James Boutin is an educator, facilitator, and coach who specializes in working with personal and organizational conflict. He holds masters degrees in education and process-oriented facilitation. James has experience teaching generative conflict practices as well as facilitating active conflict in a wide range of contexts from relationships, family systems, and public schools, to nonprofit and policymaking spaces. You can learn more about his approach to conflict by checking out his free Generative Conflict Starter Kit. James partners with mission-driven organizations and individuals to help them use conflict as one of their greatest resources for achieving their goals. He is also a phase two student, academic advisor, and course producer at the Processwork Institute of Portland, Oregon. He lives in West Seattle with his partner Emily.
