Understand
Effective intervention starts with understanding how systems generate outcomes. We map the relationships between institutions, incentives and actors to identify where intervention can have outsized effects — and where limited resources will have the greatest impact.
What we do
Systems mapping
We start by understanding how systems actually work — clarifying the relationships between actors, institutions and incentives, and identifying the leverage points where intervention can have outsized effects.
Identifying research gaps
Through evidence reviews, data collection, data modelling and commissioned studies, we build the evidence base needed to act with confidence.
This work informs where we choose to build or scale and contributes to the broader evidence available to practitioners and policymakers.
Identifying opportunities
Our analysis converges on a practical question: where can we have the greatest impact?
We identify the highest-leverage intervention points and determine whether to build, to scale, or to ensure the evidence reaches those in a position to act.
The team that makes it possible
We're an interdisciplinary team of researchers, data scientists, designers and entrepreneurs — building and supporting ventures that shift outcomes at scale.