Royce J. Holladay

Royce Holladay, M.Ed., is a self-proclaimed "hunter/gatherer/sharer" of ideas, insights, and possibilities as she steps into life's complex challenges. Looking at the world through multiple lenses, she hunts for patterns and unexpected perspectives. Gathering them to explore and catalog, she shares them as new connections and ideas in the poetry, stories, books, and essays she writes. Royce enjoys experiencing slow, growing recognition of an idea, as well as great bursts of ideas that are slightly new, creating a greater understanding of reality. She wants the same for her readers.

Royce Holladay is a leader among Associates around the world who use human systems dynamics (HSD), a field of study that explores complex change. She’s a teacher, consultant, and coach with individuals, groups, and organizations. Well-grounded in theoretical foundations of HSD, she brings a practitioner's voice to applying the theory, models, and methods to everyday opportunities and challenges.

Ms. Holladay has co-authored nine nonfiction books and guides, using HSD as a foundation to see, understand, and influence patterns. Additionally, she has published a book of Haiku, with affirmations based on complex images in nature; a book of poetry offering observations of women she has encountered in her life; and a four-part series of Haiku that trace nature’s patterns and self-reflection questions across the landscape of a full year during the COVID lockdown. In both her nonfiction and fiction writing, Ms. Holladay addresses the complexity and uncertainty that shapes the tensions, surprises, joys, and fears of our lives.