Who We Are

Tanya’s facilitation centers on professional development through structured creative problem solving. Using the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) framework and FourSight™, teams build awareness of how they approach challenges, where friction exists, and how to collaborate more effectively. This shared language strengthens problem-solving capacity, enabling teams to navigate complexity, adapt to constant change, and generate higher-value outcomes with greater efficiency and cohesion.

Equally important is dispute resolution. Before turning to costly external interventions, organizations are guided through a disciplined process to clarify issues, surface assumptions, and explore multiple pathways forward. This approach not only reduces unnecessary expense, but also leads to more sustainable, internally aligned solutions. The result is an environment where creativity is practical and measurable, decision-making improves, and teams are equipped to resolve challenges proactively—saving both resources and relationships while strengthening long-term performance.

What began as a simple effort to make settlements & meetings more cost effective & efficient, Dr. Knudsen quickly revealed a deeper opportunity and need: most companies weren’t struggling with time, energy, or expertise. They were struggling with clarity.   

That shift for Kent became clear in an early engagement, when what was initially dismissed as “kumbaya” a brainstorming workshop evolved into a critical business capability. By unpacking vague language and aligning on meaning, Kent and Critical Path moved from skepticism to recognizing creativity as essential to performance. That framework also helped Critical Path connect vision, both short- and long-term, to practical execution, ensuring that creative thinking directly supports business outcomes. 

Critical Path LLC merges domain expertise with a problem solving framework to synergize AI, bringing people and processes together for advancing solutions and shaping work cultures for optimized ongoing performance. In an ever changing environment where complexity and ambiguity are the norm, domain knowledge is not enough. The capacity for creating novel outcomes that add value is the competitive edge. 

At the core of my work as a problem solving facilitator is a structured yet flexible methodology that aligns people, process, and performance. Using tools like FourSight™ and the Creative Problem Solving (CPS) framework, teams gain insight into how they naturally approach challenges, where friction occurs, and how to move forward with clarity. This creates a shared language for collaboration and problem solving, including dispute resolution, with a disciplined path from idea generation to implementation.

The result is an environment where the creative process is no longer abstract. Instead, it is measurable, repeatable, and aligned with organizational goals. By integrating domain knowledge, applied imagination with AI-driven insights, organizations build the capacity to navigate complexity, improve decision-making, and continuously enhance performance long before unnecessary costs and missteps take hold.