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One way of seeing. Three rooms to put it to work.

Think Hawaiian is a way of seeing — refined across oceans and millennia, applied to leadership work that matters now. The same way of seeing meets three different rooms: an organization's senior leaders, an intact team, and an executive council.

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Signature Workshops

Choose the room that fits the work.

01 — For Organizational Culture Senior leadership cohorts · 500+ orgs

A way of seeing your organization.

Most leadership programs hand you a framework. This one hands you a way of seeing.

A workshop that puts the lens in the hands of an organization's senior leaders — then works with them, in the room, on whatever that lens reveals.

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Who's in the roomDirectors, VPs, C-suite — 15 to 60
Default formatFull-Day (flagship)
Concepts
PilinaHa‘aha‘aKuleanaAlaka‘i
02 — For Teams Intact teams · revenue & cross-functional

Belonging makes a team safe. Becoming makes a team great.

You don't have a sales-marketing problem. You have a canoe problem.

Takes a high-performing team from belonging to becoming — through a stack of trust that runs from inside the individual out to the customer.

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Who's in the roomIntact teams of 8 to 30
Default formatFull-Day (flagship)
Concepts
PilinaKākouLaulimaImua
03 — For Leaders Intact executive teams · CEO + reports

Leadership is a kuleana. Both a burden and a privilege.

Most executive teams have been functioning. Few have been bound.

A demanding two- to three-day intensive that puts an intact executive team through the inward work of leadership — bound by cultural protocol.

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Who's in the roomCEO + direct reports — 8 to 12
Default formatMulti-Day (the standard)
Concepts
Au‘AhaAla
One Architecture

Three workshops. The same through-line.

Every Think Hawaiian engagement is built against one architecture. Each follows the same five-part arc, opens with cultural protocol, and sends every participant home with a hō‘okupu.

01OpenThe felt problem. Why this room, why now.
02ReframeThe central thesis. The shift it delivers.
03WorkThe Hawaiian concepts, taught as working tools.
04ApplyParticipants apply the work to their situation.
05ChargeOne commitment each. Plus the hō‘okupu.
Wehe

Every engagement opens with a Wehe, led by Kainoa — a deliberate marker that this is not a standard training.

‘Awa

The Multi-Day For Leaders closes with a shared ‘Awa ceremony — historically used for formal commitments and the binding of relationships.

At a Glance

Which workshop fits your room?

 For Organizational CultureFor TeamsFor Leaders
TaglineA way of seeing your organization.Belonging makes a team safe. Becoming makes a team great.The inward work of leadership.
Who's in the roomSenior leadership cohorts — 15 to 60Intact teams — 8 to 30Intact executive team — 8 to 12
Default formatFull-DayFull-DayMulti-Day (2–3 days)
Booking lead time60–120 days60–120 days6–12 months
What's distinctiveResponsive — flexes to what the lens revealsThe Stack of Trust as the through-lineThree movements + cultural protocol + ‘Apu hō‘okupu
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