Better collaboration has always mattered.
Now it matters more than ever.
AI doesn’t create collaboration — it demands it.
We help organizations make collaborative work actually work
Project-driven knowledge work organizations
Cross-functional product or transformation teams
Traditional organizations breaking down silos
Advisory and Consulting that creates results, not PowerPoints
Streamlining cross-departmental collaboration, more than doubling work output and quality
Global Pharma, Marketing and Comms
Transforming the nature of client interaction, reducing lag and iterations, 40% faster
Major EU Holding Company Agency
Slashing process latency within traditional business processes, 2X work velocity
Fintech “Messy real World” RE Development Company
Ten-year success story: lasting transformation enabling deep margin growth, and happier teams and clients
Multiple agencies from the “Class of 2015”
Collaborative Workstream Pods are the best way for modern teams to work together.
Research shows that pod-based organizations outperform traditional — in collaboration, empowerment, quality, productivity…and even AI implementation.
Built for collaboration at speed. Tested across 170+ organizations.
Collaboration isn’t a “soft skill.” It is a way of working.
4. Tension exists — but it’s productive
5. No one's over-managing
Disagreements happen early, not passive-aggressively
People challenge ideas without defending ego
There’s laughter in the hard moments, not silence
Signal: “The room’s honest, not hostile.”
Status updates are lightweight or asynchronous
The work shows the progress — no one needs to prove they’re working
Managers coach or unblock, not direct
Signal: “We lead the work, not the people doing the work.”
6. It feels calm, even when it’s intense
People aren’t burned out — they’re activated
The team has high tempo but low panic
You can feel the presence of trust + rhythm replacing oversight
Signal: “We’re moving fast — but nothing’s falling apart.”
1. Time feels well-spent
Meetings are short, sharp, and purposeful
Decisions get made in real time, not deferred
Follow-ups aren’t needed because people actually heard each other
Signal: "We’re not wasting time aligning — we’re moving."
2. Everyone knows the point
There’s shared clarity around what matters
People ask, “How does this move the work forward?”
Work conversations feel tethered to outcomes, not theater
Signal: “Nobody’s confused about the goal or what we’re solving.”
3. Handoffs are clean
Tasks don’t fall through the cracks
People finish each other’s sentences — or their subtasks
There’s a rhythm to the flow; few dropped balls, few do-overs
Signal: “Work moves fluidly across roles without resets or rework.”
How we make Better Collaboration happen
4. Sustain and Scale
We coach leaders to reinforce and evolve the pod, using a metrics-driven regimen. Collaboration deepens. Trust builds. Productivity blossoms. The system gets stronger.
1. Diagnose the System
We start with a fast diagnostic to reveal friction, noise, and complexity: unclear priorities, misaligned teams, fragmented roles, broken flow. It gives us all a map.
2. Design Pods & Metrics
Drawing from our proven toolkit, we architect the pods, shape roles, processes, metrics and transformation goals. We create a culture and language of collaboration and the need for transformation.
3. Launch and Iterate
We help you launch the pod and shift to new rhythms of work: daily cadence, shared visibility, intelligent meetings, team-sourced metrics. We’re there, showing you how.
“A better future of work doesn’t emerge by chance. You have to redesign how people operate — how they come together, deliver, improve, and adapt.
Our transformations are a crash course in how work really works. You’ll gain a new lens, a shared language, and a mindset to lead with.”
— Jack Skeels, former RAND researcher, CEO of Better Company, and award-winning author of UNMANAGED
