Living Labs have emerged over the past decades as one of the most powerful methods for exploring and testing new solutions in real-world environments. In an era where sustainability, circularity and system innovation are in focus, arenas are needed where ideas are not just planned but lived. Living Labs are […]
Monthly Archives: October 2025
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It happens time and time again. A small start-up enters an established field and in a few years changes the rules of the game so drastically that previously dominant companies are suddenly in the shadows. Why does this happen? What does the journey look like from the perspective of the […]
Systems innovation is about understanding and changing complex wholes. But before you can change something, you have to be able to see it. That’s why systems mapping is one of the most powerful methods in systems thinking. Creating a map of a system doesn’t just mean visualizing how different parts […]
When we talk about system change, it is often about understanding how different levels of society interact. Some changes happen quickly and visibly, others take decades and happen almost imperceptibly in the background. Multi Level Perspective (MLP) is a method for seeing these different layers of change and understanding how […]
Creativity often arises from the meeting of the seemingly unrelated. Being able to see the connection between two seemingly completely unrelated things is one of the most powerful skills in human thinking. This ability is called bisociation, a concept coined by Arthur Koestler in the book The Act of Creation […]
We are all defined by our thinking. Our thoughts shape how we perceive the world, how we act, and what we believe is possible. Therefore, a shift in mindset is not just a change in perspective but a change in reality. It is the foundation of all true innovation. Thinking […]
It’s easy to think that creativity is about finding the right answer. We look for solutions, we analyze data, we test and improve. But behind every brilliant idea there is often something much simpler: a good question. In fact, the most crucial steps in human development often began not with […]
It started as a small idea. We wanted to document and share the experiences and models we used. The idea was simple: we write an article, maybe two, and see where it leads. But like so many other things in life, things change when you take the first steps. It’s […]
We live in a time when we are getting better at improving parts, but worse at understanding wholes. Our organizations, social systems and economic models have long been built as if the world could be understood by breaking it down into its components. But the reality we are facing; climate […]
We’ve all heard the stories. Archimedes getting his idea in the bath. Newton getting an apple on his head and suddenly understanding gravity. Or the artist saying that inspiration just “came to him”. It sounds like creativity is something mysterious, something that just happens randomly when the brain suddenly connects […]
In a world where every decision has ever-increasing consequences, it is becoming clear that we need to change our perspective. For most of the industrial era, we have thought in terms of ego systems thinking. This means that we base our decisions on our own system, our own business, our […]