Mission:

Path 2 Knowing aims to catalyze growth within the private sector and corporate landscape by fostering meaningful and sustainable behavioral change. We are dedicated to guiding our clients on a transformative journey of positive behavioral transformation, elevating them to unlock their full potential, individually and as an organization. Through tailored strategies of continuous learning and a deep commitment to development, we drive sustainable growth that strengthens organizations and nurtures the individuals who make them thrive. At Path 2 Knowing, we believe true success stems from continuous learning, innovation, and the courage to evolve as leaders and individuals. Through self-awareness and the power of knowledge, we empower our clients' growth to soar to new heights!

MEET THE Visionary

Buddy Thornton

As the "Positive Social Change Agent Pro", I have been a community advocate and tireless warrior for disadvantaged populations in the education and mental health space!

I help clients and students find durable solutions to their conflict issues, regardless of the domain or circumstance, I specialize in B2B and Parent to Teen conflict.

Bachelor of Science in Allied Health from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (1984)

Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling and Executive Leadership from Liberty University (2014)

Doctor of Business Administration and Organizational Leadership with a focus on cross-cultural competency and conflict management (2020)

Teacher & LMS expert

Lindsey Scholta

Taught K-12 mathematics for traditional high schools, project-based high schools, and alternative high schools from 2009 to 2015. I taught college mathematics for two different universities from 2011 to present.

I became an instructional designer in 2015, where I created course content for major universities. Here, I learned how to manage a course portfolio, monitor student success, and create interactive activities. Creating content for learners is my passion!

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with two minors in Middle Level and Secondary Education at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.

Master of Science in Education at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI.

Currently a doctoral student in Doctoral of Education in Curriculum and Instruction at Capella University, Minneapolis, MN.

Six Pathways

One Purpose:

Helping people make more intentional choices about how they live, relate, lead, recover, contribute, and leave something meaningful behind!

Choice, Agency & Personal Mastery

Strengthen your ability to understand yourself, make intentional choices, overcome internal barriers, and build a life directed by agency rather than circumstance.

Relationships, Parenting & Family Life

Develop the awareness, communication, and relational skills needed to build stronger partnerships, guide developing children, navigate conflict, and sustain meaningful family connections.

Resilience, Recovery & Human Support

Build practical frameworks for responding to grief, trauma, displacement, emotional crisis, and life disruption while preserving dignity, connection, and the possibility of renewed agency.

Leadership, Teams & Organizational Culture

Equip leaders and organizations to strengthen human performance, navigate difficult interactions, improve culture, and turn cooperation, inclusion, and adaptive thinking into sustainable results.

Community, Culture & Prosocial Change

Prepare individuals, institutions, and communities to confront bias, bridge cultural divides, strengthen belonging, and create durable social change without sacrificing dignity or dialogue.

Legacy, Authorship & Lifelong Contribution

Transform experience into enduring contribution through purposeful authorship, active aging, intergenerational engagement, and the intentional preservation of knowledge, meaning, and legacy.

Core Frameworks

Recurring Intellectual Tools embedded across Multiple Courses!

The 3rd Party in the Room

Party A and Party B always create Party C: the relationship itself, and protecting Party C matters more than winning for either individual.

The 30-Second Rule

Feel the result honestly, give it its moment, then release it before it steals the next opportunity.

Universal Positive Regard

Extend dignity to the person even when you challenge the behavior, belief, choice, or outcome.

The Attraction-Repulsion Dynamic

Human relationships naturally move through periods of pull and push; awareness keeps temporary distance from becoming permanent division.

Self-Contribution VS Other-Contribution

Account for your contribution before you judge the contribution of the other.

The Irreversible Conflict Staircase

Every reasonable step can lead to an unreasonable end when repeated escalation makes retreat feel harder than continuing.

P2K courses address different life domains, while our core frameworks travel across them - giving participants a consistent set of tools for choice, conflict, relationships, leadership, and change!