Communities create connections, trust, and long-term value that go beyond hierarchical relationships. In an increasingly networked and purpose-driven world, communities offer a way for companies to create resilience, relevance, and relationships that matter.
Start weaving community in your organisation to unlock learning, growth and innovation!
A Deloitte study noted that "knowledge sharing through communities can reduce learning curves by 30–50%" in large organizations.
McKinsey’s 2023 report showed that employees who feel a strong sense of belonging are 50% less likely to leave and 56% more likely to have better job performance.
Communities of Practice (CoPs) at IBM were estimated to deliver $100 million in annual savings through improved problem-solving and knowledge reuse.
You are leading, driving or acting as a connector/catalyst of community initiatives in your organization.
These initiatives might be:
Leveraging communities to spread, translate and integrate corporate strategy into various business units
Employee community weaving to improve employee experience, social cohesion, wellbeing, and brand
Communities of practice that foster innovation and leverage internal experts instead of expensive external trainings
Opening up cultural transformation efforts and involving communities in how company values are applied and lived
This three session training will introduce you to key concepts for growing thriving communities, and how to apply these in practice based on the Community Weaving Framework.
Each session will include:
Presentations on key concepts for community weaving such as purpose, relationships, rhythms, roles, and on- and offboarding.
Case Studies that highlight why these concepts are important and give relevant examples for how they are being applied.
Putting into practice through hands-on, participatory exercises and applying insights to the community projects from participants.
Format: A series of 3 x 90 min online workshops
Group size: up to 10 participants (larger groups upon request)
This is a foundational training. If your organization would like to deepen in an area, address a specific challenge, or receive implementation support, Greaterthan is here as your partner. We accompany organizations along their journeys of starting and establishing communities through a wide range of bespoke advisory, facilitation and coaching services.
Vibrant communities humanise a brand and signal credibility, making the company more attractive to customers, partners and potential talent.
Communities foster employee engagement through collaboration, knowledge sharing and peer to peer learning. They also serve as informal support networks, reducing pressure on formal systems and leading to stronger culture and talent retention.
Communities of practice or interest groups drive bottom up innovation. Externally they provide valuable, real-time feedback and insight, helping companies stay relevant and responsive to evolving needs.
Communities support the adoption of new strategies, values, and ways of working, such as employee ambassadors and storytelling.
They also enable organisations to align with broader missions—social, environmental, or sector-specific—allowing people to feel part of something meaningful.
…Design more effective community strategies aligned with organizational goals.
…Apply the Community Weaving Framework as a practical tool for developing communities with purpose, structure, and sustainability.
…Get started with launching and/or re-energising a community, or supporting an existing community.
…Better leverage internal networks to drive transformation and cultural change within teams and across business units.
…Facilitate community development processes including onboarding, role definition, and rhythm-setting to maintain momentum and efficacy.
…Identify and activate key people and relationships that will support the community initiative.
If you are interested in this training and would like to discuss how this could best address your strategic priorities, please contact Francesca with ‘Community Weaving Training’ in the subject line.
Greaterthan is a global collective of organization developers, network weavers, coaches and facilitators. We support leaders and organizations to consciously develop organizational structures and cultures that align with their values and the impact they want to create. Learn more about our work on community & network building.
“This team models such a rejuvenating spirit of co-creation and collaboration. Working closely with them has had a lasting impact in the way we think, work and lead."
Greaterthan supported us for one year with developing a network strategy for our international alumni network. They helped us activate the alumni community, advised on roles, routines and structures to allow for self-organization, and worked closely with our alumni coordinators and team. When Corona hit, we were lucky to have access to their extensive experience in online community building and facilitation. I appreciated their professionalism, flexibility, positive attitude, and heartfelt interest in our alumni and the future of our network. We learned a lot from them.
During a challenging period, the impact of Greaterthan's support has been nothing short of transformative. Their extensive knowledge, particularly in building and developing networks, provided us with tailored insights and guidance that have truly set us on the right course.
Francesca Pick is an ecosystem builder, organizational explorer, and community weaver with a decade of experience in self-organized communities and shared leadership. Everything she knows about growing healthy networks and communities stems from over a decade of practice and experimentation. She was a core member of the global Ouishare and Enspiral networks, and has supported dozens of organizations with community development & activation, shared leadership, and network governance. She is founding partner of Greaterthan, co-author of Better Work Together and Fellow at Edmund Hillary Fellowship.
David Weingartner’s passion is to design and facilitate spaces and processes for agile and collaborative organisations, sustainable value creation leading to positive impact and change processes focusing on humans. He teaches on management tools for networked organisations and governance theory at Munich University.As a partner at Greaterthan he is on an exploratory path of how future-proof organisations could look like and supports this transformation as consultant, trainer and facilitator.
Manel Heredero believes in the power of innovative organisations empowering their teams to create value and have a positive impact. He is fascinated by networked organisations, purpose-driven communities, distributed leadership and innovative governance models. Organisations he works with are interested in increasing the levels of internal and external collaboration, in breaking down the silos, in making the most of their collective intelligence and in unlocking the potential of their teams. Manel worked 15 years as a sustainability specialist in the construction industry, before moving to org dev consultancy in 2016.
Alícia Trepat is a designer and facilitator of distributed leadership, community building and decentralised governance. In addition to practicing these in her own communities, she has co-authored research on these topics and is currently undertaking a PhD with the Tallinn University of Technology under the Cosmolocalism project led by the P2P lab. Her work is focused on how self-organised communities can be places for personal transformation through the interaction with others. She has been a catalyst within Ouishare and several other networks and communities.Now in his early sixties, Nenad has lived experience of a societal and economic collapse before and during wars in former Yugoslavia; he supports young adults in deeply adapting to current and future polycrisis, that includes dealing with various forms of money and with flow of value under difficult circumstances.
