I work with a small number of foundations, networks, and knowledge organizations each year. Usually, I am brought in when the idea is strong but the work has become hard to carry: the decisions are unclear, too much is being held informally, or people are working hard without a shared rhythm. I help make the work doable.
Ways to work together
Fractional Execution Partner
Sometimes an initiative needs someone to stay alongside it for a while: to see what is falling through the cracks, make decisions move, and hold together the threads between people. I work inside the team for a defined period, with a clear scope and an eye toward what they can carry themselves afterwards.
Build Sprint
When the work needs a beginning or a reset, I take on focused pieces: building a research function, getting a network on its feet, planning a consequential convening, or sorting out what has become unworkable. The engagement has a clear end, and leaves behind a way of working people can use.
Quarterly Reset
For a project or network that has lost its way. We look at what is actually stuck, what needs a decision, and what can be stopped or simplified. You leave with a practical next step, not a document that sits in a folder.
Speaking Engagements
Research collaboration and speaking. I also partner on research that benefits the communities that make it possible, and speak on knowledge production, research ecosystems, organizational design, and the practical infrastructure of collaboration.
If you are preparing or repairing a collaborative initiative and need to make it deliverable, request a Delivery Readiness Conversation.
Angela Okune, PhD. 