Strange Field is built on a few core beliefs that shape how we work and how we treat each other, which extends to all the communities, stakeholders, participants, audiences and anyone else we work with.
We believe everyone is equal. No one's role is more valuable than anyone else's. We pay everyone the same rate and we treat every contribution - organisational, technical, relational, artistic - as equally important.
We treat everything with respect. Your team, your place of work, and the equipment you use. Be kind and everything works better for longer.
We work without a traditional hierarchy. This doesn't mean there are no leaders or no structure. It means leadership is functional - people lead in areas where they have expertise and capacity, not because of a job title. Decisions are made by the people closest to them.
We are a neurodiverse team. We work in ways that support everyone. That means clear communication, written instructions, deadlines on everything, and respecting each other's access needs and working styles. For the full detail of how we put this into practice, see the Neurodiversity-Inclusive Workplace Policy.
We refuse extractive models. How we make, who decides, and what gets valued are all expressions of our commitment to care over extraction. We share our methods so others can adopt and adapt them.
We are always learning. We ask questions and take feedback seriously.
We will always experiment. We try things. Some of them don't work. We don't perceive that as failure - it's how we find out what does.