April 23, 2025

Six Ways to Unlock Creativity

A guide for social impact leaders on how to rethink solution design by combining creativity, systems thinking, and bold operational strategies—featuring insights, tools, and Finland’s Housing First case study.

April 16, 2025

How to Shift the Status Quo Without Breaking the System

Discover how to shift entrenched systems by designing with their constraints—turning resistance into momentum for lasting change.

April 9, 2025

Creating Space for Innovation with Current Funding

Uncover ways traditional funding tools can be reimagined to unlock innovation, flexibility, and impact in public systems.

April 2, 2025

What Happens After the Idea

Explores why strong systems and operational capacity are essential to turning bold ideas into real-world impact—and how to design with execution in mind.

March 26, 2025

Why Specificity Is a High Leverage Point in Policy Design

An exploration of how putting people—not systems—at the center of policy design leads to more targeted, impactful, and measurable social outcomes.

March 19, 2025

How to Enable Innovation in Program and Policy Design

Discover how to break systemic barriers to innovation in policy and program design with practical strategies for experimentation, risk management, and scalable impact.

March 12, 2025

How a Theory of Change Helps You Test, Iterate, and Improve

A well-designed theory of change maps the steps to impact, challenges assumptions, and adapts in real time to drive meaningful, system-wide results.

March 5, 2025

How Policy Shapes Systems

Exploring how policies shape systems, influence decisions, and create lasting impact—because better policies build better futures.

February 26, 2025

Why Co-Design Beats Top-Down Thinking

Co-design drives better policies by involving stakeholders in creating effective, inclusive solutions.

February 19, 2025

The Power and Pitfalls of KPIs

KPIs shape systems, influence decisions, and measuring the wrong things can lead to unintended consequences.

February 12, 2025

Housing Affordability: A Systems Perspective

A systems-driven approach to solving the housing affordability crisis with policy, innovation, and execution strategies.