The Kairo Lab | Facilitation

Services

Facilitation

Collaborative sessions that help groups navigate complexity, build alignment, and make decisions with clarity. My approach blends liberating structures, appreciative inquiry, and interactive activities.

Conflict Mediation

Transformational, party-driven, and elicitive—focused on creating space for people to name what matters, shift dynamics, and rebuild trust on their own terms. Experience with settlement agreements, negotiation, and shuttle diplomacy to support resolution in more structured settings.

DISC Assessments

DISC assessment services help individuals and teams understand communication styles, reduce friction, and strengthen collaboration. Includes tailored debriefs and workshops that translate personality insights into actionable strategies for leadership, teamwork, and organizational alignment.

Project Management

Strategic support grounded in waterfall and agile methodologies, helping teams coordinate efforts, manage timelines, and drive projects forward with clarity and momentum.

Training

Modular trainings tailored to the audience and rooted in proven conflict resolution and communication techniques. Each session is culturally responsive, interactive, and designed to build practical skills that translate to real-world dynamics.

Enivronmental Collaboration

Supports multi-party collaboration on complex environmental and land-use issues through neutral facilitation. Services include designing processes, navigating competing interests, and building consensus among agencies, communities, and stakeholders.

About

Ava Stone, Principal Consultant

A conflict resolution practitioner, certified mediator, facilitator, certified project manager, and DISC behavioral consultant who helps teams move through complexity with clarity and purpose.

With over a decade of experience across government, nonprofit, and cross-sector collaborations, I specialize in designing and facilitating processes that build trust, align stakeholders, and drive meaningful progress. Whether supporting a leadership team, guiding an interagency initiative, or resolving workplace conflict, I bring a grounded, human-centered approach rooted in strategy and insight.

Through The Kairo Lab, I offer freelance services that blend facilitation, mediation, and project management—helping organizations cultivate healthy culture, navigate change, and meet their goals with intention.

Clients Served

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Sarah P.

"Ava is the consummate professional. As a third-party neutral, she provides a unique combination of integrity, deep-listening, creativity, and a no-nonsense approach when working with parties in conflict.".

Brian M.

"Ava has clear and demonstrated technical expertise as a facilitator, mediator, coach, and project manager, what stuck with me the most was her empathy and ability to connect with people, especially when it involved challenging or sensitive topics.

Sophia S.

"Ava is a phenomenal communicator, facilitator, and thought partner who brings a valuable perspective to the table."

"Ava is magical. Sometimes you meet people and just know that they get “it.” That’s Ava.

From my discussions and work with her, she has an innate understanding of people and organizations and how to foster the former to achieve excellence as the latter."

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