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Working With Us
On the surface, the Social Invention Group may look like many other consulting or organizational development companies. Below the surface, our methods for working with you are:
 
  • more participatory, engaging with diverse stakeholders in substantive co-design rather than the select few formal leaders;

 

  •  more unit-based and local, with solutions worked out by front-line groups instead of imported “best practices;” and,

 

  • more informal, building on smart networks and decentralized communities-of-practice rather than the organizational chart.

     

     

These attributes help make our work self-sustaining and self-spreading. We find people learn best when they discover solutions themselves, among peers in their local context.

 

 

 

Theory~Practice
Our principles and methods have been inspired by a vibrant community of complexity science pioneers and honed in practical real-world consulting engagements. We move well beyond focus groups and abstract surveys, focusing on behaviors in context and in real-time.

We work fluidly, back and forth between emerging theory and practice. We are action-oriented theorists, often acting our way into new thinking. Keith calls himself a “structured improvisationalist.”




Ways To Work Together 
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)( Launching BIG Initiatives
Big, bold initiatives that address entangled, seemingly intractable problems are a good fit.  These are often challenges that require nearly “everyone” to change. Though the scope of the challenge looms large, we often need only a small group to get started.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

)( Facilitating Projects & Strategy Retreats
We are always interested in new areas or types of projects. Healthcare, education and technology are important but not exclusive focus areas. The range of client experience can be viewed here Clients. Innovation, action research, training, organizational development, and strategic planning are frequent themes.

 

)( Coaching Leaders
We coach you and your staff through new projects, enriching methods and new behaviors with decades of experience. We focus on self-discovery, development, leadership, and simple self-organizing methods. Often, we establish learning networks across multiple sites to facilitate peer coaching.


 

)( Workshops
Workshops are a great way to unleash creativity and engage many people simultaneously. Workshops are customized to the most complex challenges you face. The Liberating Structures immersion workshop has been offered in many locations in Latin American and Europe.