You bring the truth
Your team, board, or coalition names what's real — a value you're living into, a shift you're navigating, a story only you can tell. We don't write it for you. We build the room where it can be said out loud.
Find the Arc · Creative Labs for Leaders & Communities
We turn your message into something you can sing.
If you already have the solution, we amplify it. If you don't, we find it with you — and help you embody it.
20+ Years · 5M+ Listeners · Grammy & Emmy Recognized
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How a Lab Works
No prior songwriting or musical experience necessary.
You bring the room and the real story. We bring twenty years of holding both — and turn it into something that lasts longer than the meeting.
We facilitate the room
Kaitlin and Tommy lead the process directly, drawing on decades of facilitation and Grammy- and Emmy-recognized craft to make sure every voice is heard — and shaped into something worth keeping.
We carry it home
What you made in the room becomes a professionally recorded anthem — ready to open a conference, anchor an onboarding, or remind your people what they built together, long after the day itself is over.
Who we are
Two artists,
one long arc
For over twenty years, Kaitlin McGaw and Tommy Shepherd have made music that refuses to look away — GRAMMY-winners and 4x GRAMMY nominees, Emmy-winners, CBS Icon Award Winners for Public Service, and rooted in intergenerational, cross-cultural collaboration.
Find the Arc carries that practice into boardrooms, campuses, coalitions and conferences: the same rigor, the same joy, built for the people leading change.
Kaitlin McGaw
Artist · Producer · Facilitator
A Harvard-trained researcher in African American Studies and GRAMMY & Emmy-winning songwriter, Kaitlin leads with heart, staying present through a room's hardest moments until the real story surfaces — helping leaders, whether they have the words or are still searching, find the melody that makes people feel it too.
Tommy Soulati Shepherd
Artist · Beatboxer · Percussionist
A GRAMMY & Emmy-winning composer, emcee, and Isadora Duncan Award recipient, Tommy leads with the instincts of someone who's spent a career learning which question actually opens a room, moving groups through real tension until what's true can finally be said — and set to a song.
Future creative partners
Who we build with
We partner with purpose-driven leaders, teams, and organizations who need a room to land something real.
- Foundations & Philanthropy
- Districts & Universities
- Research Institutes
- Museums & Cultural Institutions
- Civic & Government Bodies
- Nonprofits & Service Organizations
- Mission-Driven Brands
- Movement Organizations
Join us in finding the arc
Tell us who you're bringing together and what needs to move. We'll design the Lab.