The art of collaboration is our expertise. For over 25 years we have partnered with a diverse range of clients — across sectors, around the world — bringing groups of people together at threshold moments to navigate uncertainty together.
Time and time again we have witnessed the seemingly impossible become possible when people meet with meaningful purpose, are met in their humanity, and work together relationally. Our approaches are rooted in applied behavioural science — but the results still feel like magic.
We are a social enterprise. We work with people and communities because we believe that how we come together is one of the most powerful forces for change in the world today. In particular we are keen to support new generations of people in collective working practices and people developing new systems.
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COMPLEX SYSTEMS: A dynamic network composed of numerous interconnected elements that interact with each other in non-linear ways.
Meeting Challenges
The complex challenges we face today — in our organisations, our communities, our world — cannot be solved by the same thinking that created them.
Calling in the experts. Breaking the problem into manageable parts. Applying a proven framework. These approaches have their place. But when challenges are large-scale, interconnected and constantly shifting, they consistently fall short.
What’s needed instead is the ability to bring the right people together, think across boundaries, and work with the whole system — not just the parts.
For decades we have worked alongside clients tackling challenges that are genuinely hard:
- Humanitarian collaboration — supporting multiple agencies, often across sectors and borders, to coordinate on issues like humanitarian aid, human trafficking and environmental crisis
- Organisational complexity — working across internal boundaries to develop sustainable solutions: cross-functional processes, external partnerships, systemic change
- Culture change — because how we work is as important as what we work on. Shifting the way people work together is often the most powerful lever for lasting collective performance
In every case, we bring our expertise in cross-boundary collaboration and human systems thinking to help clients find approaches equal to the complexity they face.
We work in a human- centric, relational way. By bringing different parties together, held in a belief that the diverse perspectives they bring each contribute to the collective wisdom, we work through the alchemy of conflict to cocreate robust, sustainable solutions to complex situations.
Want to go deeper? Read our thinking on relational approaches to complex problems →
Want to learn how to do this work yourself, Find out about our training offers
Fostering belonging
Integral in all our work is a relational stance to belonging that is the heart of community.
The word community is used a great deal these days. When we talk about community we mean diverse communities where differences are honoured and people can belonging in their differences
Community, real community, the antidote to the disconnection and fragmentation we are experiencing has a depth to it…
- knowing and being known by members
- being seen and heard for who I am
- a space of reciprocity, where people give and take, to care about one another
- where people are respectful and kind towards each other
- where people are committed to learning and growing together
- where people are willing to work through differences and conflicts in order to develop deeper and more meaningful connection.
This type of community is relational, not transactional, and it requires a quality of work that is uncommon in the world today. It requires us to be deeply aware of our human frailties, forgiving of them in ourselves and others. It requires us to be comfortable being uncomfortable in conversations where we rub up against the needs of others. It requires us to be tolerant and curious of people with different views, to hold a spirit of learning. This type of community is a far cry from Likes on social media and the super-niceness that pervades the world today because most people are unwilling to sit in the discomfort of conversations across divides. True community is beautiful …. magical …. and much needed in the world today.
We bring decades of experience and expertise in relational work to the fostering of community
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Working with us
There is no standard Meeting Magic engagement. Some clients come to us with a specific moment – a pivotal meeting, a team in difficulty, a challenge that needs fresh eyes. Others come because something bigger is shifting and they need a thinking partner for the journey. And some come simply because they want to grow – as a person, as a leader, as a human being trying to live and work more collectively and more relationally in the world.
What is consistent is the trust and respect that underpins the partnerships we form with our clients – our deep positive regard for who they are and their intentions.
WE MEET YOU
Organisational & group work
Working alongside your organisation, team or community – from a single convened moment to a longer piece of relational work. We work across sectors, around the world
YOU MEET US
Community
Joining one of our community conversations – spaces designed for people who want to connect, learn and grow alongside others navigating similar territory.
A diverse, global community, hosted online
LEARN THE MAGIC
Developing collective capability and self development
We are committed to sharing our approaches to collective working with others who share our belief and passion for this work.
Open programmes, 1:1 support and supervision – supporting people in developing their capacity and capability to work collectively.