Understanding what matters. Creating what’s next.

Flourishing Spark helps people and organizations connect to purpose, find clarity, and move ideas into action — creating meaningful change and supporting human well-being.

Portrait of Kimberly Smathers, a design thinking consultant helping mission-driven organizations with strategy, systems change, and team development.

Hi, I’m Kimberly Smathers.

Fueled by curiosity, creativity, and care, I love turning complexity into insight and possibility. I believe a thoughtful question—or a well-placed “what if”—can spark ideas worth getting excited about.

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Flourishing Spark Services

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  • We help organizations make sense of complexity through research that is both human-centered and systems-aware. We zoom in to understand people’s lived experiences, motivations, and needs and zoom out to identify patterns, structural dynamics, and broader contexts. With a mixed methods approach, we surface nuanced and actionable insights and communicate them in ways that resonate with your audience.

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  • We help you by designing and holding space for meaningful conversations—whether to align on a vision, gather feedback, explore ideas, or build stronger connections. Drawing on diverse techniques tailored to your needs, our facilitation approach creates room for reflection, collaboration, and creative problem-solving within teams, organizations, and communities.

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  • We help organizations navigate complexity and move ideas into action. Our human-centered approach puts real people at the center—designing strategies, systems, and services that reflect individual needs, values, and lived experiences. With creativity, empathy, and systems thinking, we support inclusive and lasting change.

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  • We help organizations strengthen how they learn, communicate, and share information—within teams, across organizations, and throughout broader systems. Our work spans learning design, strategic communication, and knowledge dissemination to promote understanding, spark dialogue, and expand reach. Whether developing tailored learning experiences or creating materials that inform and inspire, we focus on making ideas accessible and clear.

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