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Navigating Transition: A New Chapter for collaboratio helvetica

Since 2017, collaboratio helvetica has worked tirelessly to promote and catalyse systems change, helping individuals and organisations tackle complex societal challenges towards the SDGs, and advancing the conversation around sustainable transformation in Switzerland. In 2024, we embarked on a strategy revision process to clarify our focus, while also addressing the financial challenges that many non-profit organisations face.

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Human (sociometric) mapping: A powerful tool for group facilitation

Human - or sociometric - mapping is a technique in group processes that invites participants to physically position themselves on imaginary spectrums, circles or clusters in relation to certain statements and questions. Read on to find out why we at collaboratio helvetica are using it so often, and how it can backfire. 

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Building Bridges, Not Walls: Trauma-Informed Collaboration for Flourishing Workplaces

We often picture collaboration as a harmonious exchange of ideas, a well-oiled machine churning out success. But beneath the surface, unseen forces can disrupt this dynamic. Trauma, whether a past event or chronic stress, can leave its mark on our nervous system, impacting how we interact with colleagues. In this blog post, Matthias Ryffel discusses how trauma can impact collaboration at the workplace and how a trauma-informed approach can foster healing processes for a better work environment.

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Beyond the Mind: Expanding Our Understanding of Knowing

In Western society, intelligence is often equated with intellectual prowess – the ability to reason, analyse, and problem-solve. This logical, linear approach to knowing, championed by Descartes' famous dictum "cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), has driven immense scientific advancement. However, over-reliance on this kind of knowledge may leave us disconnected from ourselves and the world around us.

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Collaboratio helvetica Introduces a New Value-Based Pricing Model for the Fifth Edition of the Catalyst Lab

July 11, 2024, Bern – Collaboratio helvetica is experimenting with a new value-based pricing model for the Catalyst Lab. In September 2024 collaboratio helvetica launches the fifth edition of Catalyst Lab, their flagship learning program for awareness-based system change on the topic of intergenerational combining. The aim is to explore how to merge future needs with the demands of the present through collective learning and new ways of collaboration.

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The Philanthropist – «Die Proteinwende kann nur gelingen, wenn wir sie gemeinsam vorantreiben»

Im Interview spricht Catalyst Silvano Lieger, Co-Geschäftsführer bei sentience, über das Protein Lab und wie es den interdisziplinären Dialog für eine nachhaltigere Proteinversorgung in der Schweiz fördern soll. Ziel ist die Entwicklung eines Aktionsplans, um die Proteinwende zu beschleunigen und somit Umweltbelastung, Tierleid und Gesundheitsrisiken zu reduzieren.

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Spendenmagazin - Gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen gemeinsam meistern

Ein Portrait mit Spendenaufruf: Um das Bewusstsein für Zusammenhänge gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen im Hinblick auf die SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) zu stärken, fördert collaboratio helvetica eine Kultur der sektorübergreifenden Partizipation, des Dialogs, des Wissensaustauschs und der Zusammenarbeit. Um diesen gesellschaftlichen und systemischen Wandel voranzutreiben werden Trainings und Weiterbildungen im Workshopformat – wie die Catalyst Labs – sowie die Konzeption und Moderation von Events, Vorträgen oder Talks durchgeführt.

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SRF: Tausend Personen feiern auf dem Rütli den 1. August

SRF über die 1. August-Feier 2022 auf dem Rütli. Nora Wilhelm sprach an der Bundesfeier als Gastrednerin nicht nur über die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit, sondern vor allem über die Hoffnung, dass die Schweiz mit ihrem kulturellen Erbe des Dialogs und der Zusammenarbeit über sprachliche und religiöse Barrieren hinweg einen wichtigen Beitrag zu einer regenerativen Zukunft leisten kann.

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SRF: When citizens have a say in food policy

On Saturday and Sunday, the first national Citizens' Assembly in Switzerland has officially launched! During 6 months, citizens from all over Switzerland will meet and work on the question how a sustainable future food policy for Switzerland could look like.

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SRF: Schluss mit der Massentierhaltung?

In der Politsendung «Arena» des Schweizer Fernsehens diskutieren Meinungsführer:innen und Expert:innen über die Massentierhaltungsinitiative, die auch schärfere Importvorschriften verlangt, sowie zu einem Werbeverbot für tierische Produkte. Unsere Catalyst Alexandra Gavilano spricht in der Arena über das Tierwohl, den Zusammenhang von Fleischkonsum und Klimawandel sowie die Auswirkungen auf die Biodiversität.

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