Passion led us here and mindful leadership takes us forward

Values that are important to us

Curiosity
Vulnerability
Courage
Passion

Our Approach

We deliver transformational results by creating space for the conversations that matter: discerning, transparent, and growth-driving.

At OCW, we start with one core truth: Behind every policy, platform, process, and performance metric is a human being. Using a systems-informed and human-centered lens, we help you reduce friction, realign priorities, and activate leadership at every level.

Our work strengthens both capability (skills, tools, leadership behaviors) and capacity (bandwidth, regulation, resilience), so your teams can not only meet today’s challenges, but thrive through what comes next. If you want to create lasting change, you must engage the whole system, people, processes, and technology, with clarity, compassion, and common sense.

Business: We identify opportunities to streamline operations, reduce complexity, and unlock new value, whether through cost-efficient platforms, scalable growth strategies, or untapped market niches.

People: We develop cohesive leadership teams that communicate with clarity, model accountability, and foster trust across the organization. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone is empowered to lead, no matter their role.

Technology: We align tools, workflows, and systems with your business goals—bringing process and technology together in ways that feel intuitive, not imposed. The result? Sustainable operations and powerful experiences, for your people and your clients.

Meet Jo-Ann

What my experiences have taught me

I created OCW as a response to a leadership model that too often rewards perfection, isolation, and control—and fails to create the conditions for real transformation. I envisioned something different:

A collaborative platform where leaders grow in community, not in silos.
Where power is shared, not hoarded.
Where conflict becomes a doorway to clarity, not something to manage or avoid.

Over two decades of work across healthcare, education, corporate transformation, and government have shown me this:
Lasting change isn’t about fixing what’s broken—it’s about strengthening what’s already alive in the system.

Organizations, like people, have nervous systems. When they’re regulated, communication flows, decisions land, and teams move with clarity. When they’re not, misalignment, reactivity, and burnout take over.

I've seen how systems under pressure tend to default to control. But sustainable growth isn’t driven by pressure—it’s powered by capacity. That’s the kind of change I help organizations create.

What I do and how

I’m a Transformation Strategist and systems integrator who blends consulting, coaching, and nervous system intelligence to help organizations adapt and thrive—turning complexity into clarity and stress into strategic growth.

My approach is grounded in advanced training across systems coaching, trauma-informed facilitation, neuroscience-based leadership, and emotional agility. With a background spanning strategic planning, operational design, and leadership development, I bring both the structure and the human insight needed to support organizations through sustained change.

My strength lies in seeing what’s not being said.
Whether it’s misalignment across teams, unspoken organizational trauma, or cultural patterns that quietly block progress, I know how to name what’s underneath the surface and guide people toward clarity.

Why clients engage me

Clients partner with me when they want to:

  • Align executive teams around shared vision and strategic priorities

  • Design offsites, retreats, and strategic planning frameworks that move beyond talk into action

  • Coach leaders and teams through conflict, complexity, and cultural transformation

  • Strengthen decision-making, collaboration, and leadership presence

  • Surface and shift organizational patterns that are creating friction or fatigue

I design engagements that reduce overwhelm, build trust, and make change feel possible. By increasing capacity, not just pushing performance, I help leaders and teams unlock the ability to grow, adapt, and lead with integrity in complexity.

What I’ve created

I’m the lead designer and co-creator of OCW’s signature programs and frameworks:

  • Prosilience Framework, a systems-informed approach to resilience that transforms stress into strategy at both individual and organizational levels

  • Flow Academy, personal mastery and nervous system leadership for thriving through change

  • The Coach Approach , coaching and communication skills that build trust, deepen presence, and increase leadership effectiveness

  • The Synergy Labs, immersive learning experiences that integrate nervous system insight, values-based leadership, and behavioral change to strengthen team dynamics and unlock collective potential

Each program is designed to reduce friction, build capacity, and support real, lasting transformation.

