Meet JCH
Mission & Values
Jason Craige Harris, a voice for healing, transformation, and the power of storytelling, is a nationally recognized thought leader. He works across contexts, sectors, and age groups to cultivate cultures of humility, curiosity, and empathy.
As a conflict mediator, executive coach, and organizational strategist, he integrates insights from diverse fields to help groups develop trust, achieve ambitious goals, and build systems that work. An expert on dignity-centered leadership, restorative practices, and dialogue across differences, he draws on the latest research on belonging, othering, and human connection. Specializing in preventing, analyzing, and repairing breakdowns in relationships and systems, Jason advises leaders and communities how to create environments where everyone can thrive—and what to do when challenges arise.
Jason is committed to educating the public. He writes on ways of moving through conflict and harm with integrity, accountability, and care. He is also the Social Impact Producer for Race to Be Human, a documentary with Impactful that explores how to talk about race and mental health.
Jason is the Managing Partner at Perception Strategies, a consulting firm working globally to cultivate leaders, teams, and organizations that thrive. He also serves as a Senior Advisor at Perception Institute, a research consortium advancing fairness and belonging in social systems, and is a member of the speakers bureau at Pollyanna, a national organization working to build stronger and kinder communities.
Previously, Jason directed school culture and inclusive engagement efforts at a NYC independent school, where he co-led the school’s peace, equity, and justice department and taught courses at the intersection of ethics, history, and religion. He currently serves on the board of Hidden Water.
Additional Details
For over a decade, Jason has held senior roles in various organizations. He was a senior administrator at a K-12 Quaker school in NYC, where he oversaw diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, co-led the school’s peace, equity, and justice department, and trained teachers across all divisions. Earlier in his career, he served as founding co-director and senior editor at Postcolonial Networks, a think tank and research hub focused on the intersection of spirituality and global justice.
Jason holds a BA (honors) in Religion and African American Studies from Wesleyan University, where he was a fellow at both the Center for the Humanities and the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Program, and an MA (summa cum laude) in Religion, Ethics, and Cultural Studies from Yale Divinity School, where he was a Marquand Merit Scholar and Extended Year Program Fellow.
Jason is certified in conflict mediation as well as trauma-informed restorative justice and circle keeping by Planning Change. He is also a certified Narrative 4 facilitator, a leadership coach trained with Bright Morning Consulting, a group process facilitator trained in depolarization with Resetting the Table, and a storyteller trained with The Moth.