A Deep Dive Into Archetypes: Pollinators

This is one of an 8-part series on the emerging archetypes

Pollinators are relationship weavers who recognize the power of the collective and the importance of community care.

Pollinators are community builders, fostering relationships and meaningful collaboration. They recognize the power of the collective and the importance of community care. They know that there is great joy in sharing our resources with one another. Pollinators build relationships with longevity that go beyond the surface; they develop communities that hold steady even through their hardest days. In our map, this includes Ventures and Pods cultivating community around shared work, interests, identities, and place.

Pollinators overlap with 4 other clusters, showing how foundational community building is to sharing stories, ideas, and strategies for change. All of these practices require vulnerability, which is possible when people are in circles of safety and trust. 

Pollinators unify our ecosystem by noticing commonalities, nurturing, and making connections. They design the rituals and gatherings that create the conditions for relationship building. Pollinators bring people together and ask, “how can we create the communities that will ground us?” 

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