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InCollaboration is a small, proactive social change agency and consultancy.

We are sense-makers, relationship-builders, strategists, network-weavers and catalysts

 

We pay deep attention to contexts and complexities as we strengthen relationships, collective wisdom and connect and join forces with organisations, sectors and movements for the common good

 

We work to strengthen community agency, the commons, small organisations and organisational ecosystems, and foster systems change for local resilience, economic fairness, ecological regeneration and digital sovereignty.

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We enable and support the building of trusting relationships, 

as such relations form the foundation for transformational change. Through building stronger relationships we break down divisions and tap into the power and passion of people, communities and networks.

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"Small is beautiful". We challenge the notion that bigger is better.

We promote and demonstrate the value, power and potential of small, and connected.  We advocate for more supportive environments for small, independent and local organisations, including voluntary groups, small not-for-profits, co-operatives, social enterprises and small business. We also work with governments and large organisations. We enable connected-up solutions. 

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We encourage recognition of contexts and complexities to make sense of issues facing our world

We are experiencing increasing concentration of wealth and power, juxtaposed with increasing poverty and cost of living crises,  multiple unprecedented ecological crises, polarisation, declining trust in our institutions and human rights infringements related to emerging technologies. 

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We discourage simplistic solutions. We recognise interdependence and interrelatedness. We work to change contexts to co-create more supportive environments. We especially recognise that our current economic system and context is working for the few and not the many. The for-profit motive is dominating and not-for-profit motives are undervalued. ​​​

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We work to strengthen community and organisational ecosystems and balance cooperation and competition.

We highlight the strengths of and work to influence greater sharing of power and decision-making within and between community, commons and cooperative, not-for-profit, business and government sectors. 

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While we promote interconnected responses, we acknowledge collaboration is not easy.

Co-option can take place and formal collaboration is not always the best way forward. ​

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We spark and nurture connectedness locally and globally,

to build on strengths, strengthen communities and respond meaningfully to the challenges and crises - including climate change, biodiversity loss, inequality, homelessness, food insecurity, mental health, data and digital sovereignty, community stress and marginalisation.​​​​​​

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We are part of the global Commons, Community Wealth Building and Regenerative movements, with InCollaboration having been the lead catalysing organisation for Sydney Commons Lab. These movements promote community agency and aliveness; community-led initiatives for shared local sufficiency, wealth and resilience; community stewardship and ownership; and regenerative ways of living and working that care for self, each other and our Earth. Read more

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InCollaboration 

As a purpose-driven social change agency we contribute through gifting and pro bono and paid work. We proactively sense-make, build connections and relationships, work in collaboration and adapt our strategies to accelerate collaborative impact for the common good. ​

As a consultancy, we act as a thinking partner and assist leaders and organisations aligned with our values and goals. We share our insights, help make sense of interrelated issues and opportunities, facilitate relationships and enable new possibilities for clients. 

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