Most teams don't have a performance problem.
They have a presence problem.
"In the Room" is a three-day immersive organizational intervention for leaders ready to stop managing friction and start executing with collective brilliance.
This experience doesn't center any single identity or push a specific agenda. It holds the full room; the complexity of who individuals are and the humanity that we share.
LIMITED OFFERING — 50 ENGAGEMENTS TOTAL
50 engagements remaining · This offering will not be repeated
Corporate · Nonprofit · Community – Tiered Investments
What's Actually Happening?
The people in the room are the source of the friction. They are also the solution.
Most organizations aren't struggling because their people lack skill or commitment. The elephants in the room are visible. Some people are naming them, some are ignoring them, and others don't see them at all. But they are there.
What's missing is a clear pathway to address them without letting them take over.
Between unexamined assumptions and communication defaults nobody consciously chose, with gaps between who people are versus who they perform at work, tensions get personalized instead of addressed.
Productive execution slows down and disengagement spreads quietly. And all of it costs; in time, in money, and in the unrealized potential of people who are capable of far more than the friction allows.
"What's usually in the way is not going to get resolved through more vocabulary or a deeper understanding of historical frameworks. People might leave those experiences more informed, but more often they leave feeling hurt, angry, or confused."
Having more language but no real shift in how people listen, communicate, or share space with one another does not equip teams with the respectful collaboration needed for prime efficiency. "In the Room" works at a different level.
THE COST OF UNADDRESSED FRICTION
Disengagement costs U.S. organizations an estimated $550 billion annually. That number lives at the relational level; in meetings that require three follow up meetings, in missed deadlines rooted in passive aggressive resistance, and in key people leaving quietly before anyone understands why. "In the Room" is where it gets addressed.
The Experience
"In the Room" is a three-day immersive organizational intervention facilitated by Jenni Graham.
Unlike many traditional DEI offerings that expand awareness without changing outcomes, or that enhance terminology without decreasing tension, "In the Room" is grounded in real-time relational dynamics and practical application. This is more than a training. Using an experiential methodology that integrates personal reflection, embodied activity, creative process, and group dynamics work, "In the Room" moves organizations through three deliberate phases.
A structured recalibration of how people actually see each other, communicate with each other, and work together.
One
Leadership and the full organization are engaged separately before coming together. This creates an immediate opportunity to surface where alignment exists and where it doesn't; before the deeper work begins.
Foundation
"Who am I, why am I here, and what do I bring into this space?"
Two
Disruption
"What's actually happening between us, and why?"
This is the immersive work. Participants examine what they bring into professional spaces, where it comes from, and how it's shaping outcomes. By the end of Day Two something has shifted; the room feels different because the people in it now see themselves and others differently.
Three
The organization builds something new together. Agreements get made and clarity replaces assumptions. People leave with a shared vision, a solidified foundation, and the tools to sustain it.
Recalibration
"Who are we together and how do we move forward from here?"
Designed for groups of up to 50 participants.
Organizations with larger teams may inquire about multiple cohorts.
THIS IS FOR YOU IF:
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You know something is off and you're ready to find out what it is and how to shift it
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Friction, miscommunication, or disengagement are quietly costing your organization
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You're ready for real transformation; not just surface-level culture optics
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Your team is ready to take nuanced accountability for how they show up
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You understand that when people of different identities and lived experiences feel respected, and can show up more authentically, the collective output becomes optimal because it's coming from an aligned team; not a homogeneous one
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Leadership is willing to participate fully alongside their teams
THIS IS NOT FOR YOU IF:
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You're looking for band-aid, or checkbox, or surface-level solutions
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Leadership intends to observe rather than participate
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You're expecting performance language and scripted outcomes
About Jenni Graham
Jenni Graham is a facilitator, educator, and organizational interventionist whose work sits at the intersection of mental health, relational dynamics, and human performance. With over 20 years of experience across clinical practice, nonprofit consulting, higher education, and group facilitation, she brings a depth of insight that moves organizations beyond awareness into actual change. She is known for translating complex relational dynamics into practical, human-centered insight by making what is often abstract, charged, or avoided both accessible and actionable.
Her background includes clinical practice as an art therapist, national consulting work, adjunct faculty positions at Drexel University, Temple University, and Jefferson University, and public speaking across academic, nonprofit, and organizational settings. She has served as an invited guest lecturer at universities nationally and was the first woman to keynote Pratt Institute’s MLK Legacy Week. She holds a Master’s degree in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt Institute and has organized and hosted large-scale convenings bringing together practitioners, leaders, and communities navigating conflict, identity, power, and systemic pressure.
Over time, Jenni’s work has moved beyond, while remaining in dialogue with, social constructs toward a deeper focus on how people actually show up in relationships under pressure, in difference, and inside nuanced systems. Her facilitation is grounded in the capacity to hold both the complexity of cultural differences and our shared humanity, without allowing one to override or erase the other.
She works through an experiential development lens which is an embodied and experience-based approach to professional learning that uses creative and somatic processes to bypass defensiveness and performance, while supporting accountability and connection with both self and others. Her facilitation style is engaging, structured, and attuned. She supports teams in metabolizing tension, increasing clarity, and working together more effectively in environments where the unspoken is often the loudest disruption.
Art Therapist · Clinical Practice
M.S. Art Therapy · Pratt Institute
Adjunct Faculty · Drexel · Temple · Jefferson
First Woman to Keynote Pratt MLK Legacy Week
25+ Years · Organizational & Clinical Work
What Changes
Organizations that experience "In the Room" leave with:
A shared understanding on navigating differences without personalizing them – which is the difference between a difficult conversation that moves things forward and one that quietly generates apathy, mistrust, and power struggles.
Clarity around unspoken communication dynamics, decision-making practices, and the roles people volunteer into – or get assigned to – without consent.
Communication agreements that reflect how people actually and respectfully connect or disconnect – not aspirational language that dissolves under pressure.
Leadership with a clearer understanding of how power is functioning in service of – or getting in the way of – collective goals and outcomes.
Teams that can hold productive tension without collapsing into conflict or avoidance – which is what organizational resilience actually looks like in practice.
A measurable reduction in the relational friction that slows execution – creating the conditions for cooperative effort, collective brainstorming, better solutions, and quicker action.
The full brilliance of a dynamic group of people finally operating as one – because people feel they can bring themselves more completely into the room.
Is This Right for You?
This work is for organizations ready to actually address what's happening beneath the surface.
Investment
Each engagement includes a pre-engagement alignment conversation, executive and leadership container, full team container, full-day immersive, integration session, and participant workbooks and materials for up to 50 participants. All facilitation is delivered by Jenni Graham.
CORPORATE
$50,000
Up to 50 participants
Additional Cohorts available at $30,000 per cohort for organizations with more than 50 particiapnts.
NONPROFIT / ACADEMIC
$40,000
Up to 50 participants
Additional Cohorts available at $25,000 per cohort for organizations with more than 50 particiapnts.
COMMUNITY
$25,000
Up to 50 participants
Available for the Philadelphia-area only. Limited availability and additional cohorts not available within this offering
A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your dates. Remaining balance is due 60 days prior to engagement delivery. One reschedule is permitted within 6 months and is subject to availability.
Bring "In the Room" to Your Organization
This is a finite offering. When it's done, it's done.
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Questions? Jenni@JennisGems.com