I continue to actively teach and evolve these offerings as part of OCW’s core learning pathways, helping leaders and organizations move forward with clarity, coherence, and impact.

Let’s begin

As founder, I remain actively involved in shaping every client experience—from the initial discovery to final delivery. While I hold the throughline and vision of our work, OCW is built on more than one voice. It’s powered by a trusted community of collaborators and partners—and grounded in the belief that the client’s voice is part of the system we’re reshaping, too.

Together, we bring depth, insight, and shared commitment to every engagement, allowing us to serve at scale while staying rooted in relationship, responsiveness, and rhythm.

I’m continually inspired by the clients and collaborators I walk alongside—leaders and teams committed to:

DISCOVER what’s true
CREATE what’s needed
TRANSFORM with intention
GROW what lasts

If you're ready to align your leadership, culture, and strategy in a way that strengthens your system from the inside out, then let’s begin.

Meet Our Whisperers

The Collaborators of OCW

While I shape the vision and guide each engagement, OCW is powered by more than one voice.
We are a collective of seasoned practitioners, coaches, facilitators, consultants, designers and space-holders, who bring depth, integrity, and lived wisdom to the work.

Together, we’re the Whisperers.
People who know how to listen below the surface, hold complexity with care, and co-create the kind of change that lasts.

It’s not about being the best at everything - It’s about bringing in the best of everyone.

  • Quantum Whisperer, Neuro-Transformational Coach & Facilitator, CPCC, PCC, CNTC,CRTC

    Hi, I’m Carol.

    What my experiences have taught me is:

    Lasting change starts from within, and it’s sustained through connection.

    When people feel safe to be seen, they unlock the clarity and courage needed to lead themselves and others with intention.

    I support leaders and learners in reconnecting with their inner wisdom, while navigating outer challenges with presence and precision. Whether facilitating a workshop or guiding a coaching conversation, I weave together neuroscience, intuition, and real-world insight to create spaces where growth feels possible, and personal.

    My path began in accounting, building a successful financial consulting practice rooted in clarity and trust. But it was my calling to work with youth that deepened my commitment to transformational change. I founded Shift Happens, a registered charity, designed to equip underserved youth with leadership skills, mindset tools, and emotional literacy. As that work expanded, I incorporated neuroscience-based coaching practices that now shape many of OCW’s signature programs.

    As a certified Be Above Leadership facilitator, I teach brain-based (lets talk thru this)  coaching models that support emotional agility, resilience, and self-awareness. I’m a co-creator of Flow Academy, The Coach Approach, and Synergy Labs, bringing care and coherence to learning experiences that transform the way people lead, live, and relate.

    Clients engage me to:
    • Facilitate mindset shifts and human-centered leadership development
    • Bridge purpose and performance through coaching and learning
    • Design transformative programs that build trust, resilience, and clarity

    I believe transformation isn’t something we force—it’s something we nurture. When people feel seen, systems can shift.

    If you want to co-create the kind of change that actually sticks, then let’s begin.

  • Somatic Whisperer, Coach & Trauma-Informed Facilitator (she/her)

    Hi, I’m Jen.

    What my experiences have taught me is:

    We don’t think our way out of stress—we shift when the body feels safe.

    I help people heal the imprint of retained system trauma so they can reconnect with themselves, increase capacity, and move forward with more presence and intention. My approach blends somatic coaching, trauma-informed tools, and facilitation grounded in nervous system awareness.

    I began my professional path supporting the family business, a space where I witnessed how chronic stress and overwhelm can quietly shape how we show up in life.

    My own journey through stress loops and emotional shutdown led me to explore somatic practices, how the body holds patterns and how we can shift them with care and attention. That insight opened the door to coaching, transformation work, and ultimately to creating space for others to reconnect with their own internal safety and clarity.

    I’ve trained with Galina Denzel, a trauma resolution practitioner and somatic movement specialist, and Sarah Baldwin, a somatic experiencing practitioner and polyvagal-informed coach. I also studied with the ACT Institute (Auricular Chromotherapy), and hold certifications through the Relationship School and the Personal Development School.

