History

We began in Seattle, and we started out as volunteers.

The AtKisson Group was founded as AtKisson + Associates, a sole proprietorship, in Seattle, USA, 1992. (We received our first business license in January 1993.) Since our inception, our work has been founded on systems and sustainability theory, mixed with best-practice methods of practical implementation and change; a sense of passion for our work; and a commitment to quality, creativity, and excellence in working with our clients and customers.

Alan AtKisson, the company's founder, was also a co-founder of the internationally recognized Sustainable Seattle initiative. Sustainable Seattle was our first pro bono client: Alan worked for several years helping to lead the initiative and manage its projects, entirely in a volunteer capacity. (Several other early AtKisson associates were also Sustainable Seattle volunteers, including Lee Hatcher.)

The business incorporated in 1995, and changed its name to AtKisson, Inc. in 2001 when it began to internationalize. AtKisson Europe, the first wholly owned subsidiary, was opened in Sweden in 2002.

Today, AtKisson Inc. is the hub company for an international network of affiliated organizations and individual associates, around the world, called the AtKisson Group. Members of the Group are fully authorized to use and promote the ISIS Method and the ISIS Accelerator suite of sustainability tools.

From the beginning, the company has been a sought-after source of fresh ideas, well-tested experience, and best practices, for a wide variety of clients ranging from cities, to Fortune 500 corporations, to small non-profit groups. The Group's early projects were in support of the sustainability leaders of their time, and they built our competency in indicators and assessment, organizational development, initiative design, training, strategic planning, meeting facilitation, communication, and other critical skill areas.

Out of these projects we developed a set of proven tools and methods for advancing sustainability, and these have now been brought together into the ISIS Accelerator toolkit. Development of the ISIS Accelerator, and the beginning of our international certification and affiliate program in 2002, made possible the spread of our tools and methods to other professionals, as well as to other countries and cultures.

The 2002 founding of our European company, AtKisson Europe AB in Sweden, provided us with a model for international expansion and collaboration. Now, all AtKisson Group associates and affiliates operate under the same licensing terms and conditions ... and towards a common purpose: accelerating sustainable development.

The international breadth and depth of our network gives us considerable advantage in providing cutting edge, effective support to our clients - rapidly, and at reasonable cost.

We look forward to continuing our own sustainable development, and to the possibility of working with you to advance all our prospects for a successful and sustainable future.

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P.S. Because many people ask: the capital "K" in the AtKisson name is how Alan AtKisson's family name has been spelled for generations.