Technology
Stewardship
Strategy
Weaving Indigenous Intelligence into Emerging Technology
The Futuremakers
of the world
Indigenous intelligence frameworks offer profound pathways for integrating their perspectives into emerging technologies.
Our approach provides a strategic foundation for technology development that honors relationships, fosters abundance, and creates transformative technologies harmonizing our relationship with each other and the natural world.
Indigenous
Intelligence
for Emerging
Technology
As leaders in technology development, you face unprecedented challenges that require innovative solutions. By integrating Indigenous perspectives into your process, you gain access to intelligence systems refined over thousands of years.
This profound knowledge addresses the complex challenges of creating technologies that are regenerative, ethical, inclusive, and honoring of cultures and sacred lands.
“Let us put our minds together and see what life we will make for our children.”
Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull) ~ Hunkpapa Lakota Chief
Our Approach
We collaborate with Indigenous Knowledge Holders who bring expertise in deep time thinking, pattern recognition across complex systems, and understanding the web of relations between all living beings.
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Experiencing the full capacity and creative power that emerges when leaders and organizations operate in right relationship with their communities and environments.
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Honoring the specific territories, histories, and cultures where technologies operate while integrating local ecological knowledge.
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A fundamental reorientation that allows you to see the world as a living system and attune your work to the natural rhythms and patterns of creation.
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Weaving together story, ceremony, and embodied knowledge with technical development for a more complete approach.
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Creating systems and technologies that give more than they take, optimized for abundance rather than extraction.
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Decision-making processes that consider impacts across seven generations and prioritize long-term flourishing.
Our Services
Passage provides executive-level guidance tailored specifically to your organization's unique context, challenges, and goals. We begin with a comprehensive assessment to understand your needs, then craft a customized engagement drawing from our suite of offerings:
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Respectfully curated councils of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Holders matched to your specific technology challenges, providing bio-regional expertise, strategic guidance, and ongoing counsel through critical decision points.
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Practical translation of Indigenous concepts into technical requirements, governance frameworks, sustainability metrics, and data sovereignty principles that reshape your technology architecture.
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Executive coaching and team training that builds capacity for integrating Indigenous perspectives into your organization's culture, decision-making processes, and innovation approaches.
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Executive deep-dive excursions with Indigenous Knowledge Holders in their territories, offering ceremonial experiences and hands-on learning that transform understanding of technology's role in society.
Benefits for
Technology
Leaders
Partnering with Passage creates a transformative narrative that:
Energizes Your Organization
Creates deeper meaning and purpose for your team
Resonates With Stakeholders
Demonstrates authentic commitment to ethical technology
Establishes Industry Leadership
Sets new standards for responsible innovation
Contributes to a Larger Narrative
Becomes part of a global movement toward technologies that honor relationship with the living world
Organizations developing emerging technologies partner with us to:
Access Deeper Intelligence
Tap into knowledge systems refined over thousands of years
Build Ethical Foundations
Develop technologies that inherently support wellbeing
Reduce Development Risk
Avoid costly missteps from narrowly conceived technology
Create Regenerative Products
Design technologies that give more than they take
Establish Authentic Partnerships
Build meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities
Lead Technology Evolution
Pioneer a new paradigm of technology development
Embody a Powerful Story
Create an authentic narrative that resonates with teams, customers, and industry peers
Engagement
Process
Our relationship begins with understanding your unique conditions and vision:
Discovery Consultation: We explore your organization's needs, challenges, aspirations, and opportunities
Custom Program Design: We craft a tailored approach drawing from our suite of services
Knowledge Holder Selection: We help identify Knowledge Holders who want to share their perspectives most relevant to your initiatives
Engagement Implementation: We weave together meaningful experiences, council gatherings, and strategic dialogues tailored to your journey
Ongoing Integration Support: We provide continued guidance as you implement Indigenous perspectives
Engage
Contact us to schedule a discovery consultation and explore how Indigenous perspectives can transform your approach to technology development.
Commitment
to Cultural
Integrity
Passage operates with profound respect for the sovereignty and sanctity of Indigenous knowledge.
> We do not appropriate or expose sacred knowledge not meant to be shared
> Indigenous Knowledge Holders maintain complete authority over what intelligence can be shared and what remains protected
> Our role is to facilitate appropriate bridges between knowledge systems, not to extract or commodify Indigenous perspectives
> We recognize that Indigenous knowledge is not merely content to be extracted, but process-based intelligence embedded in relationship to land and community
> Our work preserves the integrity of each culture while creating spaces where different ways of knowing can inform technology development