CedarRise
The work was honest with them, including about things they did not want to hear.
Cedar Cloud Rise started in the autumn of 2015, out of a specific frustration. Charlotte Thwaite had spent years watching organizations hire consultants who arrived with a framework already in hand, ran a few workshops, and left behind a report that sat in a shared drive. The work looked thorough. It rarely changed anything. She started the practice to do something different: slower, closer, and more honest about what a given situation actually required.
The name of the practice matters a little. Cedar is a tree that takes a long time to grow and is difficult to cut down once it is established. The cloud and the rise are about perspective, about getting high enough to see the shape of a problem before you start solving it. That combination, patience and perspective, is roughly what Charlotte tries to bring to every engagement. She works out of Boston and takes on clients across the country, mostly in person for the first few sessions and then by a rhythm that fits the work.
