Liberate Forward Consulting
Work Culture Development and Organization Design
The What
Culture development is the process of creating systems and practices that impact organization members’ sense of belonging, ability to work individually and collectively, and overall well-being. Organization design focuses on shifting or building an organization’s working structure to better meet its purpose and create cohesion and synergy.
The way we work, how we collaborate internally, how we feel about our contributions and the relationships we hold and develop in our places of work are as important as the outcomes of our organizations. Unfortunately, the default culture in many work environments overtly and covertly replicates harm. However, with intentional questioning, dismantling and simultaneous building, work environments can create joy and connection instead.
Some say that progress doesn’t happen by magic; it happens because of hard work. We’ve been taught that the two are unrelated and maybe even opposites. Our challenge is to remember that WE are indeed MAGIC, and the seeds and fruits of our labor are to be revered as such.
The Why
So much of our lives are spent working, getting ready to work and even decompressing from work. For BIPOC folks (black, indigenous, people of color) the bodily toll of work compounds as it intersects with layers of systemic oppression and white supremacy culture. The purpose of this work is to move us closer to a world where people work and belong as themselves, authentically and fully liberated.
Liberate Forward’s commitment to that vision is to collaboratively explore and co-create sustainable human-centered paths of learning and doing alongside small multicultural, intentionally diverse and BIPOC organizations, so that we all can enjoy and contribute to non-exploitative work that allows us to naturally thrive and simply be.
Liberation is ours by way of remembrance and collective visioning. Let’s partner together to redefine work.
The How
Liberate Forward provides a number of individual offerings to support your organization’s exploration and development as a human-centered place of work.
Hourly consultations
Project-based consultations
Structure and culture assessment
Facilitated workshops
Areas of focus include values and norms alignment, team well-being, self-management, collaborative leadership, governance, codes of conduct/internal policies, communication practices and more.