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Driving measurable, sustainable advancement in higher education policy and advocacy.

Generating organization-wide alignment in inclusion and diversity efforts.

Any solution we devise has both intended and unintended consequences.

Accelerating a visionary concept to define the north star and reimagine the supply chain for the next 20 years

Deciding to digitize the supply chain will support the next 20 years of growth

As these trends continue to evolve, this research will inform and guide strategic decision making

Direct field observation reframed the problem for stakeholders, shifting thinking and creating clarity on the problem to be solved today

Finding commonalities through cohorts — without losing individuality

As these trends continue to evolve, this research will inform and guide strategic decision making

Setting measurable OKRs to maximize impact

Empowering employees to continuously grow, develop, and thrive through ongoing change and ambiguity

Leveraging research to create and encourage a set of processes, systems, and goals for increasing minority business participation in the supply chain

Discovering that individuals, not companies, were driving market changes let Braintrust define their product offering to win several key clients and secure investment

Navigating ambiguity and revealing blind spots through research

Identifying trends to create an effective People Positive vision

Co-creating inclusive solutions to better support employees

When a 30 minute process change could increase or decrease costs by 7,000 hours of labor, testing the idea before rolling it out is the only responsible choice

Creating better decisions using a robust framework of decision data to guide a future strategy

A framework to make more effective DEI program decisions that blends organizational needs with industry and academic research

Aligning the foundation team to re-invent a decades-long program and integrate many more voices to reflect the needs of a changing community

Creating tools and protocols to generate confidence and abilities needed to increase engagement and transfer of technical trainings

Facilitating the co-design of a strategic plan through vehicles of innovation and a data-driven approach

Balancing the immediate needs of the organization with future impact

Creating a structured blueprint for stakeholder engagement around career conversations enables adoption across the company

Accelerating a visionary concept to define the north star and reimagine the supply chain for the next 20 years

Deciding to digitize the supply chain will support the next 20 years of growth

Putting the whole system on one page let everyone see new ways to streamline—and immediately revealed one decades-long system error that had affected thousands of stakeholders

Over one hundred business owners created innovative new ideas to support their communities and adapt to the impact of the pandemic

By working together to envision their new future, the team built trust as they created alignment on a new operational model.

Increase the value of executive education programs by building innovation capabilities and generating better real-world results

Direct field observation reframed the problem for stakeholders, shifting thinking and creating clarity on the problem to be solved today

Unlocking the power of collaboration across companies to design better solutions for the future

Creating dozens of ‘Innovation Ambassadors’ to catalyze the future

Align sometimes competitive partners to co-create a shared vision of the future supply chain

Supporting confident buyer decision-making and vendor negotiation

Cultivating a community of practice for leaders through research-based, interactive workshops facilitating reflective inquiry, job-embedded application, and interpersonal connection

Improved performance in executive presence for a cohort of women leaders

Coaching for leaders doesn’t end with the leaders — it trickles down — and up to the organization level too

Leaders leveraged coaching for long-lasting results, connecting with participants and gaining significant interest in funding for their projects

Decreasing barriers for CEOs to make robust technology decisions without spending too much time or money on learning new technologies

Millions of dollars saved by avoiding contracts from high-pressure vendors that exploit customer uncertainty

To ignore new technology and products is to bring about a company’s demise.

Sometimes, figuring out the answer to a question requires getting away from our ivory towers.

People tend to think of planning as laying out a (singular) path ahead.

Any solution we devise has both intended and unintended consequences.

We believe in making decisions better and faster and with less investment.

As humans, we make assumptions: they’re efficient, make decision making easier, and help us operate day-to-day.