    My background in parts work focuses on reparenting and integration and helps clients shift adaptive patterns shaped by lived experience.

    What I love most about this work is the immediacy of the shift, and how quickly presence, healing, and new possibilities emerge when people feel safe in their system. I blend coaching, cognitive behavioral approaches, and embodied facilitation to support that transformation.

    Clients engage me to:

    • Build emotional capacity, self-trust, and body-based awareness Shift out of cognitive overwhelm and into full-system integration

    • Rewire responses to stress so they can move through life with more ease, clarity, and choice

    My clients often say they feel lighter, more connected, and able to be intentional in ways that once felt out of reach.

    Most of us live from the 20% of the brain that speaks the loudest. I help people access the other 80%—the body’s deep intelligence—so they can shift, heal, and move forward with clarity and care.

    I believe transformation doesn’t happen through force, it happens through safety, awareness, and integration. When the body is ready, the change is real.

    If you are ready for change, then let’s begin.

  • Human-Centered Transformation Partner, PMP, CP, LSSGB, ITIL

    Hi, I’m Sue.

    What my experiences have taught me is

    Systems don’t change unless people do, and people don’t change in isolation. They change in relationship—with their work, their purpose, and each other.

    I help organizations navigate transformation by reconnecting with what matters most: their people. Whether managing a complex project portfolio or guiding large-scale change, I bring structure and empathy to every engagement—making change feel less like disruption and more like alignment.

    With 20+ years of experience across healthcare, IT, government, social housing, mental health, and community-based services, I’ve led strategic initiatives, directed enterprise project management offices, and supported mission-driven organizations through both operational complexity and cultural transition. My work blends execution with inclusion, turning strategic priorities into practical pathways forward.

    Clients engage me to:

    • Lead organizational change efforts with empathy and precision

    • Align cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholder groups

    • Build project and change capacity across departments

    • Deliver results that are as sustainable as they are human-centered

    In a world that demands both agility and accountability, change isn’t optional—it’s essential. But it can be done with clarity, care, and momentum that lasts.

    If you want to build the kind of change people can believe in, then let’s begin

  • Relationship Whisperer, Coach & Facilitator for Courageous Connection & Clarity in Action

    Hi, I’m Paula.

    What my experiences have taught me is:

    Healing doesn’t happen through information alone—it happens through relationship.

    Whether in our personal lives or at work, real change begins when we show up with honesty, curiosity, and compassion. That’s the foundation of every transformation I support.

    I work with individuals, couples, leaders, and teams to move from disconnection to deeper connection, starting with themselves. My coaching blends attachment theory, somatic integration, and courageous conversation to strengthen relational intelligence and support emotional safety, trust, and aligned action.

    My path to this work began with a personal quest to understand why intimacy felt unsafe, even when I longed for it. Despite years of study, it wasn’t until I began showing up vulnerably, learning to listen, speak my needs, and risk real connection, that healing truly began. Over time, intellectual insight became embodied wisdom. That lived experience, alongside the teachings of Sue Johnson, Diane Poole Heller, Susan Scott and others, continues to shape both my life and my practice.

    I hold certifications and training from:

    • The Couples Institute

    • The Embody Lab’s Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certificate

    • The 9-month Relationship Mastery Program

    • The UnShamed program through the Santa Fe Institute for Shame-Based Studies

    • Ongoing Master Life Coach training through The Insight Coaching Community

    Clients and teams engage me who are ready to:

    • Name and shift the relational patterns keeping them stuck

    • Have the fierce conversations they’ve been avoiding

    • Rebuild self-trust and emotional safety

    • Navigate conflict and communication breakdowns with more skill and presence

    • Step into relationships at home and at work, that feel alive, secure, and aligned

    I’m not here to fix you. I’m here to walk with you, one fierce, life-changing conversation at a time.

    Let’s begin.

