humantific's Complexity Navigation Program was a very insightful program. There was a nice balance between listening/learning and practice time. I felt refreshed, renewed, and energized each day. Loved it!“

City of Austin Innovation Program

“Humantific provided valuable experience for a team just coming together and we ended the workshop with actionable results for next steps.”

John Colborn, Vice President Operations, Ford Foundation

“Working with Humantific has been superb! They helped us organize our thinking and create a system out of what we were doing.”

Sarah Burd-Sharps, Co-director, Measure of America

“Humantific has an amazing ability to take a difficult concept and literally draw it out in a simple-to-understand diagram.”

Steve Greenblatt, Founding member, Liquidnet

“Complexity Navigation Program has been one of the most practical training I’ve ever had in my career.”

VHA

“If you're looking for a partner to drive you through a co-creation process review... Humantific is the solution.”

Ignacio Casado, Head of Online, Vodafone Spain

“Humantific has great integrity and commitment to doing only the best work.”

Leslie Fleuranges, Director, New Products, Hill's Pet Nutrition

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