Disrupting the Present
Designing the Future

Creative Rupture is a consulting firm that partners with non-profits, community organizations, funders, and forward-thinking institutions ready for radical change.

What We Offer

  • We approach research using methods that are participatory and trauma-informed. We honour different ways of knowing, build trust with communities, and transform lived experience into actionable evidence for decision-makers.

  • We create effective, equity-centred evaluation and organizational learning systems. By revealing what's truly happening in your work, we’ll help you build confidence, demonstrate impact, and drive continuous improvement.

  • We develop tailored advocacy strategies that are grounded in relationships and engage multiple perspectives Together, we’ll help you secure policy wins, funding commitments, and measurable systems change.

  • We design transformative workshops and facilitation spaces that can build emotional stamina, shift mindsets, and give your teams the practical tools they need to navigate conflict and find new pathways forward.

  • We co-create programs and strategic plans that translate your bold vision into concrete action, balancing community leadership, imagination, and real-world practicality.

  • We guide organizations through governance redesign, mergers, transitions, and repair. We’ll support you through the honest conversations and structural shifts that are necessary to navigate change and build stronger foundations for the future.

Who WE are

Creative Rupture brings together Aaren Topley's grassroots organizing expertise and Colin Dring's academic and applied research to help organizations transform disruption into systemic change.

Contact Us

Ready for a Creative Rupture? Let’s talk about how we can support your organization.