Community of Practice

Galvanize Knowledge, Sharing, Learning and Change… EcoSol Consulting Inc.’s community of practice is a group of people informally bound together by shared expertise and passion for a shared vision. This community gives us the support, knowledge and expertise we need to work effectively with a variety of clients and issues, while maintaining a flexible and open climate for innovation and creativity.

This diverse group of individuals, consultants, colleagues, and mentors create an interdependent web that informs, sustains and builds our practice. We share knowledge in free-flowing creative ways that foster new approaches and learning. We are self-organizing, informal and build fluid, flexible processes and structures for working together. Collectively we are able to push beyond boundaries, generate creative approaches to addressing complex issues, and provide the best possible service to each client with whom we work.

We honor and respect each element of our community of practice, and the linkages provided to a global network of innovation, knowledge, inspiration and passion. We proudly acknowledge them. They are:

The Ginger Group Collaborative

The Ginger Group Collaborative is a dynamic collaboration of 20+ planners, organizational development specialists, facilitators, educators, evaluators, coaches and change agents with significant community and global experience. The Ginger Group is a non-profit community of practice that is committed to fostering learning and growth about complex, dynamic living systems.

Since 2001, we have been honing our capacity to accelerate change that has social value within the multi-dimensional workplaces and communities to which we relate. Diana Smith is a founder of the Ginger Group Collaborative. The Ginger Group affiliates have diverse backgrounds in organizational development, leadership, management, community planning, behavioural sciences, education and more.

The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter

The Art of Hosting Conversations that Matter is a global movement that explores  how to apply the practices of inviting, designing and hosting the conversations that matter in this challenging economic and social environment. It is for those who aspire and commit to:

• learn and find new ways of working with others to create innovative and comprehensive solutions.

• learn how to go beyond the traditional, rational, problem-solving approaches that can limit the value of multi-stakeholder engagement, meaningful outcomes, and adaptation to complex realities that cross boundaries.
• Foster synergy and provide ways for people to engage with intention, design deliberately, focus on outcomes, and support deliberate action.

Our Community also includes an emergent and evolving network of individuals and groups who support our transformation and learning.  We work and play together because we care about each other and the world.