Strategic counsel for the institutions shaping cultural life.
ElevenThirtySix is a strategic advisory practice for cultural and civic leaders. We work with a small number of organizations each year on positioning, narrative, and the decisions that define where they stand.
We sit at the intersection of cultural intelligence and institutional strategy, working with leaders on the questions that define direction.
Our approach integrates strategic rigor with cultural depth. We help institutions clarify not only what they communicate, but what they stand for within a shifting global landscape.
Institutional Positioning
Clarifying who you are, what you stand for, and how you are understood so that mission, leadership voice, and public presence move in coherence.
Cultural Foresight
Interpreting cultural shifts, anticipating emerging expectations, and supporting decision-making during moments of growth, transition, and reorientation.
Narrative Architecture
Translating strategy into cultural expression. The language, campaigns, and programming that shape how an institution is experienced in public life.
“Culture is not peripheral.
It is foundational.“
It structures how meaning is formed, how values are expressed, and how futures are imagined and realized. Everything we do starts from that position.
We work with organizations whose influence extends beyond their walls into the cultural landscape they help shape.
Cultural & Civic Organizations
Museums, cultural centers, public initiatives, and cross-border programs navigating a complex and shifting global landscape. We help clarify your role, articulate your values, and bring leadership and programming into alignment with long-term purpose.
Cultural Initiatives & Brands
Organizations whose work shapes public meaning and cultural expectation. We support the development of purpose, narrative, and strategic coherence, ensuring that what you express reflects what you stand for.
Leaders in Transition
For leaders navigating institutional growth, leadership transitions, or strategic reinvention. Moments when the question is not what to do next, but how to think about what comes next.
ElevenThirtySix is the advisory practice within a broader body of work.
Academy36
A global digital academy for cultural workers and creatives built around the four intelligences: cultural, aesthetic, artificial, and personal.
Galerie36
A contemporary African art space and cultural salon based in Dakar. Curated exhibitions, conversations, and experiences that center cultural depth.
Works in Progress
Long-form writing on culture, creativity, and how we choose to live and lead. The newsletter for anyone building a creative life on their own terms.
Perspective, insight, and reflection.
Cultural intelligence for the people building a creative life on their own terms.
Whose Culture Is It Anyway?
Wicked Problems.
Conversations on culture, creativity, and the intelligence it takes to build something that matters.
Engagements begin with a conversation.
We work with a small number of cultural and civic institutions each year. If you are navigating a strategic question and this work resonates, we would welcome the opportunity to speak.