Helping to build businesses, economies and policies with a land ethic for people and communities seeking self-determination.

Our Work
Only some ways of relating to ourselves, each other, information systems, business, bureaucracy and the land can lead to self-determination and healthy relationships, other paths lead to more dependency and further trauma. We will help you create the systems and healthy relationships between these systems for community development pathways that lead to greater self-determination.

Services
Business modelling and strategic management planning with land and cultural values
Policy analysis and development
Economic impact modelling
Natural resource asset valuation
Resource governance planning and strategy

About
Hugh brings experience in policy development and analysis, asset valuation, financial risk management, and economic strategy across the energy, agriculture, and forestry sectors. Hugh's work spans both quantitative financial analysis and hands-on agricultural and land-based operations, giving him a grounded understanding of how capital, policy, and production intersect.Organizationally, Hugh has worked within small technology startups and large energy companies, and has advised on policy development and analysis for federal and provincial ministries as well as First Nations communities.This breadth of experience — from hands-on land stewardship to advanced financial modeling to relationship-based policy work — gives Hugh a distinctive perspective on economic and community development. Hugh focuses on bridging rigorous analysis with practical implementation and long-term value creation.