A lot of work has been done on individual transformation, and the onus of transformation of society falls on the individual to bring that change. While there is a lot of merit in that, our understanding is that individual's actions are driven in context of the various collectives they are part of. Therefore we believe in collective as a unit of change.

Our work on collective transformation builds over the work of our elders. We inherit the worldview that

• Action takes place in context of collective
• All individuals are part of multiple collectives (family, workgroup, religious belief etc)
• Collectives are part of larger ecosystems (Nation, domain of work, religion etc)
• All collectives are interconnected via individual being part of other collectives and/or interdependent ecosystems (i.e. There are no exclusive collectives)
• Influence of these interconnected collectives on individual and individual's experience of these influences is unique.
• Broad themes like feeling loved, fighting for survival, feeling inadequate etc can categorize that unique experiences
• These experience influence individual's worldview, belief system, aspirations etc forming the context for all actions

Intention is to transform collective to facilitate experience of feeling loved, showing up our authentic self, feeling adequate, space for healing etc as per their cultural context. This feeling of safety and security enables individuals to be present, show compassion and empathy towards others. In contrast to feeling of competition, inadequacy, urgency to chase target which acts as psychological stressor triggering individual's primitive brain which is only capable of fight, flight or freeze. Therefore leading to behaviours like fighting over one's idea or belief system without understanding other views, sense of urgency of action without fully understanding the problem, sense of superiority over others due to race, gender, position etc without appreciating interdependence of everyone.

In April 2020, a team of 6 got together to redream a function of Youth Alliance - Leadership Development Programs. We offered it as a service to organizations doing great work in remote geographies. We worked with the teams to further their leadership capacity, build community and improve collective effectiveness.

From 2017-2020, we got the opportunity to work with the teams of organisations like Manzil (Delhi), Shiksharth (Sukma, Chhattisgarh), Vana Foundation (Dehradun, Uttarakhand), Diksha Foundation (Bihar), i-Saksham (Bihar) and Gurujal (Gurugram, Haryana).

Last 13 months, a collective got formed with 6 people - inquiry deep into the nuances of the human experience with a question - 'What would enable collective transformation?' We practiced our way into this vast area learning to hold the creative tension between individuals and collective.

The whole idea evolved into four concrete offerings for collectives and organisations across contexts. We are excited for the unfolding journey.