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Our story

What began as a workplace collaboration became a people-centered approach to driving results. Explore our story and the commitments that continue to shape how we work today. 

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How it all began

the crop circle story

Some partnerships are built on strategy, others on intuition. For Matt and Jordan, it was both — and it started long before Crop Circle Consulting was born.


The two first met in college, forming a fast friendship that evolved into a powerful professional partnership. After graduation, they found themselves working side by side at Aramark — Matt as the HR Director and Jordan as the Director of Marketing & Communications. From the beginning, their collaboration was anything but traditional.


They weren’t just solving problems — they were unlocking potential. By intentionally aligning HR and Communications, Matt and Jordan discovered a unique formula that sparked real transformation across teams.  


Together, they:

  • Elevated employee engagement
  • Unified messaging across the entire employee experience
  • Accelerated cultural shifts
  • Navigated change with clarity and empathy
  • Built trust in leadership
  • Fostered transparency and psychological safety


The result? Teams that didn’t just perform — they thrived. Their work earned national recognition, including multiple awards and a prestigious sales performance accolade from Restaurant and Hospitality Magazine. They had found something special: a sweet spot where the so-called “soft skills” turned into hard results.


As they moved forward in their corporate careers, however, they saw a familiar pattern: the deeper they got into the corporate hierarchy, the more disconnected HR and Communications became. Silos, politics, and competing priorities made collaboration difficult — and the impact was palpable.


In 2021, after years of following their own individual career paths, Matt and Jordan reconnected with a shared vision: to rebuild the alignment that once made their work so powerful. One day, while mapping out their approach on a whiteboard — a model built around human-centered strategy, influence, and growth — the diagram took the shape of concentric circles. It looked just like a crop circle.


And just like that, Crop Circle Consulting was born.


Today, they bring this distinctive, integrated approach to businesses across industries — proving that when HR and Communications join forces, they don’t just support the business... they move it forward.

Our Pricipal Consultants Today

JOrdan Nagel

JOrdan Nagel

JOrdan Nagel

Founder & Principal Consultant

Communications

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Matt Carter

JOrdan Nagel

JOrdan Nagel

Founder & Principal Consultant

HR

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COmmitments to ourselves & our Clients

We turn strategy into something people can actually do.

We translate strategy into actions people understand—and want to take. We help leaders activate their vision with clear, meaningful communication that sticks.

We respect the audience—always.

 Whether it’s a frontline team or the C-suite, we believe people deserve clarity, context, and communication that treats them like humans, not headcount. 

We partner with purpose.

We work best when we’re embedded, collaborative, and trusted to challenge assumptions and elevate ideas. We're not just vendors—we're part of the team. 

We work with (and learn from) the best.

From instructional designers to speechwriters to visual creatives—we bring in people who make the work stronger, and we give them room to shine. 

We believe culture is built in the everyday.

Change doesn’t just happen at all-hands meetings. It happens in project updates, hallway conversations, and team calls. We help shape those moments. 

We say the thing.

We’re not afraid to be honest, even when it’s uncomfortable. We believe good communication starts with the courage to be clear. 

We bring some joy to the work.

The work we do is serious—but that doesn’t mean it has to be stiff. We believe a little humor, heart, and humanity goes a long way. 

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