Worker-owned · pro-human

technology should feel more like us.

a queer worker-owned studio helping people sensemake, build with agents, grow ideas, and gather communities — without extracting the humanity out of the work.

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For queer tech workers See who thrives here + the path to worker membership Solidarity commons tools for cooperative futures ↗

01 / Past work

proof that another way of working works.

Selected engagements across systems, stories, learning, and community. The through-line: clients stay close to the work and leave with more agency than they started with.

LMS · Community · Facilitation

A learning ecosystem people actually used

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Sensemaking · Product

From strategy fog to a shared product direction

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Brand · Growth · Community

A brand built to hold a movement

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02 / Capabilities

current capacities

Bring us a stuck strategy, an ambitious build, a story that won’t land, or a community that needs tending. We assemble the right worker-owners around it.

  1. Somatic design + sensemaking

    Facilitated spaces that help teams feel what the data can’t say, surface tensions, and make a direction together.

    Leaves you withclarity · alignment · decisions

  2. Agentic software development

    Human-governed AI workflows, prototypes, and production systems designed to expand judgment—not automate it away.

    Leaves you withprototypes · systems · enablement

  3. Brand, story + growth

    Positioning, identity, campaigns, and experiments for organizations with something worth changing in the world.

    Leaves you withidentity · narrative · traction

  4. Learning + community systems

    LMS architecture, cohort experiences, rituals, operations, and stewardship for communities built to last.

    Leaves you withlearning · belonging · resilience

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03 / How we work

no black box. no big reveal.

We work in short, visible loops. Your team sees the choices, shapes the constraints, and learns the system while we make it together.

  1. 01

    Listen with the whole body

    Interviews, somatic prompts, system mapping, and the question under the question.

  2. 02

    Make the work visible

    Shared artifacts, working demos, decision logs, and open constraints from day one.

  3. 03

    Build in human checkpoints

    Agents accelerate the loop; people retain authorship, judgment, and the right to pause.

  4. 04

    Leave capability behind

    Documentation, facilitation skills, maintainable systems, and fewer dependencies on us.

Every engagement begins with a working agreement

04 / For talent

a place to try a different shape of work.

For queer technologists displaced by the industry—or simply done with its defaults. Start by collaborating. Build trust in the work. Decide together whether ownership is the next step.

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People working side by side at a shared table Co-working, not competing

you might thrive here if…

  • ✦ you’re senior enough to share judgment, not just output
  • ✦ you can work across ambiguity without pretending certainty
  • ✦ you care about consent, power, access, and the humans downstream
  • ✦ you want to practice ownership—not just receive equity

The path is mutual

from collaborator to worker-owner

  1. 01

    Say hello

    Tell us what you practice and what you’re curious to build.

  2. 02

    Join a paid project

    Work alongside members with clear scope, rate, and feedback.

  3. 03

    Practice the cooperative

    Participate in retros, decisions, and care work—not only delivery.

  4. 04

    Choose membership together

    A mutual vote, a transparent buy-in path, and real governance rights.

Curious, but not ready to apply?

Come to an open studio session and meet the cooperative.

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05 / Solidarity commons

tools are better when they circulate.

A growing library of practical resources for cooperative governance, consentful technology, fair work, and surviving the weird transition we’re all in.

Governance

A working agreement you can actually use

Prompts for decisions, conflict, care, and changing the agreement together.

AI + Labor

Human checkpoints for agentic workflows

A field guide to keeping judgment, authorship, and accountability with people.

Cooperative starter

From collaborator to worker-owner

Questions, milestones, and transparent expectations for membership pathways.

Care + Practice

Somatic check-ins for technical teams

Short practices for noticing pace, tension, consent, and what is not being said.

All resources are free, forkable, and made to travel.

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06 / The cooperative

owned by the people doing the work.

Worker ownership is not a vibe or a future promise. It changes who decides, where value goes, and what we’re willing to optimize. We practice democracy in the everyday details: scope, pace, pay, tools, conflict, and care.

✦ Pro-human is a material practice, not a marketing claim.

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  • Ownershipone worker · one vote
  • Surplusshared by contribution
  • Governancedecisions close to impact
  • Client fitcreative · public-good · non-extractive

07 / Let’s work together

Booking new collaborations

bring us your thing.

Thirty minutes. No pitch deck required. Tell us what feels stuck, alive, or newly possible—and we’ll see whether we’re the right people to explore it with you.

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Good fit: creative challenges · public-good technology · teams willing to share power