WHY US
“We have witnessed the emergence of pressure groups aiming for dominance of the construction industry, in the main, which has led to stalling of work in some areas. Simply put, these groups are advocating for community involvement in all work undertaken within the respective communities. Stakeholder engagement and social facilitation have made it possible to bring construction companies and pressure groups to the table to chart a way forward.”
CoCoon Consulting not only maps and engages critical stakeholders, we go the extra mile by gathering the community to form a united front, therefore enabling smooth implementation of projects meant for their benefit. Social facilitation is and will remain a core element of the sustainability of any project involving the community. Research findings speak of social facilitation as a social phenomenon in which being in the presence of others improves individual task performance – we leverage on this in our approach when working with communities.
Our excellent social facilitation service offering is premised on ensuring that the generation, execution, monitoring and governance of all engagements within the projects are a success. We make use of a strategic vision plan for each project, and through this, we are able to assess the progress and the success of the company. We believe that lessons learned from past efforts must inform current and future strategies.
Our cumulative experience dealing with a range of stakeholder groups has afforded us the technical knowhow to pitch our engagement approach and tactics at appropriate levels for each respective stakeholder category. This, paired with our standard environmental scanning and intelligence gathering tools, always ensures our delivery of a suitable stakeholder engagement solution.
Interfacing with a broad spectrum of stakeholders is what we do daily, thus our clients can rest assured that the effectiveness and efficiency of our stakeholder engagement and social facilitation interventions have been tried, tested, and have stood the test of time.
Our aim is to achieve and maintain a conducive environment for implementation of projects. Our ability to resolve high conflict, highly volatile and crisis situations sets us apart from our peers. At Cocoon Consulting we have immersed ourselves in in-depth understanding of the needs of stakeholders affected by the respective projects and this has informed how we tackle matters with different stakeholders such as the highly contested space of business forums, the culturally sensitive traditional leadership stakeholders, emerging contractors, job seekers and communities in general.
“Social Facilitation is a process of engaging, primarily communities, or any individuals through information sharing, awareness raising, consultation and involvement to solicit views, gather necessary information for seamless execution of projects and continuous general community involvement” …Rhoda Hlengi Mthembu.
