James Stauch is a social innovation and systems change educator and sense-maker based in Bridgewater, N.S. He serves as Executive in Residence with Innovation North at the Ivey School of Business, Western University, and as Executive in Residence with the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of New Brunswick.
James has also served as Complex Systems Strategist with ATCO’s SpaceLab, Co-chair of the Banff Systems Summit, and Visiting Fellow at the Skoll Centre, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. James was the Executive Director of the Institute for Community Prosperity at Mount Royal University, where he developed leadership, systems-focused, and futures-oriented learning programs for undergraduate students and the broader community. Previously, James served as a foundation executive and philanthropy consultant, including designing and managing Arctic and Northern programming with the Gordon Foundation.
James’ most recent publication is the internationally-acclaimed book The 55 Minutes: An Atlas to Navigate Problems, Reveal Systems, and Ask Beautiful Questions in a Radically Shifting World (2025).
