Are you exhausted by trying to lead in a society where everyone seems to be angry and on edge?
Think differently so you can produce the ideas that move people differently.
Are you exhausted by trying to lead in a society where everyone seems to be angry and on edge?

Think differently so you can produce the ideas that move people differently.

What is Naked Civics?

Naked Civics is strategy, design & counsel that creates stronger brand relevance.

Naked Civics moves polarity and politics out of the way and replaces it with ideas and actions that engage the hearts and minds of those who matter most.

Who is it for?

Naked Civics is for senior leaders who want to convert challenges into opportunities.

Naked Civics produces added value in world a world of social turbulence and unpredictability.

Why Does it Matter?

The marketplace is thirsty for authentic and competent leadership that can design social value directly into their value proposition.  Naked Civics differentiates when noise is high and overall trust is low by offering people something to “buy into” not just buy or with to transact.

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Trust Washington politicians to do right by the public.

Our confidence in traditional civic leadership is low and getting lower.

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Desire CEOs to take the lead.

We are looking for new kinds of leaders from new sectors.

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Employees want to work for organizations that matter

Our best talent isn’t interested in working just for a paycheck.

What Makes This Approach Different?

Ideas and Strategies are anchored directly into where marketplace value is created.
Navigating societal concerns through the lens of risk and reputation is an incomplete approach when “being responsible” has become table stakes.

How Does it Work?

Naked Civics uses a proven design and operating practice built to house a multitude of dynamic challenges.

Naked Civics uses a proven design and operating practice built to house a multitude of dynamic challenges.

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Strategic Counsel Sessions
provide consistent opportunities reflect, rethink and redirect personal thoughts and energies

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Exploratory and Thought Expansion
practices are established through guided learning experiences and allow for iterative action and compound learning

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Civic Insight is produced through tools and frameworks that bring awareness and literacy to today’s complex and unpredictable world

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Contextual Reframing exercises bring focus and priority to where opportunities exist

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Idea Generation creates options of how to enhance brand relevance and premium

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Influence Strategies create the actions that move people and produce real-time feedback

What is the Result?

Powerful affinity with customers and other stakeholders

Stronger employment brand

Greater team engagement

Differentiated treatment in social and traditional media

Elevated civic identity that transcends societal polarity and identify politics

About Nate Garvis

Widely Experienced.
Broadly Connected.
Aggressively Unaccredited.

Nate Garvis, the founder of Naked Civics, comes with extensive global experiences and a broad and ever-expanding formal and informal education. He has successfully led organizations through rapidly changing environments and volatile marketplaces and helped them emerge more resilient and successful while delivering greater common good. He has worked in nearly every sector, including government, technology, retail, manufacturing, logistics, health care, religion, the arts, law enforcement, academia, and has created a large and diverse network of talent and institutional knowledge along the way.

He is a senior fellow at the globally leading Social Innovation Lab at Babson College, co-founder of Studio/E — a learning community designed to explore new value propositions — and a former Fortune 50 public affairs officer.

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If you’re interested in leading by setting the new public standard, let’s talk