[ WORK WITH US ]We help cities, foundations, and civic institutions understand, navigate and design coexistence. Our approach is pragmatic, built on city experience and research. We specialize in public innovation, public life, youth engagement, civic participation, and public sector leadership. We build innovative solutions to urban friction.
We can help you with:
Participatory Design & Civic Engagement
Program Design & Leadership
Organizational Strategy & Culture Change
Leadership Advisory & Coaching
Innovation & Capacity Building Programs
Curated Events & Expeditions
Keynotes and Facilitation
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Featured Projects
Design Competition, Architecture & Design Museum
World Cities Culture Fellows
Strategic & Capital Plan, Chicago Public Library (with Gensler)
Convivencia at Edmonton Public Library
Urban Libraries Council Fellows Program
City of Hobbies
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[ CLIENTS ]Aarhus Public Library (DK)
Ajax Public Library (CAN)
Amsterdam Public Library (NL)
Association des bibliothèques publique du Québec (CAN)
Berlin Science Week (DE)
Biblioteca de la Congreso de la Nacion (ARG)
Bloomberg CityLab (USA, ES)
BMW Foundation RISE Cities (DE)
Burlington Public Library (CAN)
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CAN)
Calgary Public Library (CAN)
California State Parks (USA)
Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CAN)
The Children and Youth Foundation (FIN)
City of Calgary (CAN)
City of Edmonton (CAN)
City of Helsinki (FIN)
City of Turku (FIN)
Creative Bureaucracy Festival (DE)
Deichman Bibliotek (NOR)
Edmonton Public Library (CAN)
Enoch Pratt Free Library (USA)
Finnish Library Association (FIN)
Finnish Museums Association (FIN)
Fordham University (USA)
Helsinki Design Week (FIN)
Hochschule für Technik und Wissenschaft (DE)
Kaskas Media (FIN)
Kansas City Library (USA)
Lifetime Arts (USA)
Massachusetts Library Association (USA)
MDI (FIN)
Miltton USA (USA)
Placemaking Europe (NL)
Salt Lake City Public Library (USA)
SuomiAreena (FIN)
Toronto Public Library (CAN)
University of Tampere (FIN)
Urban Libraries Council (USA)
WRLDCTY (USA)
World Cities Culture Summit (NL)
The KINN (USA)
Ottawa Public Library (CAN)
[ PUBLIC SPEAKING ]8/80 Cities (CAN)
Bennett Midland (USA)
Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University (USA)
Bloomberg Philanthropies (USA)
Center for Public Impact (USA)
Chicago Public Library (USA)
City of Helsinki (FIN)
Edmonton Public Library (CAN)
Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design (FIN)
The Gambrell Foundation (USA)
Global Cities Inc (USA)
Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation (FIN)
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (USA)
Toronto Public Library (CAN)
Urban Libraries Council (USA)
World Cities Culture Forum (UK)
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