Scaffolding shifts towards
green and just futures.
WHO WE ARE
As a for-purpose enterprise we work with communities, governments, industry and systems innovation collectives to grow the capabilities, conditions and infrastructures that will support transitions towards better futures for more people, in more places and for the planet we all call home.
Today's world is evolving faster than the systems built to sustain it.
Globally we’re facing complex issues like biodiversity loss, inequality and poor health outcomes. We’re also seeing societal shifts like ageing populations and energy transitions. But our institutions and infrastructures are often no longer fit-for-purpose, having been designed for an industrial era that has now passed.
AREAS OF ACTION
To contribute to tackling these issues, we are currently focusing on three areas of action:
01
Civic Innovation
Activating Civic Innovation so communities are supported to imagine and co-create positive futures
02
Institutional Innovation
Shaping Institutional Innovation so our institutions are fit-for-purpose to co-create regenerative and distributive futures with people and in context
03
Systems Capital
Prototyping Systems Capital approaches that provide resourcing models and other supporting infrastructures to enable systems innovation
WHAT WE DO
We are makers, visualisers and learners.
We focus on the often 'invisible' infrastructures that create scaffolding to support transforming systems, such as;
──── different forms of institutions,
──── better governance models,
──── systemic resourcing models, and
──── better measurement frameworks.
Context is always the starting point for shaping how we design work with our partners. We start with where you are – not a set suite of frameworks and methods.
HOW WE WORK
We often find ourselves in roles involving:
Critical friending
Being a trusted partner who asks provocative questions and offers different lenses. A neutral-party perspective to support navigating emergence and complexity.
Deliberative gathering, convening and weaving
Reshaping relational dynamics, bringing together ‘strange-and-familiar-bedfellows’ to unpack issues in new ways, drawing out diverse perspectives.
See how this comes to life in some of our recent work
Adaptive Learning
Co-Design
Shifting the emphasis of evaluation towards a focus on iteration. Designing cycles for rapid learning and adaptation, reimagining accountabilities and more.
Testing, Experimenting + Learning
For portfolio approaches: applying Challenge-led design frameworks to develop emergent learning-oriented Portfolios to support directional shifts.
Story translating + building
Working with communities, organisations and initiatives, creating and reframing stories to unearth useful patterns that inspire action towards positive change.
Scaffolding and growing new infrastructures
Working in spaces where uncertainty means it’s hard to identify what is needed, so we start to explore and learn together and then grow the infrastructures as we learn forward, step by step.