  • Connection Whisperer, Professional Coach and Facilitator

    Hi, I’m Mala.

    What my experiences have taught me, across countries, cultures, and careers, is this:

    Before we can shift how we relate to others, we have to feel safe enough to tell the truth to ourselves, and be brave enough to stand in our authenticity.

    I’m a passionate and energetic coach who meets you where you are, with a customized, systems-intelligent approach. Whether we’re working on leadership communication, emotional clarity, or personal growth, I help you reorganize, reorient, and reprogram the parts of you that are calling out for attention, so you can move toward the life or leadership you’ve been longing for.

    Born and raised in Barbados by an Indian entrepreneur, I left home at 15 to attend high school in Toronto as the first foreign student at Agincourt Collegiate. The decision wasn’t mine, but the adjustment was. Facing a new culture, new expectations, and a complete change at such a young age required resilience and resourcefulness. It also sparked a lifelong ability to navigate change and create meaningful new paths forward.

    Married to my high school sweetheart, I helped build and operate a successful family business and raised four sons—all while managing purchasing, operations, and administration. By 2018, I realized I needed a new kind of capacity, one that included space to breathe, reflect, and reconnect with myself. The second half of my life has been devoted to learning what makes communication clear, connection safe, and self-awareness sustainable.

    Since completing my professional coaching certification, I’ve invested deeply in personal and professional growth—strengthening how I serve others with clarity and care. My studies include:

    • Internal Family Systems & Attachment Theory

    • Neuroscience and Trauma-Informed Frameworks

    • Systems Intelligence

    • Cognitive Behavioural Toolsets

    • ACT Institute (Auricular Chromotherapy)

    Alongside the learning, I’ve done the inner work too, unpacking patterns around belonging, attachment, and identity. I carry that lived insight into every conversation I have.

    People engage me when they’re ready to:

    • Get honest about the stories and strategies that are no longer serving them

    • Improve communication—in relationships, teams, and family systems

    • Unhook from perfectionism, people-pleasing, or emotional avoidance

    • Rebuild trust—with themselves and others

    • Navigate leadership, life transitions, or family dynamics with more clarity and choice

    I work with a balance of warmth, humor, and depth (my personal credentials are “RCPP” – Recovering Codependent People Pleaser).

    You don’t have to be fixed, perfect, or fully ready. You just have to be willing to start.

    Let’s begin.

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A Human-Centered Approach to DEI

Our Commitment to Equity, Belonging & Inclusive Leadership

At OCW, we believe that transformation begins with inclusion.

As a leadership development and organizational consulting practice, we work at the intersection of systems, strategy, and humanity. That means recognizing and honoring the diverse lived experiences, identities, and ways of knowing that shape how people show up—and how organizations grow.

Our approach to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is rooted in relationship, not compliance. We help leaders build cultures of belonging where complexity is welcomed, difference is valued, and every voice has space to be heard.

Whether through coaching, facilitation, or strategic change, we partner with our clients to:

  • Name what’s underneath the surface - the unspoken patterns that block connection, trust, and equity

  • Create structures that support psychological safety, cultural humility, and shared power.

  • Foster inclusive leadership at every level, not as a checkbox, but as a daily practice that transforms teams and organizations from the inside out.

True inclusion isn’t just about who’s at the table. It’s about redesigning the table—and how we gather around it.

“The last four years of my life have been tough personally. There have been so many ups and downs that it was hard showing up in my own life never mind in the lives of those around me. Were it not for Jo-Ann Morgante of Organizational Change Whisperers, I don’t think I would have found my way through it.  Jo-Ann is an amazing coach that helps you make space in your life to be able to process life’s inputs. She empowers you to pause, reflect and respond to life’s events on your own terms and helps you regain control amid the chaos.  If you find yourself looking for a foothold on your path up the mountain then look no further than OCW”

— Jim Weir, Technical Infrastructure & Development Service Area Leader, SAP Practice, IBM Canada