Reimagine how you do good
What We Do
Brico Works supports social impact organizations, teams, and leaders with strategy, facilitation, team development, and change support.
We help people make sense of complexity, design better ways of working, and move meaningful work forward with more clarity, care, and connection.
Our Core Services
Important work often comes with a lot of moving parts: big ideas, limited capacity, changing needs, stretched teams, unclear roles, hard conversations, and decisions that keep circling.
Brico helps teams slow down enough to get clear, build enough structure to move, and stay connected enough to keep going.
Strategy & Planning
For organizations that need to clarify direction, make decisions, or align around what matters most.
Strategic planning
Annual or quarterly planning
Revenue or program strategy
Stakeholder listening and synthesis
Board and leadership alignment
90-day priorities and implementation planning
Facilitation & Retreats
For teams, boards, coalitions, and partners who need a thoughtful process for conversation, decision-making, visioning, or planning.
Brico designs and facilitates gatherings that help people participate meaningfully, navigate complexity, and leave with shared clarity about what comes next.
Board retreats
Staff retreats
Leadership team sessions
Community conversations
Coalition or partner meetings
Visioning and planning sessions
Rhythms & Ways of Working
For teams that want to improve how work actually happens: meetings, communication, decision-making, roles, accountability, and internal rhythms.
We help teams notice what is working, name what is getting in the way, and design practical habits that make the work more sustainable.
Meeting rhythms
Team charters
Internal communication practices
Role clarity
Decision-making practices
Operating rhythms
Implementation support
How We Work
Our approach sets us apart. As an organization dedicated to learning, we foster an inclusive and iterative process that allows you and your team to grow and flex into your new capacity and capabilities.
Organizations We’ve Partnered With
Brico works with nonprofits, foundations, public agencies, coalitions, community groups, and social impact organizations.
Most of our partners are carrying complex work with real community impact. They are often navigating growth, transition, collaboration, capacity constraints, or the need to align people around a shared direction.
Chester Bowl Improvement Club
Daily Work
Duluth Children's Museum
Grandma's Marathon
Head of the Lakes United Way
HOME Line
Justice North
LISC Duluth
Ordean Foundation
Northland Foundation
MAMFT
Minnesota Discovery Center
Minnesota Power Foundation
Resource Renew
YWCA Duluth
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“Brico Works helped us turn many perspectives into a shared direction. The process felt collaborative, thoughtful, and true to who we are as an organization.”
-Strategic Planning Client
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“Janie has a wonderful ability to gather perspectives from board members, staff, and community members, then help shape them into meaningful next steps.”
—Nonprofit Executive Director
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“Two months in, the staffing plan we developed with Brico Works is going better than I could have hoped for.”
-Nonprofit Executive Director