Welcome to Our Hive
In a world of individuals, we ask “what if” to move away from “what is” and, in so doing, we collectively create regenerative change.
What we do
We disrupt business as usual to transform what is possible, and create holistic abundance.
We are a radical cooperative of consultants, coaches & change-makers with social justice values.
Our mission is to nourish a healthy hive, benefiting our members and creating change through transformative client projects in the world.
We envision a more equitable and sustainable business landscape that is regenerative, benefiting workers, partners, and society at large.
We are a Black- and Latina-led producer cooperative committed to collective liberation.
We are big thinkers, inventors, problem solvers and ready to take action and make things different —envisioning a world beyond the limitations of the status quo.
Like pollinators in nature, we work together and share the work.
We co-create a culture that advances justice, holistic well-being and redistribution of wealth and access to opportunities.
Our work is grounded in our commitments to racial and disability justice, and to collective liberation, informed by our lived experiences . Intersectionality is inherent to our lives, our work, and our hive.
Our current hive has consultants based in the US, and we are open to serving clients around the world.
Connect People
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Solve Problems
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Ask Inspiring Questions
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Connect People • Solve Problems • Ask Inspiring Questions •
Colmena is a radical consulting cooperative for change-makers with systematically marginalized identities and social justice values, seeking to create change through new models of work.
Our Offerings
We are committed to making our work accessible to organizations of all sizes, needs and budgets through sliding-scale rates.
Our offerings are wide-ranging, reflecting our collective skills and expertise including strategic planning, organizational change management, participatory evaluation and research, communities of practice, philanthropic and fundraising strategy, project management, advising, facilitation, organizational and leadership development, and more.
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How Do We Do It?
Our hive is composed of bees (consultants), who believe that a new way of working is possible.
We harvest inspiration from the nature that surrounds us, steering away from capitalism and into solidarity as we redesign our ways of working. A hive is a structure that protects its members, and defends them actively as well.
Through the belief that everything is interconnected we find a new way of ensuring supportive, healthy and generative economic models.
We provide a unifying platform. We bring together professionals from diverse backgrounds yet similar values, where their unique skills are not only recognized but also celebrated. Everyone is heightened to achieve their personal as well as professional goals.
As a consulting cooperative, we offer our members a sense of community. Every bee in the hive participates in the profits, oversight and management of Colmena through the use of democratic practices.
We look out for each other and help every member in all aspects of their work such as contract management, business insurance, justice-based pricing, amongst other things.
