Ecosystem, Partnerships and Movement Building
Growth doesn’t happen in isolation.
It emerges through deep, intentional relationships — the values-aligned partners, communities, and networks that support and amplify your impact.
We help you see, design, and nurture your ecosystem so that your growth is more connected, reciprocal, and resilient.
We help build living systems of collaboration and seed movements for change — aligning shared purpose, resources, and value flows across your partners, clients, and community relationships.
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What ecosystem, partnerships and movement building typically includes
Ecosystems thrive when relationships are seen, supported, and intentionally nurtured. We combine strategy, facilitation, and systems thinking to help you identify aligned partners, strengthen collaboration, and create pathways for mutual growth and collective impact.
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Ecosystem Mapping
See the system you’re already part of. Map your clients, partners, collaborators, and influence networks to identify alignment, strategic partnerships, and opportunities for deeper, more coordinated action.
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Partnership and Collaboration Strategy
Nurture partnerships that support impact. Co-create practical ecosystem and partnership plans that define shared value exchanges, roles, and rhythms for collaboration over the next 6–12 months.
Movement Building and Community Stewardship
Turn audiences into active ecosystems. Seed and steward communities of practice, collaborative networks, and collective initiatives with clear engagement rhythms, contribution pathways, and shared learning.
Ecosystem Communication Systems
Keep relationships connected through shared story and rhythm. Design communication frameworks, content cycles, and feedback loops that help your ecosystem stay aligned, informed, and growing together.
Ecosystem Health Dashboards & Measurement
Measure the strength of your relationships, not just your reach, through dashboards and reflection frameworks that track reciprocity, participation, and collective impact alongside traditional metrics.
Facilitated Partner Activation
Bring your partnerships to life with co-branded campaigns, joint storytelling, or aligned experiments, we help you turn strategic partnerships into tangible growth and shared impact
It became very evident early in the interview process that not only did Zebra Growth have the skills and knowledge we were looking for but that they really cared about the business. They are the right cultural fit for us. We are a very fast-growing business striving to do great things in the world. Zebra Growth fits with how we want to do business and how we want to interact with people and build relationships.
Andy Penfold
How we work together
Partnerships deepen when they’re nurtured authentically as living systems. Our approach helps you move from transactional collaborations to ecosystems built on shared purpose, trust, and long-term reciprocity.
Exploration Workshops
Align on ecosystem purpose, boundaries, and desired outcomes - identifying who to partner with and how to create mutual value.
Ecosystem Mapping and Analysis
Identify key relationships, gaps, connection points, and collaborative opportunities for movement building
Strategy and Activation Design
Co-create 180-day ecosystem and partnership growth plans that balance immediate partnerships with long-term movement cultivation
Strategy and Activation Design
Co-create 180-day ecosystem and partnership growth plans that balance immediate partnerships with long-term movement cultivation
On-going Support and Evolution
Track relational health, share learnings, and adapt as your ecosystem and movement grow.
A 60-minute call get clarity and direction
This call offers space to step back, make sense of your growth story, and clarify the practical next steps toward sustainable growth.
Our Customer & Ecosystem Research in Practice
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