Systems thinking guide for public innovation
We co-written this comprehensive guide that enables public officials to adopt a complex, system-oriented perspective.
We are a Latin American thinking-action space to lead the Global South towards a new ecosocial paradigm.
We join forces with public and private entities, grassroots communities, and territorial actors to unlock the imagination and potential for change toward more plural, just, equitable, and regenerative systems.
Our interdisciplinary approach promotes practices that celebrate diversity, strengthen communities, and restore our connection with nature.
Our actions
Our emerging design practice fuses innovative methods with solid ethical considerations for a more democratic, decentralized, and sustainable futures.
Socio-Economic Integration Toolkit for Migrants and Returnees from Venezuela
This toolkit is a resource designed to equip the public, private, and financial sectors to unlock the potential of socio-economic integration of the migrant Venezuelan population.
Speculative futures for postdevelopment and sustainability using Blockchain technologies
We provide five speculative scenarios of Web3 and Bitcoin to make recommendations for public policy, and reimagine environmental protection, community governance, democracy, and a new Latin America.
Making sense of Web3 for sustainability and human rights in El Salvador
This research explores the fights of Salvadorian civil society and co-imagines preferable futures for Web3. In addition, it gathers our observations of Bitcoin adoption in the country.
Understanding the complex territorial dynamics in Colombia
A systems map to raise conversations and bring common knowledge about the complex dynamics of Colombian territories.
Mapping the trends and the future of Internet in Latin America
This research compiles evidence and signals about Web3 and what is going on in Latam. Eleven change drivers are emerging in the region with the potential to transform our daily lives in the future - for good or bad.
Systems thinking guide for public innovation
We co-written this comprehensive guide that enables public officials to adopt a complex, system-oriented perspective.
Socio-Economic Integration Toolkit for Migrants and Returnees from Venezuela
This toolkit is a resource designed to equip the public, private, and financial sectors to unlock the potential of socio-economic integration of the migrant Venezuelan population.
Speculative futures for postdevelopment and sustainability using Blockchain technologies
We provide five speculative scenarios of Web3 and Bitcoin to make recommendations for public policy, and reimagine environmental protection, community governance, democracy, and a new Latin America.
Our services
We focus on three dimensions of change:
Challenge
Status Quo
Shifting views to redefine possibilities
It is aimed primarily at public and private entities seeking to deepen the understanding and foresight of the most intricate problems of our era.
Mapping Change Dynamics
– Social cartography, horizon scanning –
Understanding Wicked Problems
– Systems mapping, causal analysis –
Foresight and Future Visions
– Scenarios, world building, unintended consequences, provocations –
Nurture
Niches
Supporting local change ecosystems
We foster the transformative potential of grassroots communities and territorial actors, transforming bold ideas into tangible realities.
In-depth Research
– Mapping needs, behaviors, and emotions –
Mapping Change Ecosystems
– Pioneers mapping, positive deviance radar –
Piloting Change
– Rapid prototyping, piloting alternatives –
Strengthening Autonomies
– Local practices beyond formal democracy, economic society, and Western modernity –
Enable
Transitions
Building collective action
We are a bridge of worlds, bringing together public and private entities with grassroots communities to co-create and foster collective intelligence.
Pluriversal Contact Spaces
– Multisectorial collective intelligence –
Portfolio for Systemic Intervention
– Leverage points, pathways for transition –
Co-Designing Initiatives and Infrastructures
– Actions, services, products, communities, policies, labs, programs –
Upskilling and Capacity Building
– Training, workshops, toolkits, guides, methodologies –
They trust us
Our community
Join us in this dynamic learning landscape, where every participant contributes to propelling the acceleration of ecosocial transitions. Whether you’re a seasoned practitioner or a curious learner, our community invites you to shape the future with us, a future defined by collaboration, co-creation, and a commitment to a pluriverse of possibilities.
Apply to join our Spanish-speaking community in Discord.
Angélica Bello
César Rosales
David Barreto
Giulia Bolzan
Isabel Quintanilla
Jesus David Ortiz
Jody Parra
Juan Sebastián Sánchez
Laura Pico
Livia Fioretti
Liza Bello
Maria Isabel Giraldo
Marie Zázvorková
Miguel Bello
Nataly Salazar
Ricardo Lapeira
Our network
Radical collaboration is a fundamental principle for achieving a regenerative future. Our partners complement our expertise to tackle highly complex projects, and we learn from each other with every new challenge.
Shared values for shared value.
