Culture of cooperation

Between individuality and community

Developing a culture of cooperation

We support you in creating a coherent culture of cooperation that harmonises your values, structures and strategies. Through reflection and development processes, we support you in consciously shaping communication and cooperation patterns in order to create a lively, inclusive and sustainable working environment.

Our understanding of a culture of cooperation.

„Culture is like a lens through which we see the world.”
Clifford Geertz

The culture of collaboration describes how people in organisations communicate and cooperate with each other - consciously and unconsciously. It is reflected in the way feedback is given, mistakes are addressed, trust is built and how ranks, power and inclusion are negotiated.

Culture is a powerful dimension in organisations: It can drive or inhibit developments, strengthen or thwart structures. As such, it requires mindfulness and reflection. Culture is never neutral - it is woven from values, assumptions, rituals and stories that shape people's behaviour.

A successful culture of cooperation not only strengthens the quality of contact within the team, but also the ability to face challenges together and find sustainable solutions.

Culture becomes visible through communication. Recognising and consciously shaping patterns and habits in communication is a key step on the way to lively collaboration. It is essential to create transparency about processes and information and to open up spaces for reflection and dialogue.

Reflecting on power, privilege and inclusion plays a crucial role in this. Sharing creative and decision-making power creates trust and the courage to try out new things. A conscious culture of collaboration not only promotes individual development, but also strengthens the collective potential of teams and organisations.

Our offer

We support you in consciously shaping and developing your collaboration:

Team and organisational development:
With a holistic perspective, we support you in harmonising structures, strategies and culture.
Reflection and organisation of cooperation:
We help you to recognise communication and cooperation patterns, consciously shape informal rules and build trust within the team.

Development of an inclusive work culture:
We promote reflection on power and privilege, create spaces for empowerment and support you in developing a culture that brings inclusion to life.
Creative formats for cultural development:
From mission statement processes to annual training courses such as „Leadership with attitude“ or „Self:Organisational:Development (S:O:E)“ - we create formats that explore the existing culture and test new forms of collaboration.

Examples of our work

Supporting a managing board in resolving conflicts and clarifying common expectations of cooperation.
Reflection and further development of the culture in an internationally active organisation that has switched to an agile management principle.

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„Decision-making culture analysis“ – a tool for reflecting on decision-making processes

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Change Essentials Module - An online course on the basics and methods of collaboration.

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Blog article „Practising power criticism“ - suggestions for consciously reflecting on power and culture.

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Blog posts on the topic: Culture of collaboration

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Nicola Kriesel

Culture of cooperation, organisational development

Real change provokes resistance

There is a simple test to determine whether a change initiative within an organisation actually brings about any change: does it meet with resistance? If a new mission statement, a new structure or a new leadership style is adopted by the organisation without any resistance, this should not be a cause for reassurance, but rather a cause for suspicion. Either what was supposed to be changed was never truly embedded in the first place – in which case […]

Julia Hoffmann

Culture of cooperation, organisational development

A small miracle in May

Four days, a school hall, a question that calls out: How do we shape our relationships with one another in uncertain times – and embrace our differences as a source of connection? A look back, a harvest, an invitation. „Beyond right and wrong lies a place – that is where we meet.“ — Rumi Arrival: An assembly hall in Leipzig Imagine a school assembly hall […]

Nicola Kriesel

Culture of cooperation, organisational development

Praise from the cooperative

I have just become part of a founding group of people who want to build something together. Like many others, the group eventually came to the point where the usual legal form options didn't quite fit: the GmbH felt too much like a corporation. The association felt like a voluntary organisation. The gGmbH requires a charitable purpose, which is not [...]