Jérôme Bourgeon recently offered a simple image that has stayed with us: “For me, compasses go with maps and lighthouses. Sometimes the lighthouse is clear enough to give direction. When the weather is blurry or bad, the compass also comes into action.” It gave another way to understand a question we have been carrying for … Continue reading What kinds of learning communities do we need for the times ahead?
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From Unconferences to Weaving Futures: What Are We Building Now?
How Product Tonic, Opening Space for Sustainability and The Collab Folks are informing a public practice space for learning and community stewardship. What comes after an unconference? For many participants, the answer may be a new idea, a useful conversation or a relationship that continues beyond the gathering. For organisers, the answer is less straightforward. … Continue reading From Unconferences to Weaving Futures: What Are We Building Now?
From Funding to Stewardship
Community Stewardship Compass - Michael Ong What if we've been asking the wrong question about impact? Last Friday evening, I joined Common Ground and Green Nudge for a conversation titled Good impact work needs a good impact story. I expected a discussion about storytelling. Instead, I left thinking about something much more fundamental. Perhaps our … Continue reading From Funding to Stewardship
The Range Compass
Learning to navigate change with awareness and choice Every few years I find myself drawing the same picture again. Not because I haven't figured it out. Because each version helps me see something I couldn't see before. The latest sketch became what I'm now calling The Range Compass. It isn't a personality model. It isn't … Continue reading The Range Compass
The Collab Folks in 2025 towards 2026
As 2025 comes to a close, after the rooms have emptied and the last conversations have trailed off, we find ourselves pausing — not to announce something new, but to mark a moment that feels quietly significant for The Collab Folks.
🌿 What Our Clients Taught Us
A Reflection on 24 Testimonials and the Work That Matters Over the past decade, we’ve had the privilege of supporting leaders, product teams and communities across Southeast Asia and beyond. Recently, we invited past clients and participants to share reflections about their experience working with us — and within 24 hours, twenty people responded. A … Continue reading 🌿 What Our Clients Taught Us
The Collab Folks: Celebrating 10 Years of Shared Play & Learning (2015 – 2025)
Dear friends, partners, collaborators, and community, This July 2025, we proudly mark a decade of The Collab Folks — a journey rooted in the spirit of collaboration, growth, and creative play. 🌟 Our Journey at a Glance From the beginning, we've ventured into coaching product teams across Southeast Asia—guiding agile transitions, product development, and UX … Continue reading The Collab Folks: Celebrating 10 Years of Shared Play & Learning (2015 – 2025)
The Collab Folks Newsletter – Feb 2023
In our last update, we reviewed three important themes from 2022: playing and learning, emotions, thoughts, communication, and movement. Since then, we have some new information to share. The Collab Folks v7.0 will focus on two activities this year with two partners. First, we are bringing back our internal learning dojo where we can practise … Continue reading The Collab Folks Newsletter – Feb 2023
The Collab Folks in 2022 towards 2023
We trust that you had a meaningful 2022 and are enjoying the break in anticipation of 2023. We would like to use this opportunity to update how The Collab Folks at 7 years old continues to learn about learning as a collaborative network. Our play is a little more complex now bringing ideas to reality … Continue reading The Collab Folks in 2022 towards 2023
[Un]masterclass – Failing Design
We would like to share with you the top 3 points from our retrospective (What went well, What did not go well, What can be done better) that was done during our debrief after the session on 17th Feb 2022 night. Retrospective It's difficult to facilitate and participate.It's nice not to play pretend.We need more … Continue reading [Un]masterclass – Failing Design
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