Don’t go through a career transition alone.

We help experienced leaders process job loss, regain confidence, and explore what comes next with trained guides and a trusted peer group, because career should be a team sport.

I'm navigating a transitionI lead HR / People

A modern alternative to executive outplacement.

New to outplacement?

Most outplacement is a corporate check-the-box service optimized for speed, not people. It ignores the career grief and shock that senior leaders actually face. We’ve reimagined the support for the way modern careers actually work.

Reimagining outplacement for experienced business leaders.

They start with your résumé.
We start with you.
They put you in a portal.
We put you in a room. Invite-only gatherings that prioritize the human side of transition.
They optimize for “speed-to-hire.”
We optimize for equilibrium. Fostering the confidence and clarity you need to chart what’s next on your own terms.
They treat transition as something to hide.
We treat it as a chapter worth designing. With the right people alongside you.

Built around you, not a program calendar.

Your membership starts the day you join, and it moves at the pace of your actual life, not a curriculum. Here's the shape of it:

01
Stabilize
Real conversations within days. Focus on what’s urgent and what’s not.
02
Reframe
You are bigger than your last business card. We help craft your narrative and minimize the awkwardness.
03
Reconnect
Into social situations with a mix of leaders. Unique spaces that spark creativity.
04
Explore
New roles, startups, consulting, or board work. We map the paths and test what fits.
05
Activate
Specific introductions and curated events. Your personal networking concierge.
06
Stay
Alumni remain part of the community, opening doors for the next person.

No portal to log into. A community to belong to.

Scruffy networking: connection without the need to perform.

Field Trips are how we gather. Creative leaders, rooms worth being in, and none of the usual networking theater. No pitch decks, no “so what do you do?”, no performance mode — the only performance comes from the musicians and artists we gather around. We always meet in unique creative spaces, often with live music and always with art, because a song or a room full of someone's work can shift your perspective at exactly the moment you need it.

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FIELD TRIP ATTENDEE

“Yesterday felt like walking into an oasis of positivity and talent and support.”

Field Trips are open to members, alumni, and qualified guests.

Want in on the next one? Get on the list →

Built for the leaders behind Boston’s brands, ideas, and growth.

Career transitions are different at every stage. We are built for experienced leaders in marketing, media, and creative services, across agencies, in-house teams, and industries including healthcare, biotech, financial services, education, and technology. Membership is curated by fit, not just a résumé. You likely belong here if you embody our values and meet at least one of these criteria:

Held a VP, SVP, or C-suite role.
Director-plus with team or budget ownership.
Founded or ran a business as principal.
15+ years of genuine leadership scope.
Core Values:

Kindness
Candor
Generosity
Collabortive

Greater Boston only, on purpose.

Brady Sadler, founder of The Afternoon Shift

Why build this.

I've spent 20-plus years in marketing, media, and entrepreneurship. I've built teams, partnerships, and award-winning work, and I wrote a book about collaboration because I believe career is a team sport. Over the last year and a half I've interviewed dozens of senior leaders in transition and hosted Field Trips for people figuring out what's next. The same thing came up every time: the hardest part isn't the job search. It's the first stretch. The identity hit, the isolation, the feeling that you're suddenly outside a world you helped build. Nothing out there was created for this moment. So we're building it, together.

Brady Sadler

Questions, answered straight.

Is this therapy?
Is it confidential?
What does it cost?
I was just laid off. How fast can this start?
I'm employed but see change coming. Can I join?
We're not a creative company. Can we still nominate someone?
Can we nominate someone outside Boston?
Why not just use our existing outplacement vendor?

The next chapter starts with a conversation.

I'm navigating a transitionI lead HR / People