Advanced learning & strategy
for social innovation

Advanced learning
& strategy
for social innovation

We support visionary leaders and communities in imagining and accelerating more creative and just futures.

We are a multidisciplinary team of creators, collaborators, and educators that designs formational learning experiences.

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OUR OFFERINGS

Collaborating, learning, and innovating across systems.

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Strategy
Foresight
Scenarios
Planning
Advising
data
Data Strategy
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Analytics
Visualization
Research
Impact Models
Landscape Analysis
Program Evaluation
Community Voice
Systems Intelligence
Research & Policy Tracking
Trends Mapping
Learning Cohorts
Design
Facilitation
Capacity Building
Leadership
Executive coaching
Executive Residency

Work

Openfields

Fostering Community Building in West Greenville

A local storytelling campaign to mobilize a changing neighborhood.

Capita

Beyond Systems: Cultivating Imagination for Change

A workshop facilitated by Openfields fostered imagination and innovative approaches for leaders to tackle challenges affecting children.

Food is Medicine SC and Institute for the Advancement of Community Health at Furman University

Visualizing Food Insecurity Risk for South Carolina

Openfields developed the South Carolina Food Insecurity Risk Map to help local partners target root causes of food insecurity.

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Transforming Veteran Mental Health: Insights from the Mission 85 West Creek Summit

The West Creek Summit united stakeholders to tackle veteran mental health crises.

Missouri Foundation for Health

Addressing Suicide Prevention and Social Stigma through Systems Leadership

MFH's Firearm Suicide Prevention initiative tackled high firearm suicide rates by fostering community dialogue and dismantling stigma.

Missouri Foundation for Health

Firearm Suicide Prevention Learning Cohort

A statewide learning cohort to develop human-centered, data-driven firearm suicide prevention programs.

LIIF

Mapping the Child Care Crisis in Multnomah County

Addressing Multnomah County's childcare crisis by providing comprehensive data analysis and interactive GIS tools.

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journal

Ideas and insights from across our fields of work and learning.

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Rick Weissbourd interviewed by Grady Powell

Reimagining Loneliness

Dr. Rick Weissbourd, founder of Making Caring Common at Harvard University, argues that loneliness in America is fundamentally a public health crisis rooted not just in social isolation but in the erosion of meaning, community care, and shared responsibility.

Cordell Carter II, Esq.