In workplaces marked by isolation and competition, people often don’t need to be persuaded to join; they need support to do what they already want - to build relationships with each other and make a powerful organisation. Strong organisations allow their members to explore shared experiences, pool resources, and build collective agency organically over time. The goal is not mobilisation for a campaign, but the cultivation of solidarity as a way of life.

At Cat’s Cradle, organising is inseparable from learning. We’ve developed embedded methods that allow every meeting to double as an educational space. These aren’t top-down “trainings”; they are the practice of collective learning, where problems are identified and explored by the group, not predefined. Members learn to strategise together, reflect on past actions, assess risks, and develop tactics from experience. No one follows a script—everyone builds it together. The result is an organising culture that is adaptive, critical, and sustainable for the long haul.

Instead of importing ready-made frameworks, Cat’s Cradle begins with the cultures, memories, and political traditions people already bring. Our method helps groups uncover their own organising legacies. These materials shape the group’s identity and action. No group conforms to a template—it creates its own model from the experiences of its members. This isn’t “soft” culture work; it’s the infrastructure of serious organising.