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Partner

Some Organizations Adopt the Future.
Others Help Build It.

Practice Partners are not customers, sponsors, or vendors. They are organizations that believe the future of work, leadership, and organizational health cannot be solved by any one organization alone. They practice human-centered principles within their own walls, and they create opportunities for others to learn, apply, and advance the field.

What It Means to PartnerWays to Contribute

Partnership begins with a decision about who your organization wants to be.

Who Practice Partners Are

Practice Partners Don't Sponsor the Field. They Help Build It.

Practice Partners believe that the future of leadership, work, and organizational health cannot be solved by any one organization alone.

They participate not because they are buying something, but because they want to help build something.

They are organizations that choose to put their values into action, inside their own walls and beyond them, helping advance a body of practice that will serve people far past their own teams.

Develop people.

Support applied learning.

Share knowledge.

Strengthen communities.

Advance the practice.

The Heart of a Practice Partner

Two Commitments.
One Spirit.

Being a Practice Partner means holding two commitments at once. Tap each card to see what they mean.

Practice ItPractice Partners commit to applying human-centered principles within their own organizations.They actively explore how trust, belonging, resilience, leadership, and sustainable performance can be strengthened through intentional practices, systems, and culture.Being a Practice Partner begins with doing the work yourself.
Make a WayPractice Partners help create opportunities for others to learn, grow, and gain experience.This may include hosting HCA Immersion participants, mentoring emerging practitioners, supporting applied learning projects, or creating real-world environments where human-centered practice can flourish.The profession grows when people create pathways for those who come next.

Ways to Contribute

How Does Your Organization Want to Help?

Different partners contribute in different ways, and all of them are Practice Partners. Choose what fits your organization, and we will show you what it looks like.

The Spirit of a Practice Partner

We Are Not Just Changing How We Work. We Are Building a New Path.

If your organization believes the future of work should be built around people, there is a place for you in this work. Let us build it together.

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