Experience grounded in listening and understanding
Interaction Mechanics is led by Lavanya Murali, a researcher and educator with a PhD in anthropology and graduate degrees in sociology.
About Lavanya Murali
Her academic training and professional experience inform a practical approach to understanding how people communicate, make decisions, and experience organizations.
Lavanya has more than 20 years of qualitative and ethnographic research experience in academic and business settings. Her work has included understanding the scope of the problem or need, doing research through interviews, focus groups, surveys, or observation, and sharing findings in ways that help organizations make decisions.
She has also spent years helping people communicate with one another at work through teaching, mentoring, interpersonal conversations, workshops, and coaching. Her experience includes facilitating workshops focused on empathy, dialogue, and stronger working relationships, as well as advising and collaborating with people across teams and organizations.
How the work is approached
Every project begins with listening. What do you need to understand, improve, or communicate?
From there, the work is shaped around your goals and the people involved.
Interaction Mechanics aims to make complex questions easier to work with, bring people’s perspectives into focus, and offer practical next steps. Whether the project involves research, a team workshop, or career coaching, the work is collaborative, thoughtful, and grounded in your needs.
Explore other ways Interaction Mechanics can help
Want to learn whether Interaction Mechanics is a good fit?
Send a message to ask a question, request a quote, or inquire about booking.
This form is the way to reach Interaction Mechanics. You’ll get a reply by email.