Human Service Innovations, founded by John Dougherty, is grounded in the belief that through innovation, collaboration and expert guidance, people can achieve their greatest potential. HSI partners with individuals and businesses bringing together a unique array of perspectives and expertise to deliver optimal impact.
We partner with our clients to think beyond boundaries and design pathways to realizing what’s possible – providing customized support throughout the process.
What We Do

Organizational Development Consulting
We help organizations understand and realize the potential of their people, processes, infrastructure, and financial model and put them on the path to sustainable impact.

Governance, Leadership and Management Training & Workshops
We teach the fundamentals, cultivate innovative thinking, and inspire action for organizational leaders to achieve optimal results.

Coalition & Systems Building Facilitation
We actualize the tools and resources that enable organizations to collectively and collaboratively advance the common good.

Strategic Planning
Our unique approach helps organizations translate community-informed challenges and opportunities into high impact solutions.

Fractional CEO
We provide organizations with the confidence, stability, tools and resources to navigate executive transitions and ensure sustainability.

Keynote Speaker
We combine innovation and inspiration to help organizations, teams and leaders turn their ideas into transformational action!
Meet HSI
Human Service Innovations was founded on the belief that through innovation, collaboration and expert guidance, people can achieve their greatest potential. HSI partners with individuals and businesses bringing together a unique array of perspectives and expertise to deliver optimal impact.

Mature agencies understand the pain of inefficiencies and failures to connect and execute with their staffs, boards and communities, but they may not know that a fix even exists. Enter HSI. John is an itinerant specialist who builds strong, focused boards, effective executive teams and staff who get the work done. People are left smiling, and asking, “ Who was that masked man?”