Vea has over 12 years of facilitation and strategic leadership experience, guiding non-profit organizations, social enterprises, boards, and grassroots groups, and changemakers through strategic decision-making and governance transformation. She started Crown and Calling in 2019, as her work began to evolve from traditional corporate business consulting into value-driven relational support for organizations and individuals.
As a creative generalist, her expertise lies in adaptable frameworks that are responsive, culturally attuned, and aligned with sector-specific and local challenges. As an immigrant settler, also in the path of learning more about her own Southeast Asian and indigenous heritage, she is committed to decolonizing her work, faith, and relational practices. Outside of work, you’ll catch her reading, crafting, or organizing a neighbourhood get-together.
SVI Virtual 2026 Workshop: Practicing Power Consciousness in Decision-Making
We believe decision-making is a critical site for enacting equity, accountability, and integrity in values-driven businesses and organizations. Making decisions that are ‘power-conscious’ enables entrepreneurs and leaders to more intentionally enact their values in the big and small choices they make on the day-to-day.
This interactive workshop shines a light on power: how it shows up, how it shapes decisions, and how each of us participates in it. Rather than only examining and observing external structures, we suggest that power-consciousness is rooted internally. Participants will be supported to turn inward and identify the different types of power they hold in different contexts. Together, we will reflect on how to leverage the power we hold for more equitable outcomes.
Over the course of 90 mins, we will explore three tools for building power-consciousness: creating a shared language for naming and discussing power, mapping the flow of power through your decision-making context, and identifying the various types of power you’re able to exercise. Participants will walk away with an increased capacity to:
1. Reflect on their own power and leverage opportunities within decision-making spaces;
2. Map formal and informal decision-makers, including roles, relationships, and influence, and;
3. Identify how personal, relational, and structural power dynamics impact decision outcomes.