Future of work CONSULTING
Building Flexibility, Resilience and Innovation
Jordan Bower delivers strategic consulting services, including planning, coaching, and facilitation, to equip leaders with the tools, mindsets and emotional acuity that the Future of Work requires.
What if it really is Rocket Science?
Rocket Science Material, Jordan’s Future of Work consultancy, equips leaders and orgs for real, sustainble change.
In business, most innovation or change initiatives follow a familiar pattern. A bunch of leaders get together in a room; they crunch some numbers, discuss some Harvard Business Review articles, and analyze their industry and competitive best practice. Several weeks or months or even years later, they’ve got a nice polished deck in their inbox that’s tilted something like FUTURE VISION 2030. (In most cases, that “Future Vision” would better be titled “More of the Same.”)
When it comes to implementation, many leaders think “it’s not rocket science.” Just a little change management, and everything will go exactly according to plan…
Then, the struggle begins. Resistance, confusing, frustration. An endless cycle of new change plans, each one struggling to do the splits between the original vision and the emerging reality, kind of like Jean Claude Van Damme — but without Van Damme’s flexibility.
What if leaders began by admitting the truth: sustainable change really is rocket science. It certainly involves data analysis, best practice, and cutting-edge frameworks — but it also requires something else. This something else is a nuanced understanding of the human element. Not just how people think, but also how they relate. What they value, and what they aspire to — as individuals, teams and wider orgs.
At Rocket Science, we call this the Emotional Operating System. As strategic advisors, our work is brings these often hidden elements to the surface so they can be included in the planning and management of transformational initiatives. In the process, we deepen leadership intelligence, creating the tools, skills and mindsets that flexibility, resilience and innovation require.
Beginning with an in-depth Assessment, we lead a facilitated process to help teams elevate out of bad habits, remove barriers to innovation, and create thriving environments for collaborative problem solving.
outcomes of our work
Elephants in the room brought to the surface
Difficult conversations turned into alignment
A-ha moments reveal new paths forward
New directions clarified. New tools point the way.
rocket science assessment: the opening steps
1. We interview your stakeholders
Drawing on our remarkable ability to hear what’s not being said, we unearth the hidden emotional system, bringing a deeper level of insight into leadership analysis and decision-making.
2. We guide you to be changed by the insights
Much more than a reporting of results, we facilitate a working session that provokes you to reflect on what you’ve heard, supporting you through the challenging process of changing your current mindset.
3. We help you imagine what comes next
Introducing new planning modalities like Backcasting, we support you as you turn to your creative intelligence, developing the flexible tools, techniques and leadership agreements that the Future of Work requires.
Who Rocket Science Material is for:
✅ Executive Leadership Teams for companies between 25-250 ppl
✅ Leaders who want to be more effective, flexible and creative
✅ Leaders who want to proactively prepare for sudden disruption
✅ Leaders who want to combine analytical and emotional IQ
Assessment Logistics & Details:
→ Assessments take 4-6 weeks
→ Interviews are conducted virtually
→ Working session is a facilitated in-person meeting
→ We deliver a clear, tailored plan for your next steps