You probably landed here because something in your professional life does not seem to fit. You could be facing a crisis, but most likely, it’s just discomfort or friction. A role that won’t match the box. A career that doesn’t follow the script. Work that matters but is hard to name. Or, there may be someone like this in your team, circle or family, and you’d like to support them.
Shapeshifters Group exists to reveal and articulate what we call “the work in-between”. What happens in-between roles, systems, disciplines, departments, organisations. Most of what makes adaptation, change, evolution, coherence, resilience and innovation possible. It’s a type of work that is often invisible and misunderstood. We’re looking for the craft below the vibes,
This commons is a space for collective sense-making. This is where we share and refine:
A model for this work in-between: what it is, who does it, where it happens. If we were a little pedantic, we would call it ‘shapeshifter ontology’. Or just ‘what this is all about’.
Practical tools for practitioners and organisations who want to better do it or support it. Think standard PDs, KPIs, case studies, personal tools, white papers, and regular gatherings.
Signals and precedents to understand why it matters, and why it matters now. From fractional roles and the future of work to global challenges or AI, via shamans and diplomats.
The Shapeshifters Commons is a living body of work, made by shapeshifters for shapeshifters. It’s here to make an existing set of practices visible, actionable, and legitimate.
We’re not asking you to join anything. We’re not asking you to buy anything. We’re not asking you to do anything. But if you do want to do something, you’re very welcome to
To help orient you, we’re proposing a few starting points based on the main question you hold…