Partner & Executive Director

Jarren MacDougall he/him

Jarren pays attention to the people, the pace and the part of the plan everyone forgot to mention. He brings warmth and practical sense to the business of getting good creative work into the world.

A good ear. A steady hand.

Jarren notices how a conversation is landing. Who has gone quiet. Which question needs a little more room. What a team needs to understand before it can make a decision. As Harc’s Executive Director, he brings that attention to the relationships and practical work behind each project.

Jarren knows what it feels like to be in a room where only some parts of you seem welcome. That experience shaped his attention to who gets heard and how people find room to contribute as themselves. His work as a leadership coach deepened that listening practice. At Harc, he brings it to the people around the project table, making space for different perspectives while keeping a shared purpose in view.

Someone has to help the good idea happen.

Jarren leads client relationships and project stewardship. He keeps track of what has been promised, who needs to be involved and how the decisions fit together. He helps teams carry creative work through their own organizations, with the logistics and communication that takes.

That work is relational and practical in equal measure. The brilliant idea still needs a decision. The decision needs the right people. And the project needs someone paying attention to how everyone gets from here to there.

Alongside Parker, Jarren helps Harc’s work hold together from the first conversation through to its life in the world. He brings care, perspective and a quiet insistence that the people inside the process matter.

Selected Work

Work Jarren is proud to be part of.

Harc didn’t offer a ‘solution in a box’—they helped us focus and come to our own realizations.

  • Diane Mitchell

  • Executive Director
  • St. Andrew’s-Wesley United

Harc will inspire you to think and dream, and the end result will be better than you imagined.

  • Stash Bylicki

  • Executive Director
  • Chor Leoni Choir

Harc brought forward beautiful, well-researched ideas, resulting in a brand I’m proud to share with the world.

  • Marsha d’Angelo

  • Founder & Principal
  • Apostrophe Communications

Harc is a great partner for organizations who not only want to be understood, but also to better understand themselves.

  • John Stevens

  • CEO
  • Ontario Veterinary Med. Assc.

The Harc team is intuitive, creative, and strategic while infusing magic and delight into everything they do.

  • Zena Sharman

  • Writer, Consultant, LGBTQ+ health advocate

Parker and Jarren became part of our team, showing up in a meaningful way and bringing our story to life through deep understanding.

  • Heather Vause

  • Director, Community Engagement
  • ARC Foundation

 

Working with Harc was like going on a guided journey into understanding and expressing who we are as a company.

  • Ted Phillips

  • Owner & Principal
  • Home Island Coffee Partners

Harc’s coaching has helped me see and design my own methods and practices to be successful with a clearer, more confident approach. As a result, I am engaging both my business and my life at a higher level.

  • XETS’EMITS’A

  • Candace Campo
  • Founder & Indigenous Tour Operator
  • Talaysay Tours

Let’s talk.

A clear brief is welcome. A gloriously untidy first thought is welcome too. Tell us what you’re making, changing or trying to say. We’ll help work out what happens next.

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