The work,
over time.

ValueLab is part of the consortium appointed to operate the precinct, alongside Social Foundry, Impact Neighbourhoods International and Waterman Workspaces. The work connects the ambitions for the site with the partnerships and operating arrangements needed to sustain it.

Impact Neighbourhoods International manages the campus, created in partnership with Merri-bek Council and the Victorian Government. BRUDI connects space, enterprise and ongoing operation as a place for businesses and community activity.

Our work spans strategy, feasibility and masterplanning, bringing together church use, community needs and potential partnerships. The focus is on a coherent direction for the property and a practical pathway towards delivery. The project remains in planning.

We acquired and repositioned Ethical Property Australia as Impact Neighbourhoods International, creating a distinct delivery platform for precinct activation and ongoing operation within the ValueLab ecosystem.

A former INI project bringing purpose-led organisations together in a heritage building in Melbourne’s CBD. Shared space and a community of organisations gave the building a role in the city’s social enterprise ecosystem.

A former INI project providing a shared setting for organisations working on social change in Canberra. It forms part of the delivery organisation’s history within the ValueLab ecosystem.

Our work connects disability accommodation with the strategy and enterprise models needed to sustain it. It brings together questions of dignity, agency and home with the practical requirements of delivery and ongoing operation.

Our work considered the future direction of the site, connecting the church’s needs with the potential of its property. The strategy brings long-term purpose and the practical use of an asset into the same conversation.

The framework brings human agency, understanding and the consequences of change into strategic decisions. We apply it to proposed and existing systems, connecting people’s everyday experience with the organisations and institutions shaping it. Explore the wider framework through IR5.

IR5 develops the human compatibility strand of ValueLab’s work. It connects a wider account of the fifth industrial revolution with practical questions about the systems people are being asked to live and work within.

The Daily 8s brings the conversation about change into the rhythm of a day. The ebook sits alongside ValueLab’s organisational and institutional frameworks, connecting capability with the habits and attention through which it is developed.

Triple-I provides a shared way to consider initiatives, operating models, partnerships and investment propositions. It links ValueLab’s conceptual work with the practical questions involved in building and sustaining an enterprise or system.

An 18-month interim Senior Strategy Director engagement reshaped DSC’s direction beyond a consulting model towards a wider role in sector learning and leadership. The work included conference development and helped establish FORA as a digital training and certification platform for the disability sector.

Our work brought a strategic perspective to the way a national professional organisation responds to change, considering the relationship between its purpose and how it operates.

V Wine Salon brought hospitality, culture and sustainability into a commercial setting, with an emphasis on people, artists and small-scale producers. The venue closed in 2026, leaving a body of work connecting independent producers, wine and the social life of a place.

During Melbourne’s 2024 Asian Heritage Week, we brought participants together at Yum Sing House for a shared meal and facilitated conversation. The collaboration connects hospitality with everyday peacebuilding, creating a setting in which people can meet across different experiences.

ValueLab Spaces brought organisations together for workshops, meetings and events at Donkey Wheel House. The venue enterprise connected the practical needs of gathering and learning with the wider social enterprise community.

Screwcap Records extends the ecosystem into independent music and publishing, giving the cultural strand of our work its own creative and commercial platform.

The foundation gives the ecosystem’s charitable work a distinct organisational home. Its work sits alongside ValueLab’s consulting practice and INI’s delivery activity, connecting the physical life of places with community purpose and long-term stewardship.

ValueLab hosted Manna Gum’s Melbourne Evening Conversations at Donkey Wheel House. Shiung contributed to the discussion about place; the series also explored political identities and the possibilities of a different economic life.

ValueLab Collective gives the learning and participation strand of the ecosystem a practical setting. Its work includes Peace Kitchen with Peace Inc, connecting personal and organisational development with community life.

Speaking and facilitation at the 2023 Caux College of Renewal in Switzerland. The programme brought together practitioners working across leadership, renewal and public responsibility to explore the relationship between personal and systemic change.

A model for embedding enterprise training and professional development within local precincts. The concept connects continuous learning with the businesses, people and activities that make up a place.

A community partnership supporting the cultural and social life of Victoria Street. Markets, exhibitions and street installations brought residents, local enterprises and community organisations together around the renewal of the precinct.