We can't tackle today's big challenges alone.

It takes a Village.

Village Co. is a collaborative consultancy democratising access to design and innovation methods. I created Village to meet the ever-changing needs of today's for-purpose organisations. I’m all about forging genuine, lasting partnerships and helping you and your team unlock the power of design and innovation.

I saw a need to work differently, with a focus on collaboration, relationships and capability building. I won’t leave you with a report gathering dust, I’ll be in the trenches with you getting my hands dirty. Village is not just consultancy — it's a partnership to enable accelerated impact, and change that sticks.

We can support with

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Team Capability Building

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Project Mentorship

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Facilitation and Co-design

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Design and Innovation support

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We can support with | Team Capability Building | Project Mentorship | Facilitation and Co-design | Design and Innovation support |

  • Capability building

    Lift your team’s design confidence and capability with facilitated hands-on activities.

  • Project mentorship

    Gain momentum and clarity with one-on-one guidance and support.

  • Facilitation

    Gain alignment and make progress with engaging, productive and inclusive workshop design and facilitation.

  • Design support

    Co-create better services, strategies, policies, products and system interventions with design and innovation support.

I can help

Develop strategies that get implemented

Inform human-centred technology transformation

Improve services, products and policies

Communicate complexity in a human-friendly way

Co-create health and social interventions

Support organisational alignment and change

  • "It's been a great experience – actually completely invaluable. We definitely couldn't have got this far, in this amount of time without what you have brought to our team."

    Jane Farmer. Director of the Social Innovation Research Institute at Swinburne

  • “You have an amazing ability to see through the trees to some simple and staightforward ways to move things forward, you meet us where we are and help us take steps forward quickly and with little fuss.”

    Carman Parsons. Director of Innovation at Tenants Vic

  • “Helped me keep momentum, support progress and bring the right people to the table to work productively. Practical, strategic, hands on, flexible and deeply helpful.”

    Project Mentorship Participant

  • “I found the practical application of the theory with mini exercises to be a great way to learn and stay engaged. Visually mapping things out was also really helpful in terms of how I process information.”

    Learning Circle Participant

I believe in

  • In every engagement, be it training or facilitation or design and innovation, I make it a priority to show out work and bring people along the way. I don’t pretend what I do is magic, and I want people to be able to build their skills and confidence to be able to continue on after the project finishes.

  • Relationships and wellbeing are at the core of what I do. I work at the speed of trust, making sure that the space I hold are safe for everyone to engage equally. This isn't an optional extra, it's what our practice is built on.

  • At the heart of my work is the belief in the power of meaningful partnerships. I engage deeply with all stakeholders, fostering a culture of participation that ensures every voice is heard and valued. This participatory approach strengthens the fabric of our collaborations, creating a unified force for social innovation and change.

  • I prioritise the perspectives and expertise of those directly impacted by systems and services, giving them a seat at the table with experts and service providers. I practice meaningful participation and transparent processes rather than extractive research.

  • I help teams explore what might work — not by analysing from a distance, but by testing, making, and learning in context. Drawing on designerly ways of working, I use early prototyping and iterative design to surface possibilities, uncover assumptions, and deepen our shared understanding of the system. This approach leads to more adaptive responses and more grounded insight — because the thinking evolves through the doing.

You're here to create impact —
but something's not moving

The Momentum Framework is a free reflection tool for purpose-led teams. It helps you unpack what’s getting in the way of progress — and gives you practical ideas, prompts, and a 10-week email series to help you move forward with clarity.