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Transformative Quotient

Transformation is no longer optional—it’s a capability. At Canvas, we pioneered TQ to help leaders and organizations not just adapt to change, but transform through it.

Discover how TQ is redefining leadership development, culture change, and organizational effectiveness for the world’s most ambitious companies.

What is Transformative Quotient (TQ)?

TQ is the measure of a leader’s capacity to step beyond old patterns, reframe meaning, and create new pathways for growth.

Unlike IQ or EQ, TQ captures a deeper capability: the ability to pause, reflect, and cross narrative thresholds that unlock innovation, resilience, and collective progress.

TQ represents the future of leadership—where adaptability and self-awareness meet the responsibility to shape culture, enable teams, and drive transformation across the system.

Why TQ Matters Now

Today’s leaders face disruption at unprecedented speed—AI innovation, regulatory shifts, cultural complexity, and global uncertainty. Traditional skills aren’t enough.

Organizations need leaders who can:

  • Lead with resilience in complexity
  • Reimagine possibilities and challenge assumptions
  • Create alignment and belonging across diverse teams
  • Sustain momentum and growth through disruption

TQ equips leaders with exactly that: the capacity to continuously transform themselves and their organizations. Without it, companies risk falling back into outdated patterns that no longer serve the future.

Canvas: Global Leader in Transformative Learning & TQ

Canvas is the originator of TQ and a recognized global leader in transformative learning.

For decades, we’ve partnered with enterprise organizations in healthcare, financial services, biopharma, technology, and beyond to deliver customized, experiential, and scalable leadership solutions.

Our proprietary frameworks—including the 3-Phase, 6-Step, 12-Condition Transformative Engine—are grounded in neuroscience, adult learning, and organizational transformation.

We don’t just help leaders learn; we help them change how they think, act, and enable growth in others.

How TQ Creates Organizational Advantage

Team Effectiveness

Collaboration, dialogue, and accountability that unlock collective intelligence.

Adaptive Culture

Resilience and agility to thrive through disruption.

Innovation Capacity

Leaders who turn disruption into bold imagination and new possibilities.

Sustainable Results

Growth that endures because transformation becomes embedded in the system.

Introducing the Transformative Quotient Index (TQi)

Coming soon: the first diagnostic tool to measure and benchmark TQ.

TQi provides leaders and organizations with a clear view of their transformative capacity:

  • Where they are today

  • The narrative thresholds they need to cross

  • How transformation is taking root across teams and culture

Early access to TQi will be limited. Join the waiting list to be among the first to experience the future of leadership measurement.

Where will your organization's transformative learning journey begin?

Leadership Development

Unlock leadership potential at every level of your organization with transformative learning that builds adaptability, self-awareness, and lasting impact. Explore how we develop leaders who drive change.

Coaching

Elevate leadership impact with coaching that builds self-awareness, trust, and strategic clarity. Learn how we help executives and teams lead with confidence in complexity.

Culture Transformation

Create a thriving workplace with culture transformation that aligns values, behaviors, and leadership for lasting impact. See how we help organizations shift and sustain change.

Talent Strategy

Attract, develop, and retain top talent with strategies that foster adaptability, engagement, and long-term success. See how we build ecosystems where people and organizations thrive.

Team Effectiveness

High-performing teams don’t just work together—they think, communicate, and execute in sync. We help teams strengthen trust, alignment, and collaboration to drive results.

Organizational Alignment Offsites

Break through stagnation and align for what’s next. Our immersive offsites spark fresh thinking, foster connection, and drive meaningful strategic progress.