Edge Work
This isn’t just a blog — it’s where strategy meets soul, and practice gets personal. Edge Work is for the thinkers, doers, and questioners navigating real change inside complex systems.
We share what we’re noticing, testing, and learning — from co-design sessions to leadership rooms to cultural landscapes.
Insights from the margins of systems and change.
The KŌTA Framework: How We Create Conditions for Enduring Transformation
KŌTA’s work is grounded in one core belief: Transformation is not an outcome. It is a condition that must be designed, grown, and sustained.
The Seven Patterns I See Across Every Community Project
If you work in community settings long enough you start to notice something. Despite the diversity of contexts, cultures, histories, and challenges, there are patterns that show up almost everywhere.
Co-Design, But Make It Real: Six Mistakes Organisations Keep Repeating
Co-design has become one of those words that gets sprinkled into every strategy, grant submission, and community engagement plan. It signals modernity. But the truth is…
Deep Listening vs Consultation: What’s Actually Working in 2025
Over the past decade, “community engagement” has become a phrase that appears everywhere. On paper, engagement is now expected. But…
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