Your Employees are a Gold Mine of Expertise

You’ve got great people, but great results could be more frequent and more certain. The answers to your biggest challenges are right under your nose or in this case, under the rug. Employees often feel overlooked and underutilized, keeping their genius hidden.

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Hidden Brilliance

Your team members have solved problems in ways you haven't yet discovered. Their frontline experience is invaluable.

Engagement & Culture

When people feel heard and valued, they become more committed, creative, and productive.

Business Results

Organizations that tap into collective intelligence outperform competitors by a significant margin.

Discover Value

Find immediate value without hiring expensive external consultants.

EASE

Simple frameworks that anyone can learn and apply immediately. No complex training required, just practical tools that work.

Speed

Uncover solutions in hours, not weeks. Our conversation frameworks accelerate decision-making and unlock insights fast.

Results

Transform hidden knowledge into actionable outcomes. See real impact through collaboration and focused conversations.

Conversation Frameworks that Uncover Hidden Brilliance.

Our proven frameworks help teams find solutions in hours, not weeks. Through structured conversations, we unlock the collective intelligence already present in your organization.

The way a change happens is through our feelings; our emotions. Any company that simply subscribes to analysis to get the change does not get results. All the analysis in the world does not substitute for caring, sharing and dealing with the emotion - the feeling. You can analyze and fixate on a process for change but until you get to the people and address their feelings around it - their understanding of it – the change will not happen! I have found the right way to implement change with IMT. By engaging the employee and addressing their emotions and feelings, this business is making it happen.

Barbara M., Owner
McDonald’s Business Service, Illinois, USA

What's Hiding Under Your Rug?

Curious to discover which elephants might be hiding under your rug? You can explore it yourself — or invite your team to uncover insights together.

Take the Survey Yourself Team Survey & Report

Invite up to 10 employees and receive a personalized report.

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Let's uncover what's under your rug.

Meet Patrick Seaton

The Mind Behind the Elephant Under your Rug

For over two decades, I've worked with organizations facing the same challenge: brilliant people with game-changing insights who never get heard.

I created "The Elephant Under Your Rug" because I believe every team has untapped genius waiting to be discovered. Through simple conversation frameworks, we help organizations uncover the solutions that have been hiding in plain sight.

My mission is simple: give teams the tools to have the conversations that matter, so they can solve problems faster and unlock their collective brilliance.

Change Your Game.
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