Our services
We accompany governments, foundations, companies, and communities across the Global South as they decide and act on complex challenges. No recipes, just method.
Sound familiar?
Things we hear from those who reach out to Pluriversa. If one sounds like you, start there.
There’s too much complexity and we don’t know where to look.
→ This calls for understanding“The problem isn’t technical: it’s human and political.
→ This calls for coordination“We don’t want another report; we want something that works.
→ This calls for materialization“We have plenty of data, but no meaning.
→ This calls for understanding“Conversations don’t turn into decisions.
→ This calls for coordination“The strategy is sitting in a drawer.
→ This calls for materializationHow we support you
We walk with you from reading your context to materializing transitions that last.
UnderstandWhat is really going on, and how should we understand it?
From scattered intuition → to a systemic reading that guides decisions.
We help organizations understand the complexity of their context, identify dynamics of change, and build strategic direction in the face of uncertainty, expanding what is perceived as possible so they can act with clarity.
Understanding Complex Problems
– Systemic mapping · Causal analysis · Analysis of human and non-human actors –
Mapping Dynamics of Change
– Trend radar · Horizon scanning · Signals of change · Mapping pioneers · Tech scanning · Social cartography –
Foresight and Future Visions
– Scenarios · Future visions · Unintended consequences · Strategic provocations –
Strategic Direction for Action
– Leverage points · Backcasting · Transition pathways · Prioritized portfolios · Strategic frameworks –
CoordinateHow do we coordinate and decide together to move forward?
From misalignment → to legitimate agreements and governance that holds.
We create spaces where diverse actors can come together, build trust, think and create better together, and shape more legitimate and effective forms of coordination in response to human and political complexity.
Participation Spaces
– Multi-actor alignment · Agreement-building · Structured participation · Strategic dialogue · Territorial gatherings –
Collective Intelligence Facilitation
– Creative problem-solving · Knowledge networks · Co-creation · Shared sense-making –
Governance Design for Action
– Governance models · Ground rules · Relational infrastructure · Coordination protocols · Conservation agreements · Organizational autonomy –
MaterializeWhat needs to be designed and put in place for change to happen in practice?
From the strategy document → to a concrete piece of change, already moving.
We turn understanding, agreements, and strategy into concrete actions for change that can be launched, tested, and sustained in real contexts to make transitions possible in practice.
Pilot and Experiment Design
– Pilot design · Rapid prototyping · In-context experimentation · Proof of concept –
Experience, Service, and Infrastructure Design
– Impact actions · Artifacts · Agents · Services · Products · Communities · Labs · Hubs · Programs –
Capacity Building and Transfer
– Trainings · Workshops · Toolkits · Guides · Methodologies · Learning pathways · Support agents –
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emeritus.
Author of Designs for the Pluriverse.
Work you can see
Governance design for the Territorial Regeneration Fund: an Operating Pact, decisions by consent and a protocol for working through tensions, co-created with Colombia's Territorial Foundations and TerritoriA.
A workshop where participants spoke as rivers, schools, corporations and ancestors. A Pluriversal Interspecies Council to examine the promises of sustainable development and to draft principles of coexistence instead of new targets.
Strategic foresight and collective facilitation with Colombia’s Territorial Foundations and the Regeneration Fund: co-designing a shared vision of the territory for 2031, and translating it into decisions for the present.
We are not just another consultancy. We are a Latin American design practice for transitions, built from and for the Global South.
We think from Latin America. We don’t replicate the North. We apply post-development and the pluriverse as a concrete practice of design and consultancy.
Complex analysis, territorial sensitivity. No recipes, just method. We combine systems analysis, strategic foresight, and participatory design in tailored processes.
70+ professionals in our network. Strategists, designers, anthropologists, foresight practitioners, and experts in governance, technology, and participation. A living community of practice.
High-complexity projects. We have worked with the UN, USAID, the Frontier Tech Hub, governments, philanthropic foundations, and territorial movements on projects with systemic impact.
Three simple steps to start a conversation that matters. No slide decks, no strings attached.
Initial conversation
A 30-minute call. We listen. We understand your challenge, your context, and what you’ve already explored.
A tailored proposal
We co-design the scope, methods, and team with you. No prefabricated packages. Clear timelines and deliverables.
Accompaniment
We walk with you step by step: diagnosis, participation spaces, action design, and installed capacities to sustain change.
30 minutes. No strings attached. No slide decks. We listen and see together whether Pluriversa can support you.
