Our Services

Catalyst Co-Labs offers brilliant social innovators, grantmakers and networks proven paths to engage around a challenge or opportunity with global and local networks to accelerate new partnerships and ignite solutions to challenges that can scale.

We are building a trusted global ecosystem for collaboration and systems change.

Our Two Approaches

We Offer Two Products supported by our unique, proven methodologies. Both can be customized on their own or as part of a series.

The Catalyst Co-Lab

Tackle specific challenges by clearly defining the challenge and convening diverse experts from around the world —practitioners, academics, lived experience — in two 90-minute Co-Labs, for intensive, expert-driven co-creation sessions. This generates actionable solutions, partnerships and funding pathways through ingenious collaboration.

The Catalyst Compass

A one-time, strategic dialogue among thought leaders and unlikely allies to address emerging global issues, with the potential to catalyze collaborative action going forward. Compass Sessions are a situation room shining light on controversial issues that need timely action.

Ways to Apply Co-Labs and Compasses

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To prepare for an event, to build relationships and hit the ground running

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To unearth existing solutions to be applied for immediate rollout

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To gain rapid insights to inform a strategy or programmatic need

Both Co-Labs & Compasses are designed to drive strategic dialogues and to build partnerships for social innovators individuals, groups and organizations to address their unique challenges

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To find a solution for a specific challenge.

Our Key Capabilities

Sourcing/Curation of Experts

  1. Any Topic is Possible

  2. Access to Organizations, Practitioners, Academics, Individuals with Lived Experience

  3. Leveraging Global Networks: Wordl Economic Forum/Schwab, Catalyst Now, Ashoka, Skoll and many others

Leading to:

Unleashing Innovative Thinking

Gaining Access to New and Untapped Sources

New Allies and Partners

New Tools from Leading Thinkers

Ideas and Real Solutions to Rapidly Build New Programs

Our Proven Methodology

  1. Careful Challenge Framing with Host (s)

  2. Wide Outreach for Trusted Experts

  3. Engagement & Curation of Experts Based on Topic and Goals

  4. Session Design & Moderation to Ensure Desired Results