Organizations are living organisms that need to continually adapt to new challenges. Our approach focuses on human relationships, relationships between individuals and relationships between individuals and their organizations. Our work is based on three pillars that are interconnected. The services can be performed in conjunction with any of our other core services or as a stand-alone service/product. We understand that the development of organizations occurs through collaborative projects, paving the way for the assessment and learning cycle. We work in Portuguese, English, French or Spanish.
Improve team integration and the spirit of co-creation and collaboration at organizations, bringing awareness and zeal for human relations aimed at the sustainability and success of projects.
Facilitate and mediate groups for the elaboration of projects of socioenvironmental impact and of international cooperation in a participative way.
Evaluate projects and programs. Exchange experiences and lessons learned. Training in management and evaluation of collaborative projects.
Our main work tool is results-based management. Our main asset lies in our ability to integrate social technologies that are human centered into the processes of design, implementation and evaluation of projects.
About:
Dragon Dreaming is a social technology for the design of sustainable projects applied to people, groups and organizations that activate the fulfillment of dreams and that support life in communities. It has a global design philosophy, which covers several aspects of our lives and is inspired by deep ecology, elements of native/aboriginal culture, Paulo Freire’s pedagogy, theory of living systems, quantum physics, chaos theory and complexity.
How do we apply it?
Integration of groups; construction of projects through the collective dream; planning projects in a playful way, using all the senses; execution of projects in a collaborative and fun way; celebration for project evaluation honoring the importance of successes and challenges for the journey.
About:
From the perspective of social ecology and anthroposophy, organizations (such as companies, associations or public administrations) are living organisms, which have the human being as a model. In an increasingly uncertain and complex world, organizations need constant adaptation to build s healthier environment and relationships between individuals.
How do we apply it?
This methodology leads to the co-creation of a shared vision of the organization’s circumstances, bringing awareness and clarity about the priority challenges to be faced at the time. Then, the group chooses an issue to be worked on, defines the action plan that it proposes to implement, thus strengthening the motivation and identification of members with the purpose of the organization.
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Theory U, outlined by Otto Scharmer (professor at MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) in 2006, is a methodology aimed at profound social transformation. The main belief that feeds it is that the quality of the change generated by any intervention or project is a result of the awareness and the level of attention of the people involved. Consciousness and attention, here refer to the “source” or the “inner place” from which all of our actions are shaped. For users of Theory U, the more we connect authentically to our inner place and stay grounded in the experiences of the present, the greater the quality of our social or organizational interventions tends to be.
How do we apply it?
In team integration and leadership in methodologies, management, monitoring, final evaluation and project impact.
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This technique is based on language and communication skills that help to reformulate the way each one expresses and listens to others. With Nonviolent Communication (NVC), responses to communicational stimuli cease to be automatic and repetitive and become more aware and based on perceptions of the moment, through the observation of behavior and factors that influence each one. Through active and deep listening, the method makes interactions occur with more respect, attention and empathy.
How do we apply it?
For group integration and conflict resolution through the learning of deep listening and empathic dialogue. Used for the management and monitoring of impact projects so that the team can dialogue and communicate in the best possible way. We also apply it in the construction of innovative impact indicators that can measure the degree of empathy and compassion of the institution or project.
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With this tool, it is possible to generate and organize ideas, as well as solutions to the problems faced by organizations. Design Thinking is an approach focused on the human being, which seeks to develop innovation and provides the advancement of solutions to complex obstacles.
How do we apply it?
In the management and implementation of the entire project cycle, from ideation to prototyping. The application is structured in three pillars and in a practical way, bringing the desired results. They are: empathy, collaboration and experimentation.
About:
The Art of Hosting is an approach to go from the individual to the systemic level. It uses practices of dialogue, facilitation and co-creation, in order to trigger complex changes. The Art of Hosting is a way of harnessing collective wisdom and the ability of groups of any size to self-organize themselves. Assuming that people give their energy and make their resources available to what is most important to them – both at work and in life – The Art of Hosting combines a set of powerful conversational processes to invite people to act and deal with the challenges they encounter. Some tools include World Café, Open Space, appreciative research, among others.
How do we apply it?
We customize team facilitation and mediation for institutions that need to create an environment of trust and that fosters the creation of new ideas, taking advantage of collective intelligence. The idea is simple: a group thinking together is more powerful than the smartest person in that group. Circles are formed and triggering questions are created. Based on this, the facilitators accompany and prepare people in the group to facilitate the co-creation of solutions and ideas.