The Collaboratory, LLC is led by Janet Hammer, PhD – a leader and team player with 25+ years of experience helping organizations and communities envision and create better futures. This page provides a bit of background about me (Janet). 

I’m naturally wired as a pragmatic systems thinker – a quality that’s been described as one of my superpowers. This innate curiosity and ability to see connections set me on a path of diverse studies and work experiences. My formal training includes degrees in policy, planning, transformational learning, and multi-stakeholder collaboration, while my professional experience includes work in public, private, non-profit, academic, and philanthropic sectors across rural, urban, and suburban settings. This combination helps me understand the perspectives and imperatives of diverse sectors and stakeholders and productively bridge people, ideas, and resources to develop impactful solutions – always in service of people and planet. You can learn more about past projects here.

Most clients come to me via word-of-mouth. Folks appreciate my dedication to their project, big picture thinking, attention to detail, clear communication, and timely follow-through. Depending on client needs, I am able to draw on my network of talented professionals to assemble the right team for each project. Whether facilitating a multi-stakeholder initiative, designing a strategic plan, generating actionable insight, making a compelling case for funding, supporting your learning organization journey, or providing project design and management - I look forward to learning about your endeavors and exploring how to support your work. Connect with The Collaboratory, LLC here. 

Collaboration - it's how we do business.