Collaborative Systemic Change (CSCPL) was formed in 2005, succeeding Simpson Norris International (SNI) as a leading company  in change and change management in Australia. Two of CSCPL’s principals, the late Nick Norris and Dave Goddard, had worked together in SNI for over a decade and created the Walk Together design, drawing on Dave’s experiences in working between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal cultures. With assistance of Colin Bell, the third director of CSCPL, they further developed and refined Walk Together to create a tool for the holistic management of change, irrespective of whether the change is within a single culture or between different cultures.  CSCPL today operates with Dave and Colin as directors, currently focussing on assisting with Noongar efforts in preserving identity, culture and language, as well as focussing on issues with alcohol management in remote communities.

Dave and Colin acknowledge the contribution of the late Nick Norris. This is not only in terms of the development of CSCPL, Walk Together, and through the many different organisations with which he worked, but as a friend, colleague and challenger whose wise interventions have made many differences to their thinking and ways of knowing and doing as well. We trust that Walk Together, in some way, preserves that memory and the many contributions he made.