Colourful Intelligence | Noun (collective) :/kʌləf(ə)l ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/

The collective economic intelligence that emerges when communities and networks coordinate insight, capital, and decision-making toward shared futures.

Economic Intelligence for LGBT Futures

Building the data, networks, and tools required for collective economic resilience.A declaration of economic sovereigntyLGBT communities and networks have built powerful systems of social organisation and political visibility.Yet our economic coordination remains fragmented.Critical life-decisions - housing, ageing, care, entrepreneurship, investment - are still largely made individually rather than collectively, and often in isolation without tailored advice or information.Colourful Intelligence explore how communities and networks can develop shared economic intelligence and coordination.

Current Stage

Discovery and Field Formation (2026-2027)Before building any venture, we are generating the behavioural and economic insights required to shape the right approaches and structures.

Current Work

  • Research into LGBT economic behaviour

  • Futures conversations and convening

  • Partners pilots in ageing, care, and housing

  • Early datasets and intelligence development

Future DirectionThis work is learning to:

  • Collective investment models

  • Housing coordination and progressive home ownership investment

  • Donor-advised funds

  • Community capital pools

  • Economic decision and intelligence tools

  • AI-enabled allyship models

Mission

To enable communities to move beyond visibility toward collective economy agency.

Collaboration

We welcome collaboration with researchers, funders, community leaders, financial services leaders, and institutional partners exploring the future of LGBT economic empowerment systems.

Signals

Here we share early materials exploring the development of Colourful Intelligence and the future of collective economic coordination.

Richard J Catherall
Founder | Investment innovator & Adviser | Queer Futurist | Economic Sovereignty AdvocateI'm a queer futurist focused on the next frontier of LGBT progress: economic agency.Our communities and networks have spent decades building safety and visibility. The challenge ahead is transforming that social coordination into economic collaboration.Though Colourful Intelligence I explore how collective intelligence, data, and capital participation can unlock new forms of economic resilience and shared prosperity.The goal is not simply inclusion in existing systems, but the capacity to shape the economic systems of the future.