The Collaboratory

Where collaboration gets real.

Born from Badfish, the Collaboratory is a radical collaboration and engagement lab—designed to unleash community ideas, knowledge, and skills so we can solve problems faster and lead differently.

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A Lab for
bold teaming

The Collaboratory is a carefully curated set of experiences that helps teams and communities fundamentally shift how they work together. We bring people into the same waters—across roles, organizations, and perspectives—then equip them with the skills, mindsets, and practices to turn shared insight into shared action.

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Designed for real-world complexity 

(not perfect conditions)

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Built to surface community wisdom and translate it into action

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Equal parts relational + practical: trust, clarity, decisions, follow-through

Nuts + Bolts

How We Do It

Experiences designed to build creativity, trust, and teaming—fast. Each lab is facilitated, structured, and intentionally human. Some are high-energy and experimental. Some are deep dives. All of them are built to move groups from conversation to collaboration.

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LEGO® Serious Play Labs

Build shared understanding with your hands—surface what people really think, fast.

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Design Sprints

Define the challenge, generate options, test directions, and leave with next steps that hold up.

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Radical Teaming Deep Dives

Go beneath the surface—reset team norms, improve trust, and build collaboration as a daily practice.

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Hack Labs

Short, focused bursts of co-creation—rapid ideas, rapid collaboration, rapid alignment.

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Open Swim

Low-stakes, high-connection gatherings—designed to strengthen relationships that make work possible.

A Stronger Community Doesn’t Happen by Accident.

We’re not moving the needle fast enough on the problems that matter most. The Collaboratory exists to change that—by building the skills, norms, and trust that make real progress possible.

Because in any ecosystem, nothing thrives alone. When collaboration gets stronger, everything moves faster: decisions, solutions, implementation, leadership.

What you leave with

Shared clarity around the real challenge (not just the symptoms)

Better teaming across roles, organizations, and perspectives

More trust + traction—so execution doesn’t stall out

Ideas that move from possibility to real-world action

Built for

Teams trying to solve complex problems without burning out

Leaders who want collaboration to be real (not performative)

Communities ready to trade silos for shared momentum

Organizations that are tired of “talking about it” and ready to build it

Let’s Change the Current.

Join a lab, bring a team, or let’s design something custom for your community. Either way—we’ll help you turn collective insight into collective action.

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