Empowering Change: Building Anyway

We Build Anyway began as a conversation about what comes next.
After years in politics, organizing, and creative work, we saw how many people were still trying to build something good inside systems that were breaking.
We decided to make space for that work, the work of staying in it, rebuilding, and finding new ways forward.

Our background is in movement strategy, narrative design, and leadership coaching.
We work with campaigns, unions, nonprofits, and creative teams that want to lead with purpose and clarity.
The focus is always the same: how to turn experience into action and keep imagination alive in the process.

We believe in honest conversations, thoughtful collaboration, and the power of story to shift culture.
The name says it all.
The work is never simple.
We build anyway.

Who We Are

We Build Anyway is led by Jessica Podhola and Lisa Honn, two longtime collaborators who work at the intersection of politics, community, and creativity.

We help people and organizations stay steady, find clarity, and keep building when the work gets hard.

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The Wild Middle is our new podcast and ongoing conversation about what it means to keep building when the story is still unfolding.
We talk about work, life, leadership, and the creative ways people find their footing again.

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