Report: Advancing University Living Labs

University Living Labs are a relational infrastructure to orchestrate and catalyse portfolios of impact-oriented initiatives in collaboration with societal partners.

Three Lines Of Enquiry for Living Labs (OLLD25)

Open Living Lab Days 2025, a conference for Living Lab practitioners from around the world is upon us, and I'm in Andorra to explore three lines of enquiry.

Putting the Place back in Place-based

Can we really be Place-based if we only pay attention to the People who live there?

Update: Ecology of work, Europe & active experiments

The lichen-ous current state of my work and community life, and what's coming for the rest of the year.

Deep Dive: Innovation Orchestration - challenges, value & impact framework

What value does an innovation orchestrator create, and what are the future aspects we need to address to increase their effectiveness?

Beyond the Lab: landscape scan and synthesis of regional innovation orchestration

Regional innovation doesn't just happen. Exploring the role of orchestration in regional innovation ecosystems - beyond the Lab.

Exploring the intersection of systemic investment, place-based capital, community finance and social innovation

Funding and frameworks for a world in transition - session recording, reflections and exploration

Virtual Session: Systemic Design, Place-based Capital, Community Finance & Social Innovation

Join us for a timely exploration of difference types of finance, funding and investment suitable for tackling complex challenges faced by communities in Australia and Canada.

The Future of Labs - Part 4: The Language of Labs

Most people have never experienced a social innovation lab, so how do we talk to these people about what they do and why they're useful?

The Future of Labs - Part 3: Report & Explorations

The Future of Labs 2024 Gathering Report is out! Find out more about what happened and the recommendations for social (innovation) labs from 65+ practitioners who gathered in Canada to explore the future of lab practice.

On Systemic Investing

Systemic investing is a promising complement to impact investing - moving from single point impact funding to a coherent portfolio logic to fund connected systems change initiatives and ecosystems.

Provocation: Exploring Ecotone Organising

Ecotone organising offers a promising approach for fostering collective action on complex challenges. By creating spaces that are independent of existing organizational structures, we can cultivate hybrid cultures, shared capabilities, and flexible governance.