Co.school is a social innovation design firm, based in British Columbia (Kelowna and Vancouver). We are a Canadian small business, with a strong focused on collaborative partnerships, to help co-create a better world. Our toolkit includes facilitation, coaching, service design, strategic design, participatory strategy and systems thinking. Our emphasis is on co-creation and co-design: we sense that commitment, innovation and achievability increases with involvement.
Why is it called Co.school?
The co is about co-creation. The making and building of new things.
The school is about learning. We learn by doing.
So, we're about making & learning, together.
Who's on the team?
What kinds of partners do you work with?
We've found our sweet-spot is with social innovators: community-facing organizations that seek a social good. Foundations, non-profits, health organizations have been some of our best partners. That being said, we also work with friends, acquaintances, startups, not-for-profits, leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs, change-makers, educators, explorers and community-minded service organizations.
What kind of things do we help make?
- New strategies and plans (through facilitation and consulting)
- New audience insights (UX research, community-based design)
- New technology products (powered by AI experiments)
- New ways forward (through coaching and conversation)
You can read stories of what we've helped make.
To foster flourishing futures for our people and partners.
- Co.school's purpose
“In all of our interactions, Co.school have been results-oriented, responsible, respectful, and responsive."
- Pat Mirenda, Ph.D., Chair, BCDC
Our Values
| Authenticity | When we contribute as our authentic selves, our collaborations flourish. | Hospitality | We need hospitable spaces where honest, creative work can be done. |Peace | Nonviolence is an option, even when we disagree, towards a healed world. We can bring humanity, dignity and empathy to the stories we hear. |Life | Inspired by living systems in nature, we bring energy towards growth and change. |Love | We want to lend our energy and creativity towards "re-membering" our part in life’s interconnectedness.
The Network
Co.school works closely with trusted partners to bring additional talent and capacity when needed. Here are a few folks we've partnered with lately:
Tyler and the team at Sense & Motion are exploring brilliant possibilities at the intersection of AI and real human service
Ceri Rees is a strategist and facilitator, whose expertise in coaching and conflict transformation has been an absolutely gift to our clients and partners.
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Krystal and her team at Mutatio are experts at systems change, facilitated leadership and big picture social innovation work.
