Conexiones improbables is a consultancy born in 2009, based in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Álava, Basque Country), with an important international activity. We are an Open Collaboration Innovation Meta-Methodology with a creative, artistic and cultural base that can be applied to any sector; an international Creative Economy platform based on Hybridisation and Transdisciplinarity projects for change and connectivity; and a community of people and organisations passionate about Disruptive Creativity and Innovation. Since 2010 we have developed more than 500 projects in different social, economic and cultural fields. We also manage Kultursistema, a methodology for mapping cultural and creative ecosystems, and Hibridalab, Álava Open Innovation and Creative Transfer Centre, a venue opened in 2022 that seeks to promote crossover and hybridisation between fields, disciplines and knowledge in search of innovation. In 2018, we were recognised by the EU as a , according to the Report of the OMC (Open Method Coordination) Working Group of EU Member States’ Experts. We also received the (Network for Innovations in Culture and Creativity in Europe) in 2014 from the European Centre for Creative Economy (ECCE).
Conexiones improbables.
Mission:
Our goal is to strengthen the creative economy by fostering transversality when it comes to hybridisation, arts, culture, creativity and thought, as drivers of innovation, transformation and collaboration between people, organisations and territories.
Key activities:
The consultancy that we provide focuses on innovating the ways in which organisations and territories innovate, as well as on their strategic design, using tools of applied creativity with an artistic and cultural base of our own design and conceptualisation. And we do it by introducing logics, methodologies, experiences, patterns of thought or professionals from the fields of arts, culture, creativity or thought. We carry out cross-fertilisation projects and processes between different agents, organisations, disciplines and sectors, promoting exploratory and co-creation processes aimed at cooperation and innovation, as well as cultural and creative consultancy work. We do it through different kind of co-research methodologies, workshops that involve a short intensive work format and help to promote processes of experimental research, co-creation and strategic reflection for innovation and collaboration; mapping and training. We are looking for: -Accompany public and private entities in the strategic design to build more creative cities and territories. -Work to make organisations in other economic and social sectors more creative and innovative. -To carry out training and educational work in our areas of action and knowledge, such as innovation, territorial development policies and cultural management.
