What we have to offer
THIS IS NOT A COURSE CATALOGUE
We don’t sell courses. We co-design provocations.
We work with organizations, foundations, and teams that know their context is complex — and are done pretending otherwise. Everything we do is in-person, embodied, and custom-built.
You don’t choose from a menu. You enter a conversation.
Still, to give you a sense of what we’ve done — and might do again — here’s a glimpse into our world:
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Complexity Starter Kit
Social complexity, network science, emergent strategy, stigmergy, Cynefin—ready to use on Monday.
2 days -
Followership in Motion
Tango steps + cockpit drills → how to sense, support and steer without the hero-leader myth.
1 day -
Facilitation Essentials
Core moves to hold a room, surface voices and land decisions when things get messy.
½ day -
Mapping the Mess
Build a live Kumu map of your system or network; see leverage points on the wall before you leave.
1 day -
Art for Insight
Clay, ink and movement to unlock stuck thinking; can be a one-off or a recurring studio hour.
½ day / series -
Sketchnote Sprint
Visual note-taking crash—pens, shapes and hierarchy so ideas stick and teams align at a glance.
1 day -
Farm Alignment Retreat
Off-grid at our Famalicão farm: walk-talks, barn sessions, shared meal—reset and refocus.
1 day -
Coaching & Mentoring
Ongoing sparring for individuals or small teams—phone, field-visit or fireside.
1 day
We design transformative learning experiences that hit the body, the brain and the politics of how you work together.
Immersive Provocations
micro-lectures that start fights with your mental models (sometimes there’s a slide deck…)
Sensemaking retreats
2–4 days off‑grid where we map systems, cook together, and sleep on the uncertainty.
Art & embodied expression
live visual harvesting, clay, improv, tango steps, tai‑chi pauses; whatever cracks the veneer of “professional”.
Safe‑to‑fail field experiments
rapid prototypes inside your organisation to test ideas without breaking the system.
Difficult convenings
we facilitate the meetings no one dares to host: cross‑hierarchy, cross‑sector, cross‑temper.
Narrative & network mapping
stories + Systems and Network mapping, turning invisible relationships into visible leverage.
Who is this not for
Anyone looking for a plug-and-play training package
Leaders obsessed with control, measurement, and efficiency
Teams who want quick fixes instead of hard questions
Organizations uncomfortable with ambiguity, friction, or reflection
People who think complexity is a buzzword and learning is a checkbox
Leaders who believe they’re supposed to have all the answers
Foundations in love of frameworks that produce more reporting than change
Organizations that fear the word “emergence”