Liz Nilsen

Just because the firm is new, doesn't mean its leader is. Liz has been helping groups sort through complex problems for more than two decades. Before founding Ambix, she led the Agile Strategy Lab at the University of North Alabama, and was the senior program director at the Lab in its first years at Purdue University. Liz has worked with organizations in nearly every sector, and has particular expertise with groups that defy easy labels - teams that bring together people from multiple organizations.

Read about some of Liz's experience

A sample of projects:

Facilitating the creation of regional development plans in central Wisconsin and Michigan
Training individuals and groups around the world in effective community engagement practices (more than 1,000 people to date)
Creating a framework for two divisions of large federal agency to collaborate on new initiatives
Coaching university faculty/staff teams through programmatic transformation processes
Facilitating statewide convening to prepare partners for COVID-19 recovery funding
Creation of customized professional development courses (online, virtual live, and asynchronous)
Leading teams in applying lean principles to service processes, yielding time and cost savings
Facilitating workshop for statewide public health professional to address maternal and infant mortality
Partnering with federal agency in strategic refocus with staff training and coaching
Equipping participants in leadership programs with tools for effective community initiatives and projects
Conducting team assessments and training for senior leaders of multi-billion-dollar organization

Additional Expertise

Ten years at the Agile Strategy Lab - which used contractual expertise to supplement a small staff for many projects- has provided a very deep pool of talent to draw from. There's almost no professional background or skillset we can't recruit to a team to assist you. We'll identify the right talent for your project - and tell you about them and their background before we bring them on.

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