Welcome to
Reaction Foundry.
When people connect,
possibility multiplies.
We bring people, ideas, and resources together to build new ways of working—and turn shared ambition into projects, ventures, and stronger communities.
Investments & experiments in
Collaborative Innovation
and systems, strategies & resources to make it easier, radically effective, and fun.
Invest
We put capital, time, and working systems behind models of collaboration that deserve to exist, from cooperatives to community networks.
Develop
We design and build the strategy, tools, programs, and infrastructure ourselves, with partners like R3SET Agency and Impact Hackers.
Test
Every model runs in a real place before it's called done. Berkshire County first. Then Austin. Then wherever it's needed next.
What connection makes possible.
Meet the ventures and initiatives exploring new ways to work, share resources, and strengthen communities.
R3SET Agency
A multi-stakeholder cooperative and B-Corp driving community-led economic development in the Berkshires and beyond. Clients, workers, and community share ownership and decisions. The proof that a spin-out can be owned by the people it serves.
Explore R3SET’s role and impact →
Impact Hackers
Productivity systems, programs, and consulting for community-minded entrepreneurs and the teams around them.
Explore the project →
ATX Impact
An impact network in development for Austin. A shared map of local community work, with a cooperative ownership model being shaped as it grows.
Explore the network in development →
Blackshires Foundation
Nonprofit partner for community empowerment and economic development in Berkshire County.
Read the leadership story →
SP3AK Easy Studio
The media production and marketing studio that tells the ecosystem's stories, and helps partners tell theirs.
Explore the project →
Berkshire Entrepreneurs
Support, connection, and shared resources for people building businesses in Berkshire County.
Explore the project →
Berkshire Stories
A cooperative media network for the region's stories, told by the people who are in them.
Explore the project →What could we build next?
Bring an idea, a challenge, or a connection worth exploring. We can start by finding out what we could make possible together.
Start a conversation →Find common ground. Build something real.
Start with a shared understanding, build a first version, and learn with the people who will use it. Give what works the support to grow.
Understand
We listen to the people closest to the challenge and find the goals, needs, and possibilities they share.
Build
We bring complementary skills together to create a working strategy, tool, program, or platform.
Learn
We put it to use with the people it is for, listen to their experience, and improve it together.
Grow
We support ideas as they become ventures and explore ways for the people involved to share ownership. R3SET Agency puts that approach into practice as a cooperative.
Bring new possibilities to your own work.
Explore resources and programs for putting collaboration into practice. Learn at your own pace or work through it with support.
Free resources
Worksheets to define a shared challenge, map collaborators, and plan a small experiment. No account required.
Explore free resources →Self-directed programs
Programs like Impactful Time 101, built to work at your own pace with your own tools.
Ask about a program →Guided programs
The same programs in small-group and one-on-one formats, with a facilitator from our team.
Ask about a cohort →R3SET Academy
Community transformation education, delivered with R3SET for leaders who want to change how their place works.
Ask about the Academy →Shared ambition becomes real when people have a way to act on it together.
Devin Shea
Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
Devin founded Reaction Foundry in 2012 as the strategic umbrella for his work in cooperative social innovation. He went on to co-found R3SET, launch Impact Hackers, and steward ATX Impact in Austin.
What could we make possible together?
You might have a challenge to work through, an idea to explore, or a skill to contribute. Tell us what brings you here, and let’s find a starting point.
You see a possibility for your community.
Tell us what your community needs and who is already working on it. Together, we can explore what would help them move forward.
Share your challenge →You're building something people should own together.
Cooperatives, networks, shared platforms. We'll help you design it that way from the start instead of retrofitting later.
Design it with us →You want to help shared ambition grow.
Explore opportunities to support new ventures and models of collaboration with capital, resources, and connections.
Talk about co-investing →You make things work.
Designers, developers, researchers, facilitators, organizers. Bring your skills to a shared challenge and help shape what comes next.
Build with us →Prefer email? Write to devin@teamr3set.com. Or find us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.