What Common Eye does

Common Eye is a Dutch boutique advisory firm specializing in collaboration science ('samenwerkingskunde'), headquartered in Bilthoven, Netherlands. The firm helps public-sector, healthcare, education, and social-domain organizations design, facilitate, evaluate, and coordinate cross-organizational partnerships and networks. Its core service portfolio spans six lines: strategic advisory on complex collaboration questions, process facilitation, evaluation and analysis of existing collaborations, individual and team coaching including conflict resolution, training and professionalization programs, and ongoing network coordination via dedicated 'netwerkregisseurs' (network directors).

The firm's intellectual property rests on proprietary frameworks including the 'Condities voor Samenwerking' (Conditions for Successful Collaboration) model originated by founders Edwin Kaats and Wilfrid Opheij, the 'Netwerkimpactmodel' (Network Impact Model) for visualizing network impact across healthcare, social, and public-sector settings, and a 'Netwerkinfrastructuur' framework. Codified assets include published books, the Kennislab (Knowledge Lab) content platform, and the 'Grenswerkers' podcast. The firm operates exclusively in the Netherlands and is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no publicly stated revenue.

Common Eye's business model is project-based and retainer-based professional services delivered through direct consultative engagement with enterprise and government buyers (Amsterdam UMC, NFU, Rijkswaterstaat, Ministerie VWS, Zilveren Kruis, multiple gemeenten). The go-to-market is relationship- and reputation-driven, supported by thought-leadership content rather than outbound sales. Customers are segmented by vertical (healthcare, social domain, education, living environment, cross-domain), with healthcare the deepest served vertical. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement; no AI/ML or software product is offered.

Name

Common Eye

Legal name

Common Eye

Website

https://commoneye.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Common Eye is a Dutch boutique consultancy that advises healthcare, government, education, and social-sector organizations on cross-organizational collaboration. It offers advisory, facilitation, training, coaching, and network-coordination services grounded in proprietary collaboration-science frameworks, serving clients exclusively in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bilthoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Project-based advisory engagements providing guidance on complex collaboration challenges, process facilitation, evaluations, and strategic advice to organizations seeking to improve cross-organizational collaboration.
2. Training and Professionalization Programs: Training programs, masterclasses, round table discussions, and coaching services delivered to organizations and professionals seeking to develop collaboration competencies.
3. Network Coordination Services: Network director (netwerkregisseur) services providing ongoing coordination and leadership for partnerships, alliances, and networks working on societal challenges.
4. Coaching and Conflict Facilitation: Individual coaching, team coaching, mentoring, and conflict resolution services for organizations and teams navigating collaboration challenges.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Common Eye is a Dutch professional services firm that advises, facilitates, evaluates, coaches, trains, and coordinates cross-organizational collaborations. Its practice is rooted in collaboration science (samenwerkingskunde) and supported by proprietary frameworks such as the 'Condities voor Samenwerking' model, the 'Netwerkimpactmodel', and the 'Netwerkinfrastructuur' framework. Services are delivered to healthcare, social, education, living environment, and public-sector clients through project engagements, retainers, training programs, and embedded network directors.

Product overview

Common Eye is a Dutch advisory consultancy specializing in collaboration and partnership facilitation. The company offers a unified service portfolio centered on improving collaboration between organizations, including advisory services, process facilitation, evaluations, coaching, professionalization training, and network coordination. The Kennislab serves as their knowledge platform offering podcasts, articles, and practical tools on collaboration. Their services span multiple domains including healthcare, social services, living environment, and education, helping organizations build effective partnerships and networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advies over complexe samenwerkingsvragen (Advisory on complex collaboration questions) Strategic advisory engagement helping organizations address complex cross-organizational collaboration questions, including partnership strategies, alliance design, and network approaches. Targeted at boards, executives, and program directors across healthcare, social services, education, living environment, and government.
• Begeleiding van het samenwerkingsproces (Collaboration process facilitation) Facilitation of collaboration processes to help organizations design and execute effective partnerships and reach meaningful agreements. Targeted at organizations initiating or restructuring multi-stakeholder collaborations.
• Evaluaties en analyses van samenwerkingen (Evaluations and analyses of collaborations) Evaluation and analysis of existing collaborations to assess their performance and identify improvement areas. Targeted at organizations seeking an external review of ongoing partnerships or networks.
• Coaching en conflictbegeleiding in een samenwerking (Coaching and conflict facilitation in a collaboration) Individual coaching, team coaching, mentoring, and conflict resolution for teams and individuals involved in ongoing collaborations. Targeted at executives, collaboration leads, and teams dealing with friction within partnerships.
• Professionalisering en trainingen rondom samenwerkingen (Professionalization and trainings on collaboration) Training programs, masterclasses, workshops, and learning trajectories focused on collaboration competencies and the Five Conditions for Successful Collaboration framework. Targeted at professionals and organizations seeking to build collaboration skills.
• Regie op samenwerking door een netwerkregisseur (Network direction by a network director) Ongoing embedded network coordination by dedicated network directors who connect stakeholders, support executives, and drive delivery of goals and results on societal challenges. Targeted at complex multi-stakeholder networks in public-sector and healthcare contexts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Organizations report improved collaboration effectiveness through use of firm's frameworks and training programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Vintura: Utrecht-based consultancy specialized in healthcare strategy, network care, and cross-organizational collaboration in the Dutch health sector. Directly comparable in healthcare network advisory focus and Dutch institutional clients.
• Boer & Croon: Dutch management consultancy focused on public sector and healthcare with advisory, interim management, and organizational development services. Comparable in services and Dutch public-sector customer base.
• Kessels & Smit: Dutch consultancy focused on learning, change, and collaboration with strong public-sector and healthcare practices. Comparable in Dutch market position and emphasis on learning-based collaboration approaches.
• BMC: Large Dutch advisory firm dedicated to the public sector, providing consulting, interim management, and learning programs to municipalities, healthcare institutions, and central government. Comparable in dedicated public-sector focus and training services.
• Rijnconsult: Dutch consultancy with organizational development, collaboration, and network facilitation practices serving municipalities, healthcare, and social-domain organizations. Comparable in mid-sized niche positioning and Dutch public-sector focus.
• TwynstraGudde: Dutch management consultancy with a strong public-sector and healthcare practice, offering advisory, training, and program management to government and semi-public clients across the Netherlands. Highly comparable in service mix, customer base, and Dutch market focus.
• Andersson Elffers Felix: Utrecht-based consultancy focused on the public domain, serving ministries, municipalities, healthcare, and education clients with advisory and policy work. Closely comparable in vertical specialization and Dutch institutional customer base.
• Significant: Dutch consultancy specialized in organizational change, leadership, and collaboration, serving Dutch healthcare, government, and social-sector clients. Highly comparable in methodology focus on collaboration and change.

Broad incumbents

• Berenschot: Established Dutch consultancy with broad organizational development, HR, and public-sector practices. Larger and more diversified than Common Eye, but overlapping in serving Dutch ministries, municipalities, and healthcare institutions with change and collaboration advisory.

Regional players

• Implement Consulting Group: Nordic-based management consultancy with healthcare and public-sector practices. Operates in a different geography but comparable as a specialized change and collaboration advisory firm with similar professional services model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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