Navigating collaboration ecosystems together

Are you facing the messy reality of multi-stakeholder or interdepartmental collaboration? Do promising partnerships get lost in a tangle of relationships, competing agendas, and disconnected initiatives? Is your organization struggling to build common ground between diverse partners who speak different working languages?

I’m Aldo de Moor, and through CommunitySense, I help organizations transform collaborative challenges—big or small—into opportunities for collective impact. With 25+ years bridging academic research and real-world practice on community informatics, I bring a unique approach to making collaboration ecosystems visible, meaningful, and actionable.

Why collaboration ecosystems matter

Today’s most persistent challenges—whether on regenerating neighborhoods, driving regional social innovation, or aligning international agricultural collaborations —can’t be solved by any one group alone. They demand collaboration across boundaries: between organizations, departments, and informal communities and networks. But these collaborations rarely fit into tidy boxes. They’re living ecosystems: messy, dynamic, and often invisible.

Traditional approaches focus on formal partnerships and structures, missing the informal relationships, unexpected connections, and organic patterns that determine whether collaborations thrive or stall.

What I do

I help you see, understand, and work with the invisible connections in your collaboration ecosystem. Using participatory mapping and collaborative sensemaking—at the heart of the CommunitySensor methodology—we will:

• Reveal the actual patterns of collaboration beyond org charts and formal agreements

• Build shared understanding and language across diverse stakeholder groups

• Identify concrete opportunities for aligned, collective action

• Create living knowledge systems that can grow with your community and adapt to change

Whether you’re working to regenerate neighborhoods, strengthen interdepartmental initiatives, or foster innovation across sectors, I help you navigate collaboration complexity with clarity—so your efforts lead to real, lasting impact.

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