Whether it’s crime, grime or county lines, gambling, gaming or troubled minds, we enable people to think curiously and creatively about the complex systems they lead, work in and interact with.
We specialise in neighbourhood safety, youth and community development, youth and criminal justice, as well as mental health and addiction systems.
Our values are in our name. ‘Communitatis’ is a Latin word that means collaboration, partnership, fellowship, shared ownership and community – all values that underpin our work.
Our aim is to foster collaboration through active listening and observation, active sharing and participation.
The value we bring to the organisations we work with shows up in the growth they achieve (top and bottom line) the innovative potential they reach, the influence they have on the systems they help to shape, and the impact they have on the communities they work in.
So that leaders can move from strategic stasis to strategic poise – ready to leverage their system-shaping role to drive clarity, influence, and measurable impact across health, justice, and care systems.
So that new funding, business development, and growth opportunities that align with the organisation’s mission and strategic endeavours open up and become attainable.
So that resources and ideas are pooled, duplicated efforts eliminated, multiple funding sources are tapped, and cost-effective propositions rolled out and sustained.
So that prototypes can be pressure-tested, built to travel and investment-ready, and good ideas turned into real-world impact that will last.
So there’s less back-and-forth, more forward momentum, stronger commitment to shared goals, faster conflict resolution, and smoother implementation of joint initiatives.
When we respond to complexity with control, systems conceal parts of themselves. We lose sight of the whole.
But within what’s hidden lies opportunity.
Everyone’s talking about the need for whole system change against a backdrop of tired and typically ineffective systems. Yet not all approaches are effective.
Reactive firefighting either ignores or over-simplifies nuanced strategic challenges. It also misses potential high-leverage change or growth opportunities that are on or just over the horizon.
Conventional forms of problem solving that are confined to one department, organisation or coterie of organisations can never address the short, medium and long-term business benefits of systems-focused cross-boundary working.
We match clarity, coordination and control with collaboration, co-creation and community – applying a wide angled, systems-focused lens to complex issues that offer new opportunities for learning and growth.
Responding to complexity with curiosity and collaboration helps the system to evolve naturally and in line with its true self. That way we make sense of the whole.
A system’s evolution brings with it opportunity.
In our book strategy and systems are conjoined like yin and yang – so deeply that ‘strategyandsystems’ becomes one word.
Strategy and systems don’t have to compete with one another for leaders’ attention. When leaders stop defending certainty they can start stewarding real-world change.
Strategy sets the direction for an exciting, yet inevitably challenging, learning journey through a system. Progress is measured by what we learn at each step.
Walk with us to the outer edges of your organisation, where services and communities meet.
Explore what’s driving your external boundary boosting strategy.
Identify what needs fixing on these external boundaries, and where there’s fertile ground to support new growth.
Co-create high-yielding propositions linked to high-leverage partnerships that support a sustainable business model.
