Research
The Communiverse™ Method integrates academic research, real-world corporate intervention, and structured assessment frameworks to design measurable Social Health across hybrid work.
Master’s Thesis: Leading with Social Wealth: How Relational Investment Shapes the Social Well-being of Remote and Hybrid People Leaders in Canada
Royal Roads University, 2025
This research examined how remote and hybrid people leaders experience social well-being, and how their relational habits influence their movement along a continuum from loneliness to social wealth.
The study included:
• A large-scale survey of remote and hybrid leaders
• In-depth qualitative leadership interviews
• Thematic analysis of relational patterns, risks, and behaviours
The findings demonstrate that social health in leadership is not accidental. It is shaped by deliberate relational investment, ritual, and ecosystem design.
Conceptual Contribution: The Social Wealth Continuum
During the thesis journey, I developed the Social Wealth Continuum as a conceptual framework describing the progression from:
Loneliness → Social Well-being → Social Wealth
Through qualitative interviews, leaders were able to locate themselves on the continuum in both their personal and professional lives. The framework clarified unmet social needs, relational blind spots, and opportunities for deliberate investment.
The continuum was refined and supported through thematic analysis of leadership interview data.
The Communiverse™
The research also led to the introduction of The Communiverse™ - a holistic framework for mapping one’s social ecosystem.
The Communiverse™ is the hybrid community that shapes your human experience. It includes:
• Individuals
• Groups
• Places
• Spaces
• Influencers
• Social platforms
By visually mapping their Communiverse™, leaders were able to identify relational gaps, risk indicators, and opportunities to establish new rhythms and rituals.
This framework has since become the foundation of The Communiverse™ Method.
Applied Intervention & Method Development
Following completion of the thesis, the research moved into structured application.
Social Wealth Activation (Applied Intervention)
Leaders participated in a structured Social Wealth Activation programme designed to operationalise the research insights.
The intervention focused on:
• Mapping relational ecosystems
• Identifying risk indicators
• Establishing places, spaces and connection rituals
• Measuring shifts in perceived social health
Participants reported measurable improvements in clarity, relational intention, and perceived support.
Workplace Social Health Risk Assessments
In Q4 2025, I developed structured Social Health workplace risk assessments and evidence-based recommendations designed for organisational use.
These assessments allow organisations to:
• Identify relational risk indicators
• Establish baseline social health metrics
• Implement proportionate interventions
• Track impact over time
Academic & Professional Engagement
June 2023 – Launched Rediscovering Connection podcast, interviewing researchers, innovative leaders and thinkers in social health and the science of connection, including Robin Dunbar and Corey Keyes.
November 2024 – Presented Master’s research plan at The Human Connection Conference, Vancouver.
March 2026 – Invited to present research findings at Social Capital 2026, Dubai.
Why This Research Matters
Across advanced economies, work has shifted faster than our relational systems have adapted.
Remote and hybrid models are now normalised.
Loneliness remains widespread.
Leaders carry relational strain privately.
Social health is no longer a personal wellbeing issue.
It is a leadership capability and organisational sustainability issue.
The Communiverse™ Method translates academic insight into structured, applied relational design.